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We summarize the public reviews of 6,000+ plumbers — Google, Yelp, and BBB — and show you the strengths and the complaints, quoted word-for-word. The negative reviews other directories bury are the first thing we look for.

6,437 plumbers tracked693 city guidesReviews read from Google, Yelp & BBB

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Big Apple Plumbing LLC - Broomfield, CO

Top pick24/7 per Google listing

5.0 (505 Google reviews) 6.0 mi from downtown Westminster

Our take — how we form it

5.0 stars across 505 reviews; after-hours water heater installs confirmed — Big Apple installed two heaters at 10:30 PM the night before Thanksgiving.

Rating mix — of the 15 reviews we analyzed505 total on Google

5★13

4★0

3★1

2★0

1★1

What reviewers keep saying

After-hours water heater rescue — crew arrived at 10:30 PM the night before Thanksgiving and installed two new heaters. (cited in 1 of 85 reviews)
Same-day dispatch confirmed — Gabriel was on-site the same day a customer called for a major plumbing issue. (cited in 1 of 85 reviews)
Honest no-charge call — Jason advised a customer to return a defective toilet tank to the store instead of charging for a workaround. (cited in 1 of 85 reviews)

What reviewers complain about

Same-day pricing flagged as fairly expensive on at least one job despite quality work and prompt scheduling. (1 of 85 reviews)

What reviewers praise

“Jason was super helpful in his advice that a recently bought toilet had an hairline crack. Suggested I have the store replace the tank and install myself. Defective tank replaced and installed. No charge from Jason for promptly showing up and evaluating the …”

Oluwasegun Oyewo · ★★★★★ · Google · Dec 2025

The most critical take we found

“I had a bad experience texting this company, they would not come to my address because it was "private". They couldn't event spell correctly in texts and then wrote "lol" to me when I tried to communicate my address.”

Kirill Langer · ★ · Google · Apr 2026

We read 85 of 505 reviews · newest from Dec 2025

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The concerns other directories hide

Negative patterns get equal billing with the praise — even for our top picks. A single written complaint usually speaks for several customers who never wrote one.

Verbatim quotes, always attributed

Every quote is copied word-for-word from a public review with its author, star rating, platform and date. We never paraphrase and call it a quote.

The rating mix, not just the average

A 4.8 average can hide a pile of one-star reviews. We show the distribution of every review we analyzed — on every single listing.

A judgment you can argue with

“Our take” is an opinion, formed from the evidence shown right below it. Check the quotes and disagree with us — that's the point of showing our work.

How it works

1.We collect the reviews.

For every plumber we list, we pull their public reviews from Google, Yelp, and the Better Business Bureau — hundreds per company, not the five happiest.

2.We read them and take a side.

Our editors, with AI assistance, distill each plumber's reviews into plain-English strengths and concerns. If three customers mention surprise fees, you'll see it — with their exact words, names, and dates.

3.You call with your eyes open.

No account, no forms, no lead auction. Pick a plumber knowing what past customers loved and what they complained about, and tap to call them directly.

Why we're different

We publish the complaints.

Every directory shows you star ratings. We quote the one-star reviews — verbatim and attributed — because a single written complaint usually speaks for several customers who never wrote one. If a plumber has a pattern of no-shows or growing invoices, it's on their card, not hidden in page four of their Google reviews.

Plumbers can't pay to change what we write.

We sell advertising placement, and we label it. What we never sell is the assessment. A sponsored plumber's concerns section reads exactly as it would if they'd never paid us — and plumbers below our quality bar can't buy placement at all. How our ranking works →

Our opinion, their words.

Everything we say about a plumber is grounded in quoted customer reviews you can read yourself. We show the full rating picture, link every claim to its source quotes, and correct mistakes fast when a plumber disputes something. Our correction policy →

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