Paris has its own logic. The way to find a reputable plumber is to ask your hairdresser. Ask any Parisian what's the worst thing that can happen in your apartment - it's getting a leak. The second worst thing is having your gas heater break down. Or you can simply get air in the radiator pipes at the beginning of the fall season. But then try to find someone to resolve the problem.
You can do as we did - sign up for a contract with a company that promises to come by once a year to clean out your gas heater (chaudiere) but then you read the small print and realize that this doesn't include purging the radiators or whatever else needs to be done to get the get heat moving throughout the apartment.
The hairdresser located on the main floor of our apartment house had a flood last week after torrential rains - and I caught a glimpse of the plumber who responded to her SOS. He looked like a responsible sort - so yesterday I supplicated the hairdresser to share this treasured address.
He showed up this morning and apologized for not arriving at 8:30 on the dot. He rushed to resolve the problem - and when I asked him what we owed him, he said 'Nothing'. Am I dreaming Toto? This is Paris, not OZ.
Needless to say, I followed up the plumber's visit with a trip downstairs to the hairdresser for 'the works'. After all, one hand washes the other.
I will gladly share the name of the hairdresser with you, but you may have to wrestle for the name of the plumber.
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