{"id":1615,"date":"2015-10-26T11:00:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T15:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daltonphc.com\/blog\/?p=1615"},"modified":"2021-11-22T13:54:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T19:54:54","slug":"3-things-to-look-for-in-a-quality-plumber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/plumbing-service\/3-things-to-look-for-in-a-quality-plumber\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Things to Look for in a Quality Plumber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your plumbing isn\u2019t something that you should take for granted, and when it breaks down, you need someone who can evaluate the problem quickly and fix it effectively. It can be hard to tell the quality plumbers from the fly-by-nighters sometimes, however, and with the sheer number of options you have in Cedar Falls, IA, finding the right service gets even more difficult. There are some easy ways to tell a <a href=\"\/plumbing\">quality plumber<\/a> from a less reliable one. Here are 3 of them to help you filter out the right options when your pipes and faucets need some help:<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Age and Affiliations<\/h2>\n<p>A new plumbing service might be quite good \u2013 after all, we all started somewhere \u2013 but the longer a company is in business, the more you can trust their service. Success means that they have built up a list of regular customers who come to them time and again, and that their quality doesn\u2019t waver with new hires and personnel. Similarly, a long history of reliable service helps quality company rack up notable affiliations, both from the companies manufacturing the plumbing supplies and from third-party trade associations such as NATE (North American Technician Excellence) designed to set a certain bar.<\/p>\n<h2>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 24-Hour Emergency Service<\/h2>\n<p>No one likes to contemplate a plumbing repair call in the middle of the night, but burst pipes and similar emergencies don\u2019t follow an 8-to-5 schedule. A quality plumbing company that cares about its customers will offer 24-hour service and be available when and where they need us.<\/p>\n<h2>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Up Front Costs<\/h2>\n<p>If your plumber starts to get dodgy about how much a project is going to cost, look out. Quality plumbing services spell out all of the costs up front, providing accurate estimates before any work starts. In the event something unexpected crops up, they will discuss your options with you before adding on any costs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>At Dalton, PHC, we\u2019ve been in business for over 50 years, we\u2019re NATE certified, and we offer both free estimates and 24-hour emergency service. Call us today!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your plumbing isn\u2019t something that you should take for granted, and when it breaks down, you need someone who can evaluate the problem quickly and fix it effectively. It can be hard to tell the quality plumbers from the fly-by-nighters sometimes, however, and with the sheer number of options you have in Cedar Falls, IA, finding the right service gets even more difficult. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[324,81],"tags":[107,36],"class_list":["post-1615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cedar-falls","category-plumbing-service","tag-cedar-falls","tag-plumbing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1615"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1618,"href":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions\/1618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daltonphc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}