Riverway Plumbing

In the spring of 2016 I noticed a leak in my frost free yard hydrant. I called Neil Patzner of Riverway Plumbing to repair it. He repaired it and provided me with an invoice for a total of $309.10. This past Christmas (December 2016) I was on vacation in Washington State when the faucet developed another leak and flooded the whole area around it before my wife noticed it and called me. I had her call Neil Patzner and tell him that the faucet he had repaired last year was leaking again we needed someone to come repair it. He told her that he had told me last spring that the repair he had made might not hold because it needed further work,This was totally untrue. If he had told me at the time that the repair required more work I would have had him do the work. I wanted my faucet FIXED, not taped up with a band aid repair. I would never have agreed to any fix that was considered temporary. At first, he refused to come out to work on the faucet and demanded to be paid up front. I think he was afraid that I would not pay him, as I had already paid him for one faulty repair on this faucet and really he should have been fixing his original shoddy work without expecting payment. But I was in no position to do anything but try to get someone to cease the water that was leaking at my business. He sent two men out to do the job. They finished the job several hours later and he sent me a text with the amount of the bill ($ 527.36) He then sent me a text telling me that if he didn’t receive payment within 30 mins he was going to go out and tear out all of the work that had been done already. I had to step out of the restaurant to call him back. He was belligerent and rude and threatening. I paid the invoice via Pay Pal. I think having to pay $836.45 for this repair is wrong.

Replaced failing galvanized pipe and installed new water heater. Fast capable service. Completed promptly with highly skilled staff. And, came in under estimated cost.