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Rooney's Plumbing

4.0 (60 reviews)
Closed • 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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The giant trench filled in. We planted a small garden this fall!
Geneva L.

My dad has the cutest phrases. When something breaks at home, which it invariably does as my dad has always loved old houses with "character," he says "happy homeowner!" We had been plagued with city septic back ups from early days of moving into this 60 year old home. Lots of character here! In all the years, all the places (cities and rural) we had never had so many issues with our septic line. We spent several thousand dollars with the company ending in "less" with all their trucks over Sacramento the past few years. Every time we had a backup guys came over with cameras and clean outs (and these were the guys who told us the septic passed inspection even though they found a coke bottle as as a stopper where the home line met the city line?! They coincidentally gave us bids for a new septic line that was out of budget, with tiers of pricing from 8 -16 k. Speaking of the city, they came out and told us there was a blockage potentially on their end that they would fix if confirmed, but we would need to hire someone to dig a deep line to the city pipes. We waited a few months, trying to weigh our options and asked a few people we know who would dig such a big trench, and then the emergency hit. I was about ready to flip out after a large birthday party for my dad at home was almost ruined by our septic issues. We asked my aunt for a recommendation, she gave us Rooney's name. She has a 100 year old house that they worked on and installed a new line that has worked flawlessly. We called the next day and Kevin Rooney and his team of two workers came over and began to look things over. Sure enough he identified an issue with the city line and confirmed that we would need to have a trench dug from our property to the city line. And, the line was in the complete opposite direction than the city workers had told us where it was. Imagine if we had hired someone unqualified to do it. They started digging that day, long and thankless work and attacked it with gusto. By day two or three (sorry, I've blocked most of this out) the trench was dug , at some point Rooney's put in a new line at our portion and the city needed to do their work. We needed to have the gas company and city come out to coordinate. Because the city had "lost track" of our project, and called to come over three weeks later on a Friday morning when we were in San Francisco for the day, there was a delay in the city's work but thankfully it was finally completed. Apparently the city portion had a terra cotta pipe that was infiltrated with roots and the diameter of the city clean out line did not match their current equipment. I'm guessing our septic line hadn't been cleaned out by the city properly for a loooong time. Im guessing we were not the the only homeowners in a row at this property who were shelling out on the regular for short term limited septic clean outs that could never work long term. Mr. Rooney's team came back and filled in all the line, made sure everything was shipshape, and even sowed grass seed over the dirt which filled in beautifully. Has worked perfectly ever since. Despite my disgust at the City of Sacramento septic division, I am so grateful for the stellar work, fair pricing, and timely, professional job completion of this plumbing company. I am not constantly in terror roaming to the backyard trying to see if there is a wad of toilet paper by my rose bush (now we know why it grew so fast haha!) We have come across so many scam artists in the trades in Sacramento since moving here six years ago and unfortunately we are really leery. It's a huge relief for a contractor's word to be solid and stand behind their work, as well as complete the work to excellence. Since the septic issue, we've had them come over to install a new garbage disposal and kitchen sink. Both installs went great. Highly recommend!

The management company for my apartment hired this company to fix a busted P-Trap pipe on my up stairs shower that was leaking water onto the closet ceiling below. The plumber worked on the leak during the morning while I was at work. When I got home that evening I discovered the they had use my $200 cooking pots to catch water and left them dirty in my sink for me to wash. They also filled my recycling bin with the water damaged sheetrock and left it for me to take out. Not to mention after fixing/replacing the pipe it still had a slow leak which they had to come out the next day for, so they didn't even do the job right the first time. I can't believe this company thought all of this was acceptable things to do. A bucket from Home Depot costs $5 and is lighter and holds more water than either of my cooking pots. A year supply of garbage bags cost $15. There's is no excuse for them to come out to a job unprepared outside of laziness. Apparently this is the plumbing company Neilsen Property Management likes to use the most so if you happen to live in one of their apartment complexes you might want to make it clear on your service request that they do not have your permission to use your property to complete the job. Very unprofessional company. Avoid using them if you can and if you can not, don't let them work on your plumbing unsupervised.

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Larry and his team are stellar! They're always there when you need them. They get the job done and no revisits needed.

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These guys are a bunch of hacks. Sent two people out who didn't know what they were doing. Then they charged me $700 for a $50 faucet.

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They showed up within an hour of my calling them and took care of the problem. Have used them for years.

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It' s always nice to get a good review. Thank you! We appreciate it!

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I gotta give them a one star. Called and messaged no response. Sorry but don't do business with flakes or non responsive people's....

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5 years ago

I had John McPherson install some hardware for kitchen sink. He was quick and got the job done. Will call again for other jobs.

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Israel was fast and efficient. Reasonable price. My new go-to plumbers.

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