[Warren Kiefer]

My neighbor who is not well versed in mechanical type things called me this morning. He stated he had a leak in the water service line between the water meter and his home. He asked which plumber he should call, I advised someone who has a good reputation like Torri Plumbing. My neighbor went further to state that this leak was in the identical spot of another leak about a year ago. I asked who made the repairs for the first lesk, he said PAT THE PLUMBER. Red flags went up everywhere, this particular plumber has a horrible reputation in the Villages. Lather this afternoon I stoped by my frioends home, I found that Torri had been out and made the repairs. The Torri plumber told by friend the first repair was very poor and there was insufficient glue on the pipe joints. I knew it being a Saturday, there would be additional cost . I asked how much and was told $190. Now for the kicker!!! I asked my friend what PAT THE PLUMBER had charged for the simple first repair, my friend dropped his head and said $600. I then asked how long did that first repair take, he said less than two hours, maybe an hour and a half. This is just another horror story about Pat the Plumber. I recall there was another posting on the Talk of the Villages where a 80 plus older gentlemen called Pat the Plumber out to fix a broken flush lever on a toilet tank. As I recall this poor old guy ended up paying something like $1200 before Pat the Plumber ended the rip off...