Our toilet at my workplace was backing up and overflowing. Atomic Rooter sent to a plumber, he snaked out the sewer line in the basement through one of those clean out valves, When he came to get paid I checked on the work, Then upon inspection sewage water waste was still leaking from the clean out valve! The whole basement was under an inch of sewage. My store and my neighbor's store have been condemned by the health department. Atomic Rooter will be facing a lawsuit from myself and my neighbors. The had thousands of dollars in Merchandise rendered worthless due to the contamination, caused by the sheer negligence of said plumber. ( Before I forget the toilets are still unusable!) Angry in Old Greenwich CT. read more

Had a morning appointment to snake an outdoor drain. No show and no call. I finally called them and was told they had no scheduled appointment in my town. Then said "Oh right, the outdoor drain. We can be there by 3pm." No thanks. read more

DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH OR TRUST ATOMIC ROOTER! Update 7/12/16 - Atomic Rooter is now trying to intimidate Yelp into taking my honest review down by threatening to cancel an advertising campaign. If you need any further proof of a company acting in a dishonest manner or their deceptive efforts to try and have a legitimate complaint removed, here you go. Original review: The ownership of this company is despicable. Instead of owning up to the fact that they failed to show up for an appointment back in 2014 (in White Plains, NY), they gave us a year long song and dance routine about how we had the wrong company, how it wasn't them, and how we somehow made a mistake. Nope. It was Atomic Rooter and they simply failed to show up. Now, after months of silence, these dopes are again trying to make it seem like we have the wrong company because my location is currently PA. Unfortunately, I now have to, once again, expose them for being the lying liars they really are. To set the record straight: the appointment they failed to show up for was in White Plains, NY in 2014. We've moved to PA at the end of 2015. So, to the owners, all I can say is: it's really sad and pathetic that you'll seemingly do or say anything to turn a constructive criticism from one of your customers in to a near 2 year excuse and lie fest in order to paint a false picture of all 5 star reviews. You messed up. Simple as that. Own it. Do yourself a favor and stop deceiving your customers and stop insulting a former customer who you provided awful service to. You are dishonorable and you are not men. read more

They replied saying my review was fake so i took a photo if the receipt I SWEAR NEVER TO CALL THESE PEOPLE EVER! -unless your drowning in 3 feet of water, and they are all you can get(even then they will triple charge you). S Okay so I need to write more reviews to seem more legit, but I honestly only write them for exceptional or terrible service. I'm slightly a little scared to write this, because these people are not nice people They did fix my problem However, as you can see in the other reviews where they claim people to not even have used their services, bc of their location..ha. The reason I know they are true are because the response of the company is the exact same attitude you will get from them. They act like you are a moron and everything is your fault, or they claim not to have actually helped you. Sooo...suddenly a pipe cracked inside my wall and water was leaking around both rooms surrounding the wall as well as the basement. My sweet father, who was at the time dealing with the loss of his brother and funeral arrangements, called anyone to get my house fixed ASAP. Usually he would have just come to my house and assessed the situation. Nope these guys took our loss for all they had and took as much money possible like we were fools. First they called and said they would arrive between 3-5 pm. 1pm, just as I get my cranky sick 2 year old to bed, knock knock pound pound. I run to the door tell Kevan(sp?) my daughter is sleeping but welcome him in. Says "she won't be sleeping for long". We spend the next 30 minutes with him telling me it is my cold water pipe leaking as I argue, I just don't really thing that is the problem. There is a giant puddle in my living room. He acts like I'm an idiot and screams and yells for me to keep turning the cold water on and off. Daughter wakes up obviously. I finally beg him for the fourth time to walk into the living room so he can see that it's obviously not that pipe even though he is sure and annoyed by me. "Oh maybe it's the drain pipe he finally says when he looks in the other room". Duh! I know nothing about plumbing and I've been trying to tell you that for 30 minutes!!!! Anyways. Get screaming daughter back to sleep. He has no communication with me. Is not even telling me if he is going to fix the problem just starts literally sawing a metal pipe, the loudest sound ever. Daughter wakes back up. Fine. At least it's getting fixed. But he's telling me nothing. Nada. Zip. Acts like I'm too stupid to even communicate with. Fixes pipe. Tells me to clean up area, meanwhile daught wanders downstairs because he can't close a door. Yells at me for the fact she's going down the stairs. Gives me a quote of 525. Fixes pipe. Daughter screaming now. Me asking him what's going on so I can soothe her. No information. "I'm fixing it" he says. Meanwhile I'm telling him this problem started in bathroom but he laughs at me and says water doesn't go up. Uh yeah I'm aware dude. I would just like you to take the time to look further into the situation. Of course he doesn't. Replaces that pipe. Oh no, turns out the pipe above it is leaking too?!?! Really what? How? Of course it is you are a moron I want to say. Tells me he needs parts and leaves and not to use my sinks. He comes back with "Steve" I am not there, the next day, my husband is. They still refuse to look upstairs. Charge me 675. Replace both pipes. I try calling to find out exactly what they did and why the price is different and the guarantee is crossed out. Office says I can't speak to him until Monday. Sneakily find the cell phone number he called my dad from. He hangs up on me. My dad calls, he yells at him telling him none of the above happened?!? (He wasn't even there). I finally call a friend who's husband is a commercial plumber because I'm so upset my upstairs is not fixed. He walks in. Tells me the pipes they used cost $20 and I got incredibly ripped off and that it would never take two guys to fix that problem. Take me as a fool and then treat me like scum. I might have been able to handle one but not both. I'm annoyed. Pete, the commercial plumber fixes my upstairs bathroom in literally 15 minutes, doesn't charge me. I'm honestly scared for my life writing this review. But I have security cameras and footage of the repairs as well as the receipt, so I would like to see them argue this one. Like i said unless your drowning, and these are the only people available to you stay away. They are mean, unprofessional and read more

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Well...let me tell you. We didn't expect to have any plumbing problems...how naive we are! A week or so ago, the toilet/washing machine/shower in basement all started to flood. What is one to do? Oy!! The first thing was to run out and buy a shop vac, to vacuum up the water. Second was to call Atomic Rooter! Russell and Larry came out between 8-9:30 and got to work. The issue was the sewer pipe had roots (damn trees, I was ready to rip out our neighbor's tree...come to find out, it was a bush/tree, whatever it was on our property that was previously there). They cleared what they could and told us that we would need a new pipe. Another Oy!! $$$ started ringing through our heads and I was not happy. Anyhow, the owner, Steve came by and met with hubby and me and talked Tom Turkey. He very explicitly explained what the issue was and put us at ease. All permits would be taken care of by them and they would get started within a week. The price was reasonable, compared to what it could have cost. They were able to start on Tuesday, with the excavator and lay the pipe (Ha), Wednesday, they came back to fill in the hole(dirty mind, the hole of where the pipe was). They did such a phenomenal job and left us resting easily. I would not hesitate to use them again, well, since we have, essentially a new sewer pipe, we may never need them! Nevertheless, if we ever have any plumbing issues, hubby or I will call them in a second. Their professionalism is next to none. read more

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Atomic Rooter is now my go-to plumber and septic company! They came right away and dealt with a filthy job of replacing the main septic line, pumping out both tank and pump chamber, and diagnosing that the entire problem was caused by the pump not working (electrical fault, which was just fixed). They proved that without a doubt it was time to ditch my old company. I can't recommend AR highly enough! And they give seniors and veterans discounts. read more

Worst service possible. We had some frozen pipe(s). Guy showed up for 10 minutes, said keep doing what you're doing, tried to scare us with some burst pipe talk and then charged $300 after doing nothing. Just saying a few sentences. I called back to complain as I wasn't at home, my wife was. The guy had a tough time justifying what he did and showed no empathy to the situation. I solved the issue myself basically, these guys didn't have the decency to admit that. I can see from the other reviews that these guys have a habit of screwing people over. read more

I changed my rating to Atomic Rooter from 1 start to 5 because of the business owner Steve. He cares about the reputation of his business, after he read my review he tried hard to contact me and came over in an hour to fix my problem himself for FREE! Now I don't need to worry about anything and I have no more complaints. I have become a satisfied customer! read more

So here's my story and I'm sticking to it. I phoned another plumber who had no availability over the weekend. That company referred me to Atomic Rooter. I trusted but should have looked at reviews first. My call was returned promptly and Romell came out to my home. He introduced himself as a technician. The red flag went up !!!-as I phoned for a licensed plumber. Truth is I don't know what credentials Romell has. He was very nice but that is irrelevant as I had a plumbing problem that needed resolution. My upstairs bathtub was dumping water into my downstairs kitchen when the shower/ bath was in use. Romell ran the shower and determined water was getting through a few loose tiles. I knew that the volume of water was too great to have been caused from water seeping through a few tiles. Romell never filled the tub. Had he done that he would have known that the problem was not the tiles but with the drain. I highly doubt a seasoned plumber would have neglected to perform this test. Never the less I was charged 235 plus tax for an improper diagnosis. Romell did nothing for me. In fact he advised me to tape the area off with plastic and call a tile guy. I ended up phoning him back as I knew this was not the cause. He told me he could go into the ceiling with his camera to look around. I didn't really trust his judgement so I phoned another plumber who came out and cut a small hole in my ceiling directly under the drain. He hadn't even seen the upstairs layout. He found the leak in 2 minutes. Cut a few PVC pipes- linked them together and my problem was solved. I later phoned Romell to inform him that the job had been done and that his diagnosis had been incorrect. He misread my text and informed me that the hole would need to be cut much bigger and to have the guy get him a material list. What????... he later phoned me to tell me he misunderstood my text. I'm very glad that j trusted my gut and didn't allow him to cut a hole in my ceiling. Initially he told me the amount I paid would be deducted from any work he did. Later he told me it would only cover him cutting the hole in my ceiling and any additional work would be more. Keep in mind I had already paid him $249.99 to do absolutely nothing. I have no doubts that I would have been charged an astronomical amount of money to repair a very simple leak. I would stay away from this company. Nothing about my experience was good. After reading other reviews I'm thankful I was only taken for a small amount of money in comparison to others here. read more

After almost one month with trying to get a plumber to come to my parent's house through Total Protect, it took one phone call to Atomic Rooter to have someone come out. And not only did they come earlier then stated, the owner himself came. Larry and his associate were perfect! I am grateful read more

Larry Popkin from Atomic Rooter came the next day as promised. He unclogged our master shower, sink and toilet. Fixed the powder room toilet. Returned no charge to address issue in mater toilet. Professional, pleasant and fairly priced. Would definitely recommend and use in the future. read more

2 men showed up without masks-they put them on after I requested. I do infectious disease so this made me very unhappy. Strangers shouod not walk unmasked in a house to do work. They were very quick to come. Then they asked me why the housekeeper was cleaning the bathroom when I knew they were going to show up. I told them it was a 4 hour window-no crystal ball as to when exactly they were to show up. One drain easily was unplugged-the other was worked on and on but the plumber seem to become frustrated and said the wall would have to be opened up. I said not to do that. That was the main draining problem-heaven knows what face concoctions my daughter puts done that drain. Now it was not slow but completely stopped up so worse than when they showed up. The plumber did not reconnect the sink properly back so water was on the floor. They did not bring in a drop cloth or anything to protect the floor. They could not fix the one drain but charged the $300 for the other one. These are not the days of service-I get that. Thankfully my genius handyman stoppd by a bit later later and fixed the drain in 15 minutes, reconnected the drain , etc.. He told me what they did not do. He charged $100-bargain. It reminded me of an operation I once saw as a student where the surgeon became lost in the gut and did not reconnect the intestine properly. He got more and more frustrated. It did not end well. Strange vibe-made me uncomfortable. Maybe it was the ZZtop look. Called the owner who was like-What's the problem? They put on the mask when you asked and only charged for one drain and that's cheap. I think it is hard to find anyone these days but this was a weird experience. My reptile instincts were buzzing. Just saying.....It felt like invasion of the vandals. read more

We had a very positive experience with Atomic Rooter. Our toilet was overflowing no matter how much we plunged. We called Atomic Rooter, who responded within minutes. The owner knew right away what the problem was. It seems our system was blocked and needed to be snaked. We were given a time when a plumber could be at the house, and he showed up right on time. We were immediately given an estimate, and the plumber worked quickly and efficiently. When finished, he cleaned the area and left it cleaner than when he arrived. I found him knowledgeable, competent and an all-around nice guy. When he was done, we got a call from Steve, the owner, who gave an estimate on another, related repair. When I told him we would defer that repair (which was not an "up-sell", but is actually needed), Steve was extremely polite, and recommended a stop-gap, which the plumber did for us. All-in-all, we were very satisfied. read more

This is one of the greatest rackets I've ever experienced in my life. I had an issue with my washing machine whereby it filled up with water and I called Atomic Rooter to send a technician out to have a look. The actual service technician that was sent out to the apartment in norwalk was a gentleman and a pleasant man. I was originally quoted at 285- with a potential to increase to 435 if the repair was more extensive (originating from more tedious parts of the home/building) associated with plumbing. Given the seemingly steep estimates i specifically asked if these estimates were predicated on the time of day I was requesting service (same day) or if this was a static estimate based not on the urgency whatsoever but rather the labor involved. I was assured this was static and there was no escalation basis time of day. The technician determined after putting the washing machine on several different cycles that there was no issue and could not really determine the source of the original issue but told me that he sees no issue and the water drained normally. We flushed the toilets three times and the technician went to call the man i originally spoke with over the phone after i asked him for an updated estimate given none of the intended work was done. This man tried to charge me 185 dollars because of the time of day and the nature of the call being an EMERGENCY call. This is a complete racket and after trying to plead my case to the man he just would not reason with me. I believe a charge is justified for having someone come out but virtually 200 dollars? Complete thievery. I've never written a yelp review in my life but this prompted me to do so because it was so abundantly clear I was being taken advantage of. I will promptly communicate this information to all of my friends and relatives in the area that no matter the circumstance do not contribute the luxury of business to such a scam conducted in this lowly manner. Absolutely shameful. read more

Called Steve Tricarico yesterday (holiday weekend) about septic backup. He gave me instructions on water usage until they could get here (first thing this morning). Larry arrived promptly at 9:00 and was kind, professional, fast, and EFFECTIVE! Went the extra mile to solve and fix the problem (a buried septic filter that had never been cleaned). Highly recommend Larry! 203.855.1977 read more

Technician responded quickly; after staying 10 minutes,however, he related that he couldn't snake the drain line beyond one foot--but still charged almost $250. I hired another company who solved the problem. read more

When our hot water heater started to go, I knew it was only a matter of days before it flooded out. I've heard those nightmare stories. So my wife and I did a lot of research, burned up the internet and called a lot of the big stores like Lowe's, Home Depot, Sears as well as some local contractors. Everybody wanted to charge an arm and a leg for installation and in the big stores you don't get many quality heaters to choose from. Nothing seemed to fit our budget or timeframe. Somehow, my wife found Atomic Rooter in Norwalk and we said why not, we've tried everywhere in Westchester why not try Connecticut. Steve answered our call and told us he can get exactly what we needed and have it installed by the afternoon. We couldn't believe our luck. He gave us a very reasonable quote, he was able to get an even better water heater than they offer in the big box stores and do it immediately! Who's better than Steve! The two gentlemen who came over to do the install were great. They were seasoned veterans who know what they were doing and couldn't have been nicer. We were in with the new and out with the old in an hour flat. Couldn't have been easier. Thank you Atomic Rooter! You are the best! read more

Reliable and always have gotten the job done. I think we've used them 2-3 times by now with sinks and toilets. They were always on time, came the next or the following time. I also appreciated advice on what needs to be fixed and what I can hold off of for now. I would highly recommend. read more

If I could give these guys a negative star I would. From: xxxxxxx, Linda (Stamford) Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2018 3:08 PM To: 'xxxxxxx.com' Cc: 'xxxxxxxxxx.com' Subject: Model 9SN-CIM Hello, I was having a problem with the sewer pipes in a small one bedroom studio apartment I own last year. Fortunate for me I also own the 2 family building next door. We ran a line and purchased a pump to pull the waste from the small building through the building next doors sewer line. The pump that I originally purchased was from Home Depot. When I started having problems with the pump about 6 months later I contacted Atomic Rooter in Norwalk Ct and had them come out. The informed that the line was blocked and charged me approximately $750 to clear the line. A few days later the problem came back and that is when Steve informed me that the pump that I purchased from Home Depot was no good. I purchased a pump from Steve installed $1,153.00. It's worth mentioning Atomic Rooter stole the 6 month old pump which was still under warranty. When I asked about it I was told it was disposed of. This is the mentality of the people at Atomic Rooter. I started having the same problems last week, my boyfriend George called Steve and had his company come back out. Steve charged me $185.00 for a service call and told us to take the pump to Palmers Electric Motors and Pumps in Norwalk CT. My boyfriend took the pump to Norwalk where it tested fine, unfortunately when it was re-installed still did not work. The technician from Palmers came out and investigated to find that the pump does not work when it is submerged. He said the pumps needs to be replaced and we should go back Atomic Rooter and have them replace it and they will be credit by Little Giant. I spoke with Steve last night and he informed me that if Palmers cannot repair the pump that I need to go back to Little giant and see what they can do for me. I spoke with Craig from Palmers from Palmers this morning and he informed me that Steve has to switch out the pump and get a credit from you all. I am spending upwards of $2,000 for something that cost a few hundred dollars. I am not sure why Steve is telling me to go back to you, I have been running in circles for two days! Steve's main concern is making money and he obviously does not give a damn about customer satisfaction. He is still coming up with more ways to get money out of me. I can see from the Yelp reviews this is business as usual for them, he is a pariah. Can someone please help me. I do not know what to do. I need to make sure that this pump is appropriate for a one bedroom unit. I only have one tenant that lives there. Is there anyway I can go around Steve to get this pump replaced? Regards, Linda XXXXX Little Giant is a GREAT COMPANY! They sent me a replacement pump in the mail and I got a decent plumber to install it. Steve from Atomic Rooter was supposed to credit me and install a new pump for which he wanted to charge me for installation. Thank God I had the sense to go around him. I would not go back to Atomic Rooter if someone paid me to! Worst Plumbing service ever!!! read more

Returned phone call was pronto from AtomicRooter - my mom has a faucet with no water pressure in it. Tried to fix a couple of times on my own (unclog the spout?) to no avail. They were over the next day...said we need a new faucet. They were back 3 days later with the part, everything is awesome. Staff very polite and worked great with her schedule. Owner called back to ask if things were ok....I'm happy and will definitely work with them again. It's great to work with contractors who are prompt and really do care about their customers. read more

We had a bad clog on the sewer line and we called anther big named plumber. They came twice and couldn't find out the issue. And we spent thousands of dollars but the issue was not fixed. Sewer backed out 3-4 times into our first floor's bathroom. I called Steve and he came on the second day's morning. They used snake and the commercial jet. And from the snake video the found out the spot of the clogging area. After digging, it is exactly where the issue is. It turns out our sewer line didn't hooked to the city server line. There is a foot gap between. Our problem finally solved. I would highly recommend the company to other people. read more

Do not use this company. I want to tell you exactly what happened but I feel intimidated by the owner. Suffice it to say that they way overcharged for something that could have been done for less than half the price and the owner is a jerk. Go with another place - maybe a chain. Get more than one estimate and don't let anybody fool you. read more

Atomic Rooter commented that this review is for the wrong company because my location in Yelp was in CA. I've moved to CT several months ago but haven't bothered to upgrade my Yelp account. I've to clarify that this review is correct. It's for the service they did in Norwalk, CT on 5/2/16. My wife was alone at home with our toddler. 2 guys from Atomic Rooter came. They refused to give estimate. My wife let them did the job described below and was shocked to be charged $200 for few minutes of work. They refused to negotiate. And being surrounded by 2 big guys, my wife felt intimidated and finally gave up the cash. Avoid at all cost! read more

They over charged and did half the work. Don't trust them. I had 2 jobs to do on the first visit; fix a leaky facet and a constantly running toilet. Neither got done but I was charged. I was a fool and had them out a second time to fix the toilet and disposal. They fixed the disposal by pulling out some foreign object. The toilet was not fixed. They pretended to replace the guts of the toilet but didn't. In doing the "repair" they broke one of the plastic parts but I was charged for the 2 jobs. Never again! read more

Atomic Rooter came to my house within the hour, and helped solve my sump pump situation. Steve and Enzo were professional, reliable, responsible, and conscientious of my light carpets. :) A truly dependable company. read more

Prompt reliable service.fair pricing.they were able to fix my problem even though my plumbing fixtures were 50 years old prompt,courteous service.Steve was terrific.very happy. J.rogel Weston,ct read more

These guys really did the job right and stayed until it was done. By the end of the night, the drains were clean throughout the house, I had a video of my sewer line, and no questions that there would be problems in the future. They stayed late and made sure I was up and running. Could not recommend them more highly. read more

This is an excellent service. We have used them on several occasions for plumbing blockages in our home. They are extremely prompt in getting back to you when you call them. Every time we have called them, they have sent someone out the same day. Prices are a little on the high side, but we have been satisfied with the work they do. Their staff are very polite, and they take care to be neat around the house. When you have a major plumbing problem, the important thing is getting someone out to the house fast, and having the problem resolved when they leave. We have been satisfied on both counts. read more

We called in an emergency when we discovered our sump pump in the basement had stopped working and we had an inch of water covering the floor. We were told that it would take up to an hour but Steve arrived about 10 minutes after we called. He replaced our sump pump and the water immediately started draining away. He was very pleasant and very efficient, even given the late hour (10 pm) that we called him. I would highly recommend Steve and Atomic Rooter. read more

I've known the owner Steve for decades and his company is reliable and gets the job done. Don't waste your time with other plumbers; call these guys first. I live in FL now and wish he did work here! read more

I've used them a number of times. The live answering service gets your phone number and a return call comes very quickly from one of the staff members. They usually come the same day, even on Sunday. I was very pleased with the work done on a recent sewer pipe replacement. The workers were friendly, efficient, and cleaned up after themselves. I'm happy to recommend them. read more