Happy Holidays from Ball Plumbing!

Bellingham Herald Blurb

This is from the 12/4/2011, Sunday edition:

• In an effort to provide customers more flexibility, Ball Plumbing recently added a new payment option, a time and material rate. The company typically used a flat rate on a project, which it will continue to do, but the hourly-plus-parts rate is helpful for unusual projects, said Robert Yancey of Ball Plumbing. Details about the option can be found at ballplumbing.net.

Read more: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/12/04/2295425/new-sunnyland-barbecue-restaurant.html#ixzz1fawCMt2n

New Prices

I'm offering the option of time and material now.

The old way with the price book will still be used for those who like it.

Please visit our Services & Prices page on the website.

The phone number that won't die

We had an old rarely used phone number--360-733-1292--before we got the 360-647-2255 (BALL) that I've been trying to kill, but the internet won't lety it die.

I think I finally killed it off the website for the third time. We shall see....

Our Google reviews are gone!

Our 7-five star reviews disappeared! The reviews were about fast service and quality repairs. For 3rd party information on Ball Plumbing, visit the State's contractor website https://fortress.wa.gov/lni/bbip/Search.aspx , the BBB or Angieslist.

My thanks to the customers who posted reviews.

The Plumber

For years, Ball Plumbing has supported NWNPR and we listen daily.

Here's a tribute to plumbers from the Prairie Home Companion. Click the link to access the audio. It's worth the clicking of your mouse.

The Plumber Is The Man
Listen: Ode to the Plumber


When the ice comes and the snow and it's twenty-eight below
And then the temperature begins to fall
And they hear the moan and whine of that frozen water line
Then the plumber is the man who saves them all.

O the plumber is the man, the plumber is the man.
Down into the cellar he must crawl.
He is not sleek and slim but they don't look down on him
For the plumber is the man who saves them all.

When the toilet will not flush and the odor makes you blush
And you cannot use the sink or shower stall,
Then your learning and your art slowly start to fall apart
But the plumber is the man who saves it all.

O the plumber is the man, the plumber is the man.
With his wrenches and his pipes he comes to call.
They can take their sins to Jesus but when their water freezes
Then the plumber is the man who saves them all.

TR: This is Bernie at Murphy's Plumbing. It pays to be polite to your plumber. To invite him to your dinner party and send him a little Christmas gift and a bottle of wine on his birthday. What? You don't know when his birthday is? Time to find out. Because when January rolls around and your pipes freeze and suddenly you find yourself living in the early 19th Century, you want your plumber to know who you are and make time for you in his busy schedule. Get the idea? Good.

Oh, I know that in one's youth that beauty, justice, truth,
Seem to be what life is all about,
But when the facts are faced, you realize that life is based
On water coming in and going out.

They don't let him in their club cause he never dresses up
And he doesn't go for tennis or handball,
Or Mozart or Chopin, but when it hits the fan
Then the plumber is the man who saves them all.

O the plumber is the man, the plumber is the man.
In his vest and rubber boots and overalls.
So don't turn up your nose at the aroma of his clothes
For the plumber is the man who saves us all.

Bast the Cat

Our cat of 8 years was euthanized last Friday; she was at least 15 years old! We adopted her from the shelter.

Her health was failing for the last few years. Our good friends at the Whatcom Humane Society took care of her quickly and without fuss.

We miss that mangy ol' cat...........