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Jake's Plumbing, Inc. has 2 locations, listed below.

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    • Jake's Plumbing, Inc.

      33719 LA Highway 16 Denham Springs, LA 70706-0968

      BBB Accredited Business
    • Jake's Plumbing, Inc.

      34787 La-16 Denham Springs, LA 70706

      BBB Accredited Business

    Business ProfileforJake's Plumbing, Inc.

    Plumber
    Multi Location Business
    BBB accredited business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    2/5stars

    Average of 4 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    3 complaints closed in last 3 years

    0 complaints closed in last 12 months

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 11/2/2018

    Years in Business: 8

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

    Overview of BBB Rating

    Related Categories

    Products & Services

    This company offers plumbing services.

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    Jake's Plumbing, Inc. has 2 locations, listed below.

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      • Jake's Plumbing, Inc.

        33719 LA Highway 16 Denham Springs, LA 70706-0968

        BBB Accredited Business
      • Jake's Plumbing, Inc.

        34787 La-16 Denham Springs, LA 70706

        BBB Accredited Business
      Location of This Business
      33719 LA Highway 16, Denham Springs, LA 70706-0968
      BBB File Opened:
      8/26/2016
      Years in Business:
      8
      Business Started:
      9/1/2015
      Business Started Locally:
      3/1/2015
      Business Incorporated:
      2/10/2016
      Accredited Since:
      11/2/2018
      Licensing Information:
      This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
      BBB records show a license number of 63082 for this business, issued by Louisiana State Contractors Licensing Board. The expiration date of this license is 3/17/2027.

      These agencies may include:

      Louisiana State Contractors Licensing Board

      600 North Street

      Baton Rouge LA 70802

      (225) 765-2301

      https://www.lslbc.louisiana.gov

      BBB records show a license number of 5329, 10726 for this business, issued by State Plumbing Board of Louisiana

      These agencies may include:

      State Plumbing Board of Louisiana

      11304 Cloverland Avenue

      Baton Rouge LA 70809

      (225) 756-3434

      http://www.spbla.com/

      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Number of Employees:
      10
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. Jacob A. Howze, Owner

      Customer Contact

      • Mr. Jacob A. Howze, Owner

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      Customer Complaints

      3 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      06/09/2022

      Complaint Type:
      Sales and Advertising Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      I am writing about a formal complaint I have about the plumber who installed our Rheem water heater. We moved into our newly constructed house in March 2021. We went out of town on May 23, 2022 and returned on May 29, 2022. When we returned we had no hot water. We contacted the supplier of the hot water heater (The Plumbing Warehouse) and found that they were aware of a common problem with Rheem water heaters. They said that the defective part (Rheem water heater tank control valve would be covered under the warranty). They referred us to a plumbing company who could corect the problem. Unfortunately, they had no plumbers available. I contacted the contractor who built our new house and he referred us to the plumbing company that installed the water heater (Jakes Plumbing of Denham Springs). The plumbing company (Jake's) was also aware of the Rheem problem, They completed the job and presented me with a $557.50 bill which included a service call charge, a charge for the new part and a charge for "rebuilding" the water heater (this is completely wrong as I observed the replacement and nothing was rebuilt). The total time spent on our water heater was less than 45 minutes. Other neighbors have had the same experience and this is wrong.
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      Customer Reviews

      4 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Charles P

      1 star

      03/05/2022

      We hired Jake's Plumbing to come fix busted pipes from overgrown roots in our front flower bed. While Jake's initially fixed that issue, within a week we began having sewage backup from under our toilets. JP told us we would need to have a portion of our driveway taken out and a pipe replaced, that supposedly ran under the driveway, and tied back into our city line. We paid for the work that we believed was completed. We then began having sewage back up through our kitchen sink and guest bath tub. Plumbers from JP came out and after speaking to us extremely disrespectfully and like we were complete idiots performed a CO2 blast to clear the lines. They also lied to their boss at one point claiming we would not allow them in the house to do the work. We continued to have issues when it rained and the city replaced a line at the street. While they were running cameras to find what they needed to do we were advised we should consider contacting an attorney because not only was there no line placed in the area where JP removed our concrete there was also poorly laid pipe from their original work. We had all of this confirmed with a 2nd plumber, who is admits to being the most expensive plumbing company in the area. This plumber also said that for all the work we had done we should have paid about $5k had we hired them. We had paid Jake's Plumbing just over 9k from the initial diagnostic visit, the original work, and the second job that included the removal of concrete, the placement of a pipe that they did not place, and the replacement of the concrete. When we confronted **** of JP he had a a variety of excuses and was also terribly unprofessional, cursing at us throughout the phone call, being sarcastic toward us for being educated in areas other than plumbing, and telling my wife she was reacting emotionally rather than logically.

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