Earl W. Fite & Sons Plumbing Inc.

Our laundry and kitchen sink backed up. Couldn’t do dishes or laundry. Mike from Earl Fite was prompt, knowledgeable, courteous and quick. Within 30 minutes I’m doing laundry and dishes again and also received an explanation of what/​how the backup occurs and how to prevent future backups. Thank you for being a solid, trustworthy, knowledgeable company I can trust. I highly recommend Earl Fite Plumbing.

Todd, Mike, and Eddie are the best plumbers in town! I had multiple major plumbing issues at my house and each time Todd sent someone out immediately to fix. I had a slab leak under my driveway, which required jack-​hammering up the concrete. My water heater started leaking, Todd had it replaced the same day. The kitchen drain pipe was leaking in my garage wall, Todd came out and fixed it right away. I also had them replace 4 sinks throughout my house, great prices and profession installation. Would highly recommend for any plumbing job!

Todd did an absolutely incredible job installing our new hot water heater the day after we called him. He offered a great product at a really super price, but what really sold me was the experience and knowledge. But it gets better. I watched him during the entire installation and was constantly blown away by 1) how much hard work it really is, 2) how he zipped his way around the parts and connections like a master of his craft, and most importantly, 3) hearing the real life story of how he grew up in and around the shop, learning from his late father, and hearing about how dedicated he is to his own staff… helping them with personal situations… hearing about how his family is taking care of some visitors in need… and on and on. I am telling you — do not hire a plumber based solely on price. Don’t do it. Yes, you need a good product. Yes you want a warranty. And yes the plumber should be a nice person. But keep in mind also that you want to invest your time and effort into a great company like Earl Fite and Sons. You’re investing in good people. You’re investing in a family. So anyways… Todd — thanks for a great job well done. And we’ll be calling you the next time we need any plumbing job… and we’re of course more than happy to refer you to others. Keep up the great work!

There’s a reason Earl W. Fite & Sons Plumbing has been in business for 79 years. They’re the best crew around! Top notch customer service, reliable, honest, and work to get the job done as quickly as possible!
Our kitchen sink clogged up and it was a stop-​up good enough that our own sink snake couldn’t help us out so we dialed Earl W. Fite & Sons first thing Monday morning (literally at 8:00am on the dot). Todd answered ready to help us! He had Mike out at my house as soon as I could get out of work and drive back to meet him.
Mike found the problem immediately, cleared up the issue, gave me advice on how to prevent the clogs in the future by clearing my 4in drain (just running the water only clears the 2in drain, dontchyaknow), and he wrapped up in under 90min so I could get back to work myself! He also checked all of the other drains in my house to make double sure that the problem wasn’t elsewhere besides the kitchen sink.
We’ll definitely be calling Earl W. Fite for all of our future plumbing needs! Job well done crew, keep it up!

Earl Fite Plumbing is the BEST! Todd and Mike are both amazing, talented and a real pleasure to work with. Every time they come out it is HIGH DRAMA for us, but they take great care of us and make sure that we are handled at a fair price. Todd rescued us when we had a City of La Mesa sewer flood! That’s right-​sewer-​and my husband was out of town (of course!) and Todd took care of everything for us while I was in a panic. I would refer them to anyone.

I had an emergency water line leak in my house and I called Earl Fite Plumbing to help me. Within 15 minutes Robert found my leak in the ceiling and was able to stop the leak and fix the problem. My copper hot water line had deteriorated so I had them replace all my copper pipes inside my house and install a regulator. Robert was on time, clean, respectful and very knowable. He left my house clean and back in working condition in no time at all. I am very please with Earl Fite’s Plumbing and would highly recommend this company.

I called a local family-​owned business to come clear my badly clogged drain. I was expecting a $ 99 drain cleaning, but got a $ 301 still-​clogged drain, and a recommendation to call someone else to fix the problem. The technician spent a hour and a half snaking clean-​outs that were not clogged, before calling me to tell me I had a big problem. I know I have a big problem, that’s why I called. He then told me he had over 3 hours into not fixing my drain, but that he was giving me a discount on his normal rate, and he threw in a replacement pipe cap (which he broke) for free. I wanted very much to support a small, local company, but I cannot, in good conscience, recommend this company.

I just witnessed a driver of a truck w the name of the company emblazoned on it treat disrespectfully a driver of a car in my ‘hood. Also stupid since he could have caused an accident. Behave!

We had an underground gas leak in our La Mesa condos that required SDG&E taking 2 units out of service, so we needed quick resolution. We called 3 established companies for bids, and while the other two were larger and arguably more credible, we went with Fite and we are glad we did.
In the end, they were much cheaper than their competitors and no one could have taken better care of us from start to finish. Also, the quality of their workmanship was commented on by SDG&E and the city inspector. Plus, ALL of their workmen had great attitudes and worked liked dogs.
They did concrete demolition, underground gas pipes, and relaying new concrete, plus misc. inside work within our units. They cut no corners and we would use them again in a heartbeat. Can’ t think of another company I’d say that about.
Here’s some more detail if you want it:
All three bids were initially about the same, but Robert (w/​Fite) was really excited about this job, and that mattered to us. He was our go-​to guy from start to finish — first day to last.
All the while though, his boss Todd was overseeing every step, both from the office and onsite. We always had complete access to everyone we needed, everyone was always there on-​time, but in truth, Todd & Robert created such a comfort level that there wasn’t much to worry about, even when unexpected things turned up, and they did.
The job turned out to be more difficult than anyone could foresee, through no fault of anyone’s. But Todd and Robert did what they had to do to address everything as it came up and in a timely manner.
The job took nearly two weeks from start to finish, but they were there working every possible day — holidays notwithstanding. They even took care of the permits with the City of La Mesa and interfaced with SDG&E along the way.
Please support these guys; they’re a dying species — locally owned and operated by good young guys with old-​school values. I wish I knew a painting contractor like them!

I wish I could say I had a good experience with them. When we used a rental property on Augusta Court and they were always top notch. So when we bought our first property we felt the one thing we didn’t need to worry about was a decent plumber.
Yesterday I had them over and they billed $ 725 for a kitchen faucet, bathroom faucet, and bathroom shower. All complete replacements from new parts we had purchased. I’ve come to realize after talking with several different plumbers of how badly we were ripped off at their charging of $ 125 for each hour of their work. I’d like to point out that this one bathroom faucet took 3 entire hours of following instructions to install. Many times I had to assist him. When it was installed after two hours it leaked and he was trying to fix the leak. Why are we trying to fix the leak on a brand new expensive faucet? He should have told us immediately that we had a bad faucet and that we’d be entirely replacing it with a new one for the amount that we had already paid for the faucet. So I ran to the local hardware store and picked up an additional one (same model) and he went to work again. This time the install took 35 minutes and without a leak. So 2 ½ hours of installing and then trying to fix the leak all while billing at $ 125 an hour. It’s also worthy of note that they charged me for the parts he used to try to fix the leak on the original faucet that wound up not even being usable.
We also came to learn that they charge for travel time. Charging their full rate of the job on the travel. I wish I could paid for the jobs I travel to. I guess the plumber must have been thinking about the job he was going to do on the faucets to justify the $ 125 an hour while driving.
I’ve had good experiences in the past with Todd and this was was made me stick with this company. But I think it’s now a matter of Todd having help and they’re not entirely communicating all that is happening. Todd as the face of your company you need to make sure people are having good experiences otherwise people like myself will look for another plumber. My wife’s boss at work recommended Courtesy Plumbers — so we’re going to stick with them from now on.
Final note: Charging customers for travel expenses is bad policy.
Positive Note: Todd did tell my wife he’d refund my wife the travel expenses. But quoted her the wrong amount for the refund.

Water heater issue we called about that went bad. We called on Friday AM and were told that they would be out by 3PM. Well some one made a mistake bur Todd the owner came out and fixed the problem Friday night and stood by their work, Very impressed with the follow up and very much appreciated that the owner came out and fixed the problem.
Thank you

Meet the owner and his wife e ore day. Very nice people that really care about their customers.

THIS IS HANDS DOWN THE BEST BEST BEST PLUMBER I’ve ever worked with! They are SO helpful and professional and they have an AWESOME response time. I will never use any other plumbers besides Earl W. Fite & Sons!