Central Plumbing & Heating

Central Plumbing and Heating earns strong marks for technical knowledge and parts expertise, with dozens of reviewers praising staff ability to identify obscure parts, diagnose problems quickly, and provide actionable DIY advice that saved customers significant money. However, professionalism is a deeply mixed picture: while many technicians (Glen, Paul, Chris, Kit, Cole, John) are praised for pun... Read more

Central Plumbing and Heating earns strong marks for technical knowledge and parts expertise, with dozens of reviewers praising staff ability to identify obscure parts, diagnose problems quickly, and provide actionable DIY advice that saved customers significant money. However, professionalism is a deeply mixed picture: while many technicians (Glen, Paul, Chris, Kit, Cole, John) are praised for punctuality, courtesy, and communication, there are serious recurring complaints about rude staff, missed callbacks, no-shows, and at least one review describing a technician using slurs toward a customer. Pricing is the weakest dimension, with a substantial number of reviewers explicitly calling out excessive hourly rates, travel time charges billed at full labor rates, and parts priced far above market value — this is a consistent and credible pattern across many years of reviews. Project completion is inconsistent: several reviews describe jobs left incomplete, callbacks required, work abandoned without follow-up, and one case where a zone valve was left unconnected to power after a paid service call. Read less