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Low Cost Plumbing

rated 20 Reviews

Low Cost Plumbing

Owner description:
  • Here at Low Cost Plumbing, we offer you a fast, effective solution to your plumbing headaches, problems and home improvements.

    We specialise in carrying out plumbing repairs and drain unblocking quickly and effectively. With our full 24 hour emergency service we're always here to help out.

    All members of our staff are qualified and time served plumbers and engineers, based in Edinburgh for a rapid response.
Category:
  • Drain & Pipe Cleaners
Address:
  • Big Brigs way
  • Edinburgh, Scotland
  • EH22 4DG
  • 01315 619869

Opening hours:
Monday - Sunday: 0:00 - 24:00
Price range:
££££
Disabled access:
Yes
Parking:
Private car park
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rating 1 reviews

jimh80 last updated on 13 June 2011: excellent company, they did a really good job of installing my new windows

naepalz

Edinburgh

1 review

4 February 2013rating

Initially chose this company because of good reviews, what a mistake. Phoned them at 1.30pm on a Friday after coming home to find my bathroom floor flooded from the toilet leaking. No reply so left a message. Fortunately managed to turn off the water supply to the toilet myself. Phoned back at 6pm in case I had not left my number clearly enough or something, still no reply, so left another message. It is now teatime on Monday and still this company have not returned my call. They claim to be 24 hour and EMERGENCY plumbers - not in my experience. Managed to find another plumber who came round 2 hours after I phoned.

If you can I suggest you find another plumber and don't waste your time waiting for this lot to contact you. Even if they couldn't do the work it would have been polite to at least call me back and tell me this and not leave me hanging on!!

 

TonsAgain

Edinburgh

5 reviews

10 November 2012rating

I had a bad experience with this plumber last year.
I had a leak from a drainage pipe which was buried inside stonework / cement so difficult to get at.
The cause seemed to be a blockage further down the pipe which led to too much pressure in the water which built up with nowhere to go.
He came out first to have a look, and gave me a quote.
His next trip was to make the first repair (patching the leak), which failed - the pipe was still leaking.
When I told him this, he came back, rodded the pipe till it seemed clear, then patched the leak again.
However, this again didn't fix the problem.
I emailed him back to tell him this - and then - silence!
I tried phoning twice and emailing twice after this, but he had gone totally AWOL. I haven't heard a peep since.
I suppose he must have thought that this job was too difficult, and not worth spending any more time on - but it's hugely unprofessional to be uncontactable. Thankfully, I hadn't paid yet.
After all this, I called another plumber (First Call), who came out and recognised immediately that the blockage needed specialist equipment - he called out another plumber who had some hi-tech air blasting equipment, and this fixed the issue within half an hour.
The combined fee for the successful repair was less than the quote from 'Low Cost'!
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In response to Low Cost's comment below:
1. This repair was to a pipe join accessible from outside. I don't remember Low Cost asking that I should stay at home while they investigated it.
2. I didn't leave my kitchen tap running, tho I did have a dripping tap (as acknowledged by Low Cost's email to me at the time saying 'the taps on the kitchen sink are dripping away') - tho actually there only is 1 tap in the kitchen sink.
3. Low Cost's point about their estimate being for the whole job, but First Call's being only for the removal of the blockage, is fair enough as far as it goes.
However, First Call recognised immediately that the blockage would need specialist equipment (and it was cleared within an hour or so), whereas Low Cost hadn't suggested this after several visits.
My main problem with Low Cost is not any of these issues, but that they decided not to continue with the work without telling me, and were thereafter uncontactable - as they put it 'we decided to cut our losses and walk away'.
As I'm sure almost everyone would agree, this is 100% unacceptable. I've only ever encountered 1 other tradesman who has done this.
It's interesting that Low Cost emailed me to say 'As for bad reviews disappearing of Qype, one email that is all its takes. But we will leave your one and will change our response. '
If it really is so easy for tradesmen to have negative reviews removed from Qype, then it's unsurprising that so many of them have high ratings!

dgstocks

Edinburgh

1 review

23 October 2011rating

Exactly what I’d hoped for. Punctual, professional, competent, honest. Even took extra time to look at a separate problem.

Offered not to cash the cheque for half a week just in case the leak reoccurred.

I’m, very pleased with their work and would happily call them out again (indeed I intend to for the separate problem).

maggiess 3 reviews

29 May 2011rating

Would like to thank the plumbers whom came to my rescue last night.
After a great night out we came home to my neighbour below getting a slow stream of water coming through his kitchen roof.
Plumber arrived whitin an hour and after short time found the leak at the rear of washing machine. 20 minutes later all was fixed.
thanks again..

matt999 3 reviews

3 May 2011rating

Same day service, with no emergency rates or call out charges. Just a overflowing tank in attic. Stripped down, cleaned out and new washer.
All for under £60 including discount of 10%.

Highly recommend.

mann1313 1 review

25 April 2011rating

Just re-employed this company (firstly ignoring the bad/bizare reviews,hey
10% off up for grabs).
Found fast service, excellent tradespersons.
Started job after materials arrived and not when i wanted to start. Very good advice becuase suite was ten days late.
Outside tiler used (not Qype) but from low cost plumber group of contacts.
Daily up dates on progress (was away on holiday for last week of works).
Came back to a spotless house and a perfect un suite bathroom.

Main bathroom next.
Cannot recommend this company any higher.

tomhole

Edinburgh

4 reviews

2 December 2010rating

Used these guys twice now - and would happily recommend them to anyone else. They know their elbow joints :)

andrewjames99

Edinburgh

1 review

31 July 2010rating

Excellent service. Came earlier (!) than agreed, fixed problems (leaking taps, changing kitchen faucet), worked quickly, ultra polite and friendly, and very reasonable price too! Recommended.

robrwo

York

54 reviews

5 April 2010rating

Called to have a problem with the toilet fixed. He gave me a reasonable quote, and came by within a couple of days.

Even though it took longer to fix than expected, and he found a minor leak that they also fixed, he kept to the promised quote. He did an excellent job, as it works better than it ever did.

JaneA

Edinburgh

3 reviews

31 January 2010rating

How nice it is to call a plumber who answers the phone, turns up on time, spends time sorting the problem and only charges £80 on a Sunday morning!! I'll certainly be calling LCP for any future plumbing problems. Many thanks for getting it all fixed.

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