Max is the best, most honest plumber we ever worked with in CA. I Highly recommend him for all your big plumbing projects.

Max is a skilled and experienced plumber. In addition to taking care of my plumbing items, he delighted me with his personality, jokes, stories and life observations. He's a rarity, one of a kind tradesman with charm and intelligence. I kinda hope I have more plumbing needs just to get him over here again!! read more

Fast, honest and fair service and pricing. He always gets us out of a jam, and I refer him to folks regularly. Work is done quickly and cleanly. read more

Just had Max here and got the job done. He replaced our garbage disposal and cleared the line. He came only half an hour after I called him, having waited for another plumber, Frank T. Lyons, for three day. Lyons gave me a sob story about his phone not working. Lyons spazzed out after I told him I hired Max, yelling for 20 mins at me regarding the grade I gave him 25 years ago when he was my student, a junior, at Ventura High School. Lyons crowed that he had been a Gate kid, was super intelligent, that he even had a fan club but that he only got a C from me. Max Reed, on the other hand, is confident, knows his stuff and is not a narcissistic child. Max is a professional man, a man...not a kid. But, Lyons is an angry little boy, holding a grudge for 25 years. Hire Max, not Lyons. Lyons acts like a school yard bully and displays the unprofessional behavior of a kid who is still butt-hurt and still needs a "fan club." Some guys just can't get over their never-to-return, lost high school glory days. Hire Max Reed! Stay away from Lyons. read more

MAX TO THE RESCUE...again! This time, me trying to do the repair on my water heater this morning and the corroded pipe and valve busted off. UH -OH! Had to get to work, needed it done this morning or the family would be without water for a day or two. First call was to Max who put me at ease right away, came over and he and his guy did the job lickity split at a very fair price. Did I heed his warnings years ago about my pipes needing to be replaced, no. But he still shows up in a pinch to save the day when there's an issue. No judgement, always good company, throws in a little sage wisdom, a classic story or two, and is a serious pro. Not sure if or when we'll be able to have Max repipe this old house, but until then, I've got him on speed dial, and always enjoy his company around town. Ojai's lucky to have Max! read more

Get Max. It's nice to have a plummer that you can call when you need him. I'm happy with the price and quality. Thanks Max!

Our line was getting a little choked up with tree roots and the guy I usually called had retired so I called Max Reed Plumbing and was able to make an appointment for the next day. Max arrived at the expected time and was pretty quickly able to clear our lines. He also gave me some information on things I should think about for longer term solutions and to preserve the pipes I have rather than have to worry about replacing things that go into the slab under our house. Max is polite and professional, brings the right tools and does good work. Also I like giving my business to local business owners and not calling someone up all the way from Ventura or Oxnard. It's good to have someone in town that can take care of these things. read more

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I use yelp to find good services. Have not left a review but thought it was important to leave my experience with a plumber I used. I had a tankless water heater that needed replacing. I called Max to see if he was available to do the work. He was. I did the leg work to drive down to Vic's and Ferguson to purchase the new water heater and new valves and filter. Met Max back at the house. He had a helper with him, ( he was complaining about his back) so I thought ok, 2 guys will knock this out quick. He worked for a few hours and then called me and said he had to run to another job but would be back. He said the water is on if we needed it. He called me at 4:30 and said he was exhausted, could not come back. I told him the water in fact was off at the house, so he did come back and fixed that. He came back the next day to finish the job. He worked so very slow. I think he just wanted an easy job to last all day. He just had to take the old tankless off the wall and put up the new one. All the lines and connections were right there. Just replace the hoses and make new connections. He charged me for 2 guys @ 9 hours each. That is 18 hours of labor to replace the water heater. I think that is so unfair. He also charged me for parts without listing the parts he used. Just made up an amount of $495 for parts I know he did not use. Bottom line, he was very slow and brought another guy so he could charge 2 men even on a job that could be done with one guy. PS, don't let him park his truck on your driveway if you don't want oil leaking on it. read more

Max is super responsive and is clearly a top choice plumber for citizens of Ojai. He helped me with a house drain the was leaking into a bedroom. read more

Max was amazing to work with. Communication was great and he's super friendly and professional. I highly recommend him!

No one better! Max is great: highly knowledgeable, skilled, dependable, and resourceful. Our plumbing is old and hard to access, and Max has always come through for us, no matter how challenging the job. If we could give ten stars, we would. read more

Max and his guys have been out to our rental house 2 times already and they always do a great job!!! Never dissappointed with the work they do! I highly suggest them! read more

Excellent, fast, clean and friendly service! Max was able to get his team out to save us today, when our only bathroom was backed up and leaking everywhere! Tim was so great and got everything fixed quickly. I would highly recommended them! read more

Max and his guys were great! Very fair and competitive pricing. Needed a toilet set and some guys in the valley are really gouging. Max doesn't work that way. They also did a great job! Max's assistant wasn't happy with the caulking job, purchased different caulk and came back the next day to finish it out perfectly! Nice guys, honest, and conscientious. Will use them again. Oh, and I love the truck! read more

I got more than I bargained for when I hired Max Reed Plumbing to come root my pipes. Besides the quick response, Max himself showed up, sent the rooter down the hole and cleared the blockage pronto! As he turned to leave, he paused and turned around and said, "Could I give you some advice?" I said, hesistating, "sure." Max continued, "You might want to consider eating more roughage, like salads and beans and stuff--could save you a lot in the long run on these, calls to say nothing of saving yourself a heart attack!" I credit the man with more than clearing my pipes. I think he may have saved my life. read more

Max and his guys have helped us a few times over the last year. He is reliable, trustworthy, honest and a super nice guy who loves what he does and knows his stuff. He has always fixed our problems on the spot or as soon as he can get it done. I would highly recommend him! read more

We have known Max over 40 years! Recently we discovered a slab leak and had to have our entire house replumbed! Giant job. Max and his crew had to re-route all the pipes through the attic. At every turn something new popped up. Max took it all in stride and explained everything. Max and his crew are very neat and professional. They put down rugs and plastic and took great care of our belongings. We had to have a dry wall team and a tile team. Max knows everybody! He helped up get fair deals with quality workmen. We have two new bathrooms and they are fantastic! Thanks Max. You will always get our vote!! read more

After Mr. Router never showed up today, I called Max Reed. Although he was extremely busy he fit me in at the end of the day to look at a problem I was having a sewer line. Inside of 20 minutes he showed me the video of the roots in the sewer line we discussed various solutions and will hook up later with the resolution. Very nice guy who seems trustworthy. read more

We are so lucky to have Max in our town. He listened to my issue, and agreed to come out right away on a Saturday morning to unclog my toilet. I had no idea that flushing flowers could cause such a problem, but max was very nice about my mistake. Now we know we're neighbors, and I have a new favorite plumber to recommend. It's a win/win situation. read more

Max And his crew replaced my 65-year old clay sewer lateral in two short days. They used a pipe bursting mandrel to pull in a new plastic lateral. The price was less than if they'd had to dig, and there was no damage to my landscaping. He and his crew were professional, and they cleaned up the site when they were done. My drains were out of commission for less than a day. read more

What I hoped was going to be a quick drain clean out became a bigger project once we discovered some 57 year old cast iron piping that had reached a significantly degraded state. Max and his team diagnosed the problem efficiently and made sure to show me exactly what was going on with his camera system. He communicated his plan effectively, he and his whole team were courteous and kept me apprised of progress, and it was clear they were all focused on doing a high quality job. Despite encountering some unexpected obstacles along the way, he stuck to the low end of his original price estimate. I would gladly recommend him to others. read more

We needed a reverse osmosis filtration system installed. I called Max at 10am and by 3pm his two-man crew arrived and got the job done in two hours. They were right on time, respectful, tidy, and did a great job. I'm really glad I called Max, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend his company for jobs large and small. Thanks, Max! read more

I've been using Max Reed Plumbing for years. He just recently did some work for me and I just wanted him to know how much I appreciate his quality of work. I did know about Max Reed Plumbing until I went onto a community network website in Ojai. Everybody told me "go to Max, he's honest and the best plumber there is in Ojai" I had over 60 locals tell me that they have never had a bad experience with Max. I followed their lead and Max has done numerous plumbing jobs for us. Each time doing great work for a very good price. I trust him with all our plumbing needs. He's such a great guy too. If your looking for the best plumber in Ojai just call Max Reed. read more

Max fixed my water leak quickly and honestly. Came to my house on Saturday within 10 minutes after I called. Offered to show me how to fix the leak myself at no charge - or he could fix it. Told me the charge up front. I asked him to fix the leak and he did quickly. Max is very friendly and a pleasure to work with. We recommend him highly. read more

Max is a great guy and does great work. He did a fantastic job re lining our sewer lateral. We were cleared by the sanitary department within the week. And he even stuck to his original quote after the weird layout of our system caused him to have to put in a bunch of extra work. It was so nice to work with an honest man running a quality business. I'll be recommending Max to all my friends and family. read more

I called Max Reed because I wanted someone local. I was having a water heater problem and Max told me he was booked up for a week. He wanted to hear in detail what was wrong and then offered advice on things I could try to fix it myself and save his charges. I told him I would wait until he could make it and that I would prefer to pay him than mess with it myself. He called back a few minutes later and said he would come right away. He was here in about 10 minutes, researched and diagnosed the problem, and had it all fixed and working perfectly in about 45 minutes. And, he had all the parts he needed with him. I am VERY happy to now have someone I can refer to as MY plumber that I will happily refer to others. read more

We have used Max Reed Plumbing and Electrical for several years, and our experience has been outstanding. His prices are reasonable and customer service is great. We are a local business, Ojai Valley Glass, and refer him to customers when they need plumbing or electrical work. read more

Max is the BEST and his guys are too. I had been talking with him for months, years about the impending doom awaiting us when our 50+ year old cast-iron drain line might finally give out (under the slab, running from laundry/kitchen to bathrooms and out to sewer) and what a dreadful job that was for those who have to face it (like everyone in our neighborhood, sooner or later). I knew I needed to hire him, but kept putting it off....until one day we had 3 inches of black sewage standing in the bathtub. That's when I called Max and pulled the trigger to get this monster job done. While it was necessary for a total demo of our main/hall bathroom (where the tub was), Max and his guys went to extraordinary lengths to avoid having to completely demo our other (master) bath also. This meant they had to excavate (by hand) a hole in the main bathroom floor nearly 5 feet deep, and they also dug out under the adjacent bathroom to have access to all the connections between the old drain line, the bathrooms and the new sewer line (that we had replaced a few years ago). They also used the "trenchless" method, and in so doing avoided having to demolish all of our patio as well. As Diane (who is my neighbor) mentioned in another post, Max's right-hand, Pancho, did all this interior dirty work, and he was neat as could be. He dug that hole by hand and carried it out of our house one wheel barrow at a time, through the living and dining rooms, on runner rugs that he laid out and picked up every day. For as horribly dirty as this project was, the interior chaos, as well as that outside, was kept to a minimum, thanks to Pancho. AND he was always cheerful and smiling and just a wonderful person to have around. This project lasted a long time, for a lot of reasons, and I just really enjoyed having Max and his guys around. They felt like family, were super easy going, and always willing to stretch to solve a problem, or to respond to anything new that came up. Max brought his own equipment to help set us up with an outdoor shower while we had none indoors. He also set us up with a novel grey water system that we can switch off and on depending on where we want to direct our water. Max is a great guy and I'd hire him again in a heart beat... read more