I spent sixteen years with a bigger plumbing outfit before I started Riverbend in 2011. I had one used van and a rule I wanted to keep: agree on the price at the kitchen table before a tool comes out. I had watched too many homeowners open an invoice they had never seen coming. By then the work was finished, and they were left trying to understand a bill they had never agreed to.
That stayed with me. When we come to your house, we explain what we have found and what the work will cost. You get to ask questions and decide before we begin. I still take the water heater calls myself. A cold shower is reason enough to want an answer, but you should have time to understand whether your tank needs a repair or a replacement.
We have four trucks now, covering Riverbend, Alder Flats, Marigold Heights, and Foundry District. My sister Riley has answered the phone since 2013. Casey joined as an apprentice in 2016 and now leads our drains and leak detection work. We have more people to keep track of than we did with one van. The kitchen-table rule is still how we start a job.