Gustavo was friendly and professional. He resolved our plumbing issue efficiently and was honest about what work needed (or wasn't needed) to be done. Would recommend his services. read more

WARNING: Based on my experience, I believe this company's pricing and diagnostic practices are predatory. We called about what was clearly presenting as a drainage leak and explained the history. They told us they would "look for the leak," charged us $1,100 for less than two hours of work, and found nothing. Only afterward did they explain that the $1,100 was for looking for an active supply leak, NOT the drainage leak we'd called about. When I questioned why that distinction wasn't made clear beforehand, their response was essentially: "You signed the paperwork." They then wanted another $1,800 to smoke test the drainage system. Another licensed plumber performed that same test for $600, found multiple drainage leaks, and ultimately got our $11,000 repair job. Their justification for these diagnostic charges was that the money would go toward the eventual repair. But that's precisely my concern: their process would have had us nearly $3,000 committed to them before the drainage problem was even identified or we knew what they would charge to fix it. Maybe their eventual repair quote would have been competitive, maybe it wouldn't have been. We'll never know because we stopped there. But when one diagnostic alone was quoted at three times what another legitimate plumber charged, I wasn't willing to find out. The technician was nice and seemed competent. My issue is with the company's pricing and business practices. I would never use them again. read more

Please please please ask family and friends before calling here. They over charge the f out of you. Unfortunately I wasn't home when Rooter Man came out over the weekend. When I arrived Monday I noticed they were out in the front yard doing work. I asked the family I worked for how much they were being charged and they hadn't received an invoice from them yet because they needed to find the problem. RED FLAG #1 I saw similar reviews with our same problem -- It was going to cost them about 42k! Thats a brand new car & the family are all elders. I asked the family to get a second opinion because Ive worked with plumbing and septics. I asked my uncle to send a plumber. Once she told John (the main head on the plumbing job) she wanted a second opinion he started getting angry with her and telling me " your uncle doesn't know what he doing". RED FLAG #2. He ended up calling his supervisor and telling him what was happening. They brought the price down to 32,800$. Keep in mind, they were charging about 42k. If they were genuine about their work, they wouldn't be getting agitated and dropping an excessive amount. RED FLAG #3 Once the price dropped, the family was willing to move forward. I was still skeptical because it was still an enormous amount of money. They had her sign a contract and guess what. They didn't send her anything because they had problems trying to send it to her. They couldn't give her a full invoice or contract until AFTER it was done. RED FLAG #4 I was waiting around because my uncle's friend wanted to drive by and check it out for himself and John over heard the conversation and he comes rushing out the bathroom and says "why are you waiting, I don't want any problems and I don't want anyone looking at my work". The family already signed the contract so he said he doesn't want anyone else there. He started getting angry with me and we argued back and fourth! The daughter had to say "let's be professional about this". Unbelievable. LOL RED FLAG #5. A few days after, I over heard the father talking to one of his friends and she asked what was the total. He said it was over 40k! OVER 40K!!! So when I wasn't around, they raised the price back up!!!! read more

I had a very disappointing experience with Rooter Man Plumbing. When I called, I was told a technician would come out, charge approximately **$60 for a diagnostic fee**, identify the problem, and then provide me with a quote for the repair. However, when the technician arrived, it became clear that he wasn't equipped to perform the diagnostic or locate the leak. Instead, he simply asked me questions about the issue. I had already explained over the phone that I had a **gas leak** that needed to be located and repaired. Rather than inspecting the problem himself, the technician started calling random people while at my property, introducing himself as being from Rooter Man Plumbing and asking if anyone could come out that day to find the leak. It appeared that he had been dispatched without the necessary equipment or qualifications to handle the job. This could have been avoided if the company had sent the appropriate technician from the beginning. Instead, the visit wasted my time and accomplished nothing beyond confirming that someone else would need to do the work. I expected a professional diagnosis and a repair estimate - not a technician who had to search for someone else after arriving. The technician who arrived his name is David M read more

1 Star We have used Rooter-Man Plumbing in Covina for several years and have hired them multiple times for hydro jetting, so we were longtime customers. Unfortunately, this experience was enough for us to stop using them. We called because we had a leak at our business. A plumber came out, inspected the issue, told us where the leak was, and gave us a quote of approximately $6,000 for the repair. That was essentially the entire visit. No repair was done. No work was completed to fix the leak. We were charged $850 that day simply for the inspection/diagnosis and the quote. So we paid $850 out of pocket and left with a $6,000 repair estimate, with the original problem still needing to be fixed. I understand that professional plumbing diagnostics cost money, and I have no problem paying for someone's time and expertise. But $850 for a visit where the leak was located, a repair quote was provided, and nothing was actually repaired felt extremely excessive to us. What makes it even more disappointing is that we've been using Rooter-Man for years and have brought them our business repeatedly. We will not be using them again. I will dedicated myself to tell every homeowners and business owners i know about this experience i have. read more

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Excellent service. The technician was knowledgeable and went the extra mile. I highly recommend.

1. The website advertises $49 for one day service (see attached) for new customers but, on the phone, they quoted $125. It was an emergency, so I went ahead. Note other reviews cite similar experiences. 2. After the first sink was snaked, I was told it was $250 because they had to carry equipment upstairs. By "equipment", they meant something the size of a woman's makeup case that a 10 year-old could have carried upstairs. 3. The person they sent out was exceptionally nice and friendly (so that's great), and he resolved the first problem (also great). 4. Unfortunately, things did not go well at the next location. The technician got the snake caught in the pipe and acknowledged to me that he had forced it too far. 5. Instead of the company taking responsibility for their own mistake, the company wanted to charge me $2,320 to cut open the pipe (which, by the way, would not have solved the problem). I would have been an idiot to trust them to do the work, let alone pay them for it. 6. They said they wouldn't charge for the failed snaking service (or their donation of a snake fragment stuck in a drain pipe). All I had to do was initial three places on the technician's tablet probably indemnifying them -- hard to know since it's difficult to read small-print contracts on someone else's tablet. 7. I was told the paperwork would be emailed to me. It never was. What a coincidence: nothing in writing to prove their involvement. I guess that's what my several security cameras are for. 8. A real plumber spent a few hours under my building, opening up multiple pipes, removing the snake in two separate pieces, and putting the pipes back together. NO CUTTING. And guess what... He didn't charge $2,320 that Rooter Man Plumbing wanted to charge for their own mistake; he charged $600 to remove what Rooter Man Plumbing left behind, snake multiple sections of pipe, and also my main line. One fourth the cost for a real plumber. Given everything described above, along with comments of other reviewers, most will likely think it's fair to consider Rooter Man Plumbing to be a company run by crooks and snakes (pun intended). read more

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Called them late at night, and the next day a technician is in our house in the morning. The technician was great, very helpful, but so many potential interventions presented. While I'm not an expert, and there are technicalities, I do feel like the quotes weren't very honest at all. The job was done within an 1hr and 15mins + the time they used to buy parts. I watched and took a peek of what was being done, and it doesn't make sense how we were quoted that much for the work itself. It has technicalities , but I don't think it's extremely complicated. We didn't question anything bc we wanted it done asap. That being said, I don't think I'll be using them again. If it wasn't for the technician being accommodating and getting the job done, I'd give this business a lower rating. read more

absolute diabolical criminals they misquote you and put pressure on you to make decisions theres no way this is a legitimate company they are out to steal your money buyer beware if i could give negative stars i would read more

Marco did a very job to fix my sewer blockage issue very quick. He is nice, recommend to everyone. read more

Rooter Man Plumbing - marco is very nice and fix the sewer blockages issue very quick. Recommend to you. - Plumbing Near Me - Los Angeles, California

This is the second time we've used this company and once again they exceeded our expectations. The first time they replaced our sewer pipes at our property, and this time they installed a new water heater at one of our rental properties in Pasadena, CA. A special thank you to Eduardo D. and his team for their outstanding service. They were professional, punctual and knowledgeable. We especially appreciated that Eduardo is bilingual in both English and Spanish, which made communication easy and gave us complete confidence from start to finish and took the time to explain every step of the process. It's not easy to find a company that's this reliable and genuinely cares about its customers. We will definitely continue using them for future projects and highly recommend them to anyone looking for honest, dependable and high-quality service. read more

legit crooks they quoted us 25k for a job thats worth 10k. Absoulute crooks avoid them at all costs. Even my guy who pumps the houses pits (we have 3) said they "move different and to watch out" wish i contacted him sooner. read more

When we had a backed up kitchen sink and nothing would work, we called Rooter man and Jose was dispatched to us same day and within the hour! He was kind and personable, and extremely honest. He took videos of what was happening under the house even before the repairs began so that I could see multiple areas and damage to our foundation and not just the immediate trouble area in the sink. I am so happy he did a full inspection!! During the repair, he actually brought me out to see some of the pipes being replaced and they were 95% blocked. We even had a large leak underground that he was able to lay completely new plumbing. I am so appreciative because everything under the house is wood and our house collapsing would have been catastrophic. The company was fantastic, and Jose was everything you could hope for in a plumber: he was kind, knowledgeable, a hard worker, and most of all he was honest. Highly recommended and he worked his butt off for two days straight getting us up and running because it was such a major project read more

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These folks...Mike the technician and Justin the worker tried to extort $10,000 out of my elderly 92 year old father who has dementia! It does not get worse than that! These guys are thieves! As soon as my brother ( who ordered the job and was the point of contact) showed up the price instantly dropped to $5,000...which was still highway robbery. Communication with Mike was argumentative, the owner of the company Aaron, never called me back. DO NOT TRUST these people. They do not care & to extort money from an elderly man is criminal!!! read more

I called for a simple shower drain clog. Don't be fooled by the $40 drain cleaning "special" - that is only if they can fix it from the cleanout, which is not like likely with a shower. But fine, whatever, I needed the drain unclogged. The plumber came out, spent some time snaking the drain, but then said he was not able to unclog it. He charged me the full call out price even though the drain was not draining. I called a second plumber, who came out the next day and fixed it in about five minutes. Worse still, the Rooter Man Plumber scraped up and damaged my drain. So not only did I pay for a call out that did not fix a very simple shower clog, had to have a second plumber come, but I also now need to replace the drain hardware. I called the office, who said they'd note it, but I doubt any report or notes were made. They did not seem to care. Call Flood Brothers Plumbing, they are much better and stand behind their work read more

Higher prices than I expected but excellent work quality. Technician/plumber was highly professional, and competent.

Vince From Rooter man was amazing. Helped me solve the problem very quickly and cheaply. He was a man of integrity and kindness. I would call Rooter man to work with Vince again any day! read more

when i requested a quote to clean out my septic tank, i was provided a verbal quote of $500 to clean out the tank as well as an optional fee of $600 to hydro jet my leech lines. i asked if the total would be $1100, to which the service person confirmed the amount. the service was performed professionaly, but then i was presented a bill for $2100. i asked the service person why the price was significantly more and than agreed upon and he said the hydro jet was $1600. i didn't have the energy to fight about it and ended up paying the $2100. if you're thinking of using their service, make sure to get a quote in writing. read more

I'm happy to recommend RooterMan. I was impressed by their quick response and professionalism. They understood the urgency of our situation and responded promptly. Manuel was excellent--knowledgeable, courteous, and clear in explaining everything. He made a stressful situation much easier. I truly appreciate the great service and would gladly recommend RooterMan. read more

Harry N. did a GREAT JOB! He even cleaned after he was done (usually some people don't) . That is a plus for me. We walked me through what needed to be done. Told me it was going to take another day, but he was done after 4:3opm. The only issue, wish I received a copy of the work. read more

Quick response, fair price, professional and kept me informed each step of the way. Fixed the problem.

Rodney Johnson He was took care of our kitchen drain issue. So much respect his customer and experienced technician. He came check our issue first day and he came back with Hydrojet next day that we requested. Rodney and Chris finish job so quick and professionally. I definitely ask Rodney if (I hope not) we have plumbing issues. Thank you so much!! read more

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Erick was honest and showed up on time. I appreciated his advice and would definitely hire him Rooter man again!

Great experience with Sammy. He made us aware of every step in the process. And guaranteed the work. Appreciate his frankness.

$49 bait and switch SCAM. Don't waste your time with these *ss clowns. I have the easiest accessible pipe to be cleared. Wouldn't have taken more than 5 to 10 minutes from pulling up to my house and leaving. When I finally pressed them hard enough they admitted the charge will actually be $125 read more

Jorge was great and informative. I would highly recommend himakd Rooter Man. He explained everything thoroughly.

The technician was very knowledgeable and thorough about his work we would recommend him on any future jobs you might have

The customer service was excellent--very professional, polite, and quick to respond. The gentleman who came out was knowledgeable and provided a clear quote of $3,150 to repair the back hose bib line, and kindly was able to offer to reduce the quote to $2,350. Unfortunately, this was still beyond my senior budget. I chose a more affordable option with another company. The $69 service call fee for the quote was very reasonable. Overall, a very positive and professional experience--I just wasn't able to proceed due to cost. read more

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Excellent service.....Arman was great , friendly and prompt.......................... ............ read more

Stay away from this company. There are much better options like: Most Valuable plumbing. Had a plumbing emergency so I called them. Came in to run a jet through my main line. A crew came tried it once said it can't be done. Supervisor came ran it the second time and put a camera said it can't be fixed and quote me $50,000 to fix it LOL. Clearly we didn't agree on the price, charged me full service call and left. Same day I called Most Valuable Plumbing. Came and tried to open the line, they identified the problem didn't charge me any money told me they will return with better equipment next day. This company is based on inflating your problem. Maximum dollar for the second. Stay away! I am not against paying for the service we agreed 9pm but if you don't get the results promised at least have a curtsy to give a discount. read more

One of the worst experiences I've ever had. Charged me around $4400 dollars and replaced 3 feet of drain pipe which solved nothing. Then a very rude manager came out, blamed me for the old pipe that was there before I bought the house and wanted $28,000 to actually fix the problem. When I said no he stormed off and told the worker to not give me a guarantee on the work they did that fixed nothing for all the money I spent. My landscaper ended up cleaning and checking the entire line all the way to the backyard pool for less than $1000. read more

They lie. Told me my trap was not abgle to be snaked. Wanted to charge me 1175.00 to do hydo clearing on my main line from my roof lol. Last year I paid 157.00 to have it snaked thru the trap like normal. Waited 5 hours for this place to show up and do nothing but price gouge. 49.drain clearing my ass! read more

We had a clocked toilet and bathtub called for them to run a snake. Ended up having a problem that needed them to run a camera. Turned out we had a bunch of roots in the pipe just at the back yard property line leading to the city line in the alley. They cut a 3'x3' in the concrete, dug down to the pipes, cut the old pipes to remove the roots, inserted a liner from properly line to the alley, refilled the hole with dirt, lairs new cement, and put in a concrete patch and box. This cost me $20,405.00. They wanted to replace my main sewer line that also needs to be replaced but that would have been a total of $47,000. I truly feel ripped off and strongly recommend shopping around. Being new to owning a home and not knowing better at the time I went with my 1st call. Turns out I paid way too much. If I could give to workers 5 stars I would as they were very nice but the prices are outrageous read more

Great experience. My kitchen sink got clogged. I called late on Saturday, they sent Angel Sunday morning. Angel was prompt, diligent and professional. Took care of business. Thank you! read more

called for the $50 special to unblock my shower/toilet. Showed up pretty quickly. Immediately said he could do the $50 but it wouldn't fix the problem. Tried to sell me on a $5000 re-piping as he said a hydrojet would break my pipes. Said my drain out was too far from my single downstairs toilet (40 ft away) so $50 special was not available. I told him I had already tried to snake my shower without luck. He came in with a battery tool and snaked the shower half heartedly for 5 minutes. Didn't fix the problem. Charged me $250. Total scam. Called the local handyman, pulled the toilet and snaked the drain clean for the same $250. It's been fine for almost a year now. Don't call these commercial guys. Bunch of scam artists. read more

I scheduled an appointment with them weeks ago about an issue with my kitchen sink. They said they'd send someone out on said day but when that day came, they canceled on me saying they didn't have a technician available. They should know when their technicians are going to be in an area and they should follow through on their appointments. That's the point behind making an appointment; so that all parties know when the task needs to be done. Unprofessional. Use someone else. read more

I had both sides of my kitchen sink backing up, so instead of calling my regular (expensive but trustworthy) plumber, I figured I'd save money and use one of the larger rooter/plumbing companies for a simple drain snake service.ROOTER MAN was the first name I saw. They had decent reviews. The quoted price was around $140 if they cleared the clog.( it was after hours that was an after hours price.) The technician arrived and barely looked at the actual sink ...looked at the drain trap from several feet away and exclaimed the pipe was "crumbling." He really wanted to find and inspect the crawlspace which is on the opposite side of the house and he was gone maybe five minutes before returning to tell me that the pipes underneath the house were failing and that he would not even attempt to snake the drain because he might "break the pipes." He then said the repair would involve replacing about 10 feet of pipe and suddenly came up with an estimate of exactly $5,678.90 that he could do "tomorrow." A few things really stood out to me: - he never seriously inspected under the sink itself - he showed me only one blurry photo of the the trap that proved nothing - he claimed to have crawled through a 16+ year old crawlspace, ( that would have taken 15 minutes at least due to obstructions and proximity). yet somehow came back perfectly clean without a speck of dust, dirt, or cobwebs on him - right before giving me the estimate, he suddenly shifted into very personal "family man" conversation designed to win my trust. - the oddly specific estimate number looked made up on the spot and was in ascending order. 5678.9 Unfortunately, as I don't own my house, he had no further course of action but to wait and see if I would call back in the next day I called my regular plumber for a second opinion. He came out, snaked the drain normally, cleared the clog quickly, and everything was fine... he also informed me that I do not have cast-iron pipes and that trap is rusted on the outside, but not crumbling. This was just a textbook upsell. Way too many red flags to be a real threat but a waste of my time and shady no matter how you look at it. read more

I will admit, advertising $49 drain unclog is pretty catchy, and the response time is quick. But they will immediately try to sell you on a service you don't need. My usual plumber only does emergency calls on weekends, so I tried Rooter Man since it should have just been a quick and easy job, or so I thought. We have plenty of clean outs, and easy access, but before even trying, their tech Vince immediately said they might have to hydro jet the line, which by the way is $1,175!! He then barely tries his 25' snake, and no luck..."you have to hydro jet, but if you do it with me, I'll tell the office $1,000, not $1175. I said "thanks but no thanks". Had my usual plumber come out on the Monday and snaked it in 20min, and good as new. My kids got a wipe down the drain that we didn't know about ‍. Don't fall for their sales pitch, find a good family owned company. read more

Called to have our kitchen sink unclogged. The call center clearly explained the fee structure and gave us a scheduled time. Luckily they had a cancellation and were able to send Arman out early. He got in, cleared the pipe, gave a recommendation for preventative service and was on his way within 30 minutes. Would absolutely call again if the need arose. read more

Greg G was awesome man!! He took control over our problem! He told us exactly what we needed to do. On top of that I did not feel good. I felt I was in great hands with Greg. He promised me he would fix the problem at the right price and he did!! He hydrojetted out home which got all of the 50 plus years of debris! He attached a main line because our home did not require one our house was built in 1973. Greg is the answer!! Greg is the man!! God Bless you Greg and family! You are very important to Rooter Man and to society! You made me feel better afterwards! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Go with Greg!! read more

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