ACL Inc. Andrew Carothers-Liske

Have a state water heater. Probably called 12 – 15 places before Andrew… nobody fixed this brand or even knew what to do. With 20 minutes over the phone he knew exactly what the issue was, the part that was required, and where to get it. By the next morning we had hot water again, and couldn’t be happier with the service and price. Highly recommended!

Andrew Carothers is now my Go-​To Plumber of choice. I called. He picked up the phone. I described my problem. He suggested I send him a pic via text and he walked me thru the solution. I was off and running to the correct plumbing warehouse armed with the info I needed to get the parts on the first trip. I then went home and installed the necessary part to fix the problem! I give five stars because he gave me the information I needed and walked me thru the solution. He was recommended to me by my neighbor who received the same recommendation from her next door neighbor. So this 5 star rating is essentially reflecting 3 separate positive outcomes with Andrew Carothers.

Put a toilet in flawlessly Smart, friendly, helpful, reasonable. Not a big plumbing outfit with a fancy truck. Rates are fair. He’s not cheap or expensive. He knows what he is doing. I now know I have a plumber in the family.

What a great find. Andrew was recommended to us by our friend Anthony Suega (a fantastic tile guy and general contractor). We had an emergency situation. I called Andrew, he picked up right away and came over later that evening.
Andrew is SMART (Stanford educated), an excellent plumber, fast, thorough, efficient, and professional. He came quickly because we had a situation that was potentially very dangerous involving a gas line. He came at 8:30 pm, crawled under the house, found the issue right away and it was done within an hour. The whole thing cost me $ 132 (vs. the $ 400+ quoted by Mr. Rooter of Oakland who also were unwilling to crawl under the house to find the problem.)
That’s probably all you need to know because if you are looking for a plumber, look no further. And do not under an circumstances work with Mr. Rooter in Oakland (see my review of their business to get the full rant about why those guys are the worst.)

Andrew is extraordinary in many ways. You will always get more than you pay for from him. He is intelligent and resourceful and has apparently limitless energy. He was recommended to us and we engaged him for an extensive plumbing job, which turned out to be more complicated than we had anticipated, and whenever confronted with an unexpected problem, he lit into it and solved it quickly in some ingenious way. One of our issues was deciding where to put a washer and dryer, since there was no suitable place in our structure. Andrew just said, «Oh, I’ll build you a shed.» The only place the shed could be built required that piping be brought through concrete steps; that didn’t slow him down. He put together a simple but handsome structure that has served us beautifully ever since. There are many other examples of his going beyond what was reasonably expected. We love him.
We will always recommend Andrew to anyone needing plumbing services, especially for complex projects.
Dean C.
Oakland

I highly recommend Andrew Carothers-​Liske. He was recommended by friends, and they were right. He and his assistant just did a great, skillful job on the water mains for our small condo association and charged us a very reasonable price. I would definitely use his company again and will refer others to him.

I have to continue to give Andrew major thumbs up because he is so great! I seriously don’t know what we would do without him. Anytime we call he gives great advice, does great work, and we can rely on him.

I had a fantastic experience working with Andrew on replumbing my kitchen for a down-​to-​the-​studs remodel. He was recommended by my next-​door neighborhood who also had a great experience working with him. He is friendly, approachable, thorough, knowledgeable, and his price was very fair. All valuable qualities to have in a contractor, especially when you’re acting as your own GC.
Not only did he do an exceptional job on the plumbing work, Andrew offered recommendations for other local businesses and tradespeople (nearly all unrelated to plumbing). It’s important to me to give my business to the local community where possible and it’s hard to beat a personal recommendation; I appreciated his input.
I’d recommend him in a heartbeat. When it comes time to redo the bathroom and laundryroom, Andrew will be my first call for plumbing.