What to do when you have a plumbing problem in Calgary
Help, your sink is leaking and getting water over your kitchen floor! Or a pipe split and is now flooding your basement! If you find yourself in one of these nightmare scenarios, chances are that you need to call a local Calgary plumber as soon as possible. The problem in this case is this: Which local Calgary plumber do you choose from? If it is an emergency, you probably won’t have time to research which is the best Calgary plumber, so you must make a quick decision. There are 3 ways that you can find a plumber fast: look in the phone directory, look online, or ask a friend for a recommendation. Any of these ways of finding a Calgary Plumber works well.
Most people have phone directories in their house. In this case, it is simply a question of getting it out and looking under the “plumber” section. Fortunately (or unfortunately), there are hundreds of plumbers in Calgary to choose from. Which one is the best one for your situation? Well, chances are that a plumber with a bigger ad in the phone directory is more serious about getting your business, so let’s start there. Once you have identified the big players, look at the information that the ad provides. Is there emergency service? Is it 24/7? These things can tell you a lot about a company. It’s important to get this information quickly because you don’t have time to call every Calgary plumber in the phone book to ask all these questions.
Looking online is now a quick and easy way to find a good Calgary plumber. Simply Googling “Calgary Plumber” will yield thousands of results for you to look at. The problem then becomes sifting through all the information quickly. Most of the time you will see map results show up at the top of the search engine, and the companies on the map usually have review scores next to them. It is not important to pick a plumbing company that is closest to your home because most good plumbing companies operate all over the city. It is more important to pick a company that has a lot of high scoring customer reviews, because the last thing you want is an incompetent plumber show up and make a bad situation worse! Once you have identified the top rated companies (pick 2 or 3), check out their website very briefly to see if you can find any mention of emergency services. If you can find this information quickly and easily, then chances are they are the local Calgary plumbers you are looking for.
The last thing you can do is to call a friend for a recommendation on a good Calgary plumber. If you have a friend who has ever used a Calgary plumbers services, then chances are they have gone through a thorough and rigorous research process to find the best local plumber. This is very much a case of letting them do the research for you, and taking advantage of their experience. If they had a good experience with a particular Calgary plumber, chances are that you will have a similar experience with the same plumber.
So when in a tight spot with regards to your plumbing, use one of the above strategies to quickly and easily find a good plumber in Calgary. By looking in the phone book, the internet, or asking a friend, you can be sure to find a Calgary plumber that will fix your problem and give you peace of mind that you are dealing with a good and reputable local plumber.