Finding myself with a few minutes recently, I took a peek at O’Grady Plumbing’s reviews on Yelp.com. My plan was to read them from the standpoint of a potential customer looking to hire us for a commercial or residential plumbing job in San Francisco. The problem with that, of course, is that I’m not an
A customer recently asked me if I thought it would be ”excessive” to install a water sensor alarm to protect her home from damage caused by water leaks and floods. My first thought was this might be a bit much, but I wanted to take a look at what was at stake, so I visited
When it comes to running a successful business, having great people on your team, a great product to offer and sell, and great processes in place, are all key to obtaining — and retaining —customers. In the plumbing trade, and especially here at O’Grady Plumbing, our process includes our Master plumbers and myself answering a
Here at O’Grady Plumbing, we often get questions from San Francisco plumbing customers, potential customers and people just calling to ask about an issue they’re having with their pipes or faucets. So what we’ve done in this blog post is compose a short list of do’s and don’ts that we hope will help simplify what
By Paul O’Grady, Founder — O’Grady Plumbing As a San Francisco-based service plumber I find myself replacing broken parts on various plumbing fixtures — with most of this apparatus having been installed over the last two decades. Sadly, many of these San Francisco plumbing problems that I’m called out to remedy end up with an
People think plumbers are expensive, especially when it comes to dealing with issues associated with water damage in San Francisco. But the cost of the plumbing work is chump change when compared to the cost of damage restoration after an unwanted flood occurs. Plumbing fixtures can be a high-ticket item, but there are other culprits
Retaining the services of a good plumber in San Francisco isn’t like ordering a pizza to go. With a pizza, if you find the crust is soggy or the chef scrimped on the provolone, you just make a mental note to avoid ordering a pie from that establishment in the future. But when it comes