Mr. Rooter Plumbing

I had a water heater go out on a cold, blustery weekend in Dec 2012. Mr. Rooter advertised that they didn't charge extra for outside of normal business hours. They installed a "best brand on the market" State Select water heater and sold me their 3 year service plan for $1100. I knew this was expensive because I had replaced one in my old house a few years before. 4 1/2 years later, the "best brand on the market" water heater began leaking.

First untrained professional who had to call his supervisor at least 4 times charged me $300 to replace the pressure valve, but he had to go to Menards to buy the part. Once he had the part, it took him 15 minutes to replace it. I went to Menards later that night and found the part for $15. It wasn't the valve, so he drained the tank and said he would have to bring a new one the next day. The first one was under warranty, so I agreed to let them bring a new one, but they were going to charge me $800 to install it!!! I talked to a neighbor who works for a different company and he said it shouldn't cost more than $350 total to install the water heater, and he nearly fell over when I told him about the $300 charge to replace the pressure valve.

Anyway, I called Mr. Rooter to tell them to drop off the replacement and I would have someone else install it. Surprisingly they were able to come down to what I would have paid the other company. They then said they would try to fit me into their schedule that day. I had to tell them that their employee drained my tank and I had to miss a day's work already. I will never use that company again!! I will say though that their employees were very nice, but generally, repair technicians are nice anyway.

Our hot water went out and we called to have someone look at it. They came out to our house and didn't even open anything or check anything out. He said our tank was from 1999 and our house is only 11 years old. The tank should be from 2006. He then quoted us $1550.32 for a new tank with an expansion tank that we "had to have". We do not need an expansion tank due to the area we live in. We said we would get back to him. We had someone else look at it and they reset it and replaced the thermostat. We paid $150.00 instead of $1550.32 and did not get an expansion tank. Also, our tank was from 2006 and not 1999. They could not read the serial numbers correctly. It was Friday of Memorial Day weekend so I'm sure they wanted to take advantage of that as well.

I called Tuesday Morning to get a plumber out to my house because my kitchen sink was leaking and I had turned off the water so I could no longer use it. They advertise same day service but we're not able to fit me. So we set it up for the next morning by 10:30 because I had to leave for work at 10:30. At 10:15 no one had shown up or called so I called the office and they said their service man was behind so they rescheduled me for 5 p.m. when I be home from work. Then at 6:20 p.m. they called to say their service man was behind and they would have to reschedule me for the next day. So apparently same day means three days later.

Mr. Rooter is a horrible rip-off. Stay away from them. My water heater pilot light wouldn't stay lit. I tried lighting it several times. The LED blinked and then turned on (indicating that at least some of the electronics was working). The pilot also lit but wouldn't stay lit. I called Mr. Rooter. The repairmen (two of them) looked at the water heater and billed me $223.88 for flushing and cleaning. They said only after the cleaning will they know what the problem is. Then they said that didn't help and specifically admitted that the LED was working when they started but stopped working after their cleaning. That is, their cleaning did not fix anything but LIKELY broke the LED-related electronics. Then they said they have to get a replacement kit (control valve and flame sensor) and that would cost an additional $700+. First I agreed but as they left to get the kit I realized it was too expensive. So I called them off and paid them $223.88.

I then called Brenneco who could come in after a couple days. I have had great experience with Brenneco in the past (I called them before Mr. Rooter but they were not available the same day which is why I called Mr. Rooter). The Brenneco repairman looked at it and said the common case is to replace a small credit-card-sized circuit board but because the LED wasn't working a bigger replacement is needed (he estimated the cost to double). He emphasized that he did not know if the LED stopped working due to Mr. Rooter's cleaning. He fixed it and charged me $420 (1 year warranty). He also said that cleaning is included in any servicing (and not charged before charging for the real fix, like Mr. Rooter). So I incurred a loss of some $430 ($223 + half of $420) due to Mr. Rooter. What a rip-off.

This company is very shady. The personnel who have showed always seem like nice people but really be aware of their costs, services, and even phony claims. I recently had someone out to clean out my main drain as it was backing up some. First of all they charged 558.00 for that and a camera inspection which turns out to be more than double that a much better competitor's price would be. Worst of all he said that my whole outdoors drain was completely shot and that I needed to have it replaced and that would be anywhere from 6,000.00 to 10,000.00 dollars. He said it was full of breaks, etc., etc.

Pressured to sign for financing and to have the work done immediately. I wisely decided to get a second opinion from another very reliable company (whom I should have called in the first place but had accidentally called Mr. Rooter by mistake). They put the camera down there and first of all noted that the original cleaning was terrible and I could still see lots of roots and debris, etc. They couldn't find any breaks though. After doing a very thorough cleaning they did find one small break near the house (which they say that Mr. Rooter could never have seen because they had left so many roots in there) but said it wasn't an emergency. I could have it repaired if I wanted to (for about 1500.00 including putting in an outside cleaning hole) but that there was no rush. The rest of the drain was totally fine! I almost got ripped off for thousands of dollars!

On my first occasion with these people they way overcharged me as well. After several complaints and very frustrating phone calls (usually they would promise to call back but never did) I got someone to promise me a refund of 175.00 and that it was coming in the mail. It never did arrive and that is over a year ago now. I gave up. Bottom line, do not use this company!!!

Be careful when this company give you estimate. You'd better ask them what they do for the price they give you because it end up on me is the price they give me only for fix what they guess on what's wrong and does not have any warranty on if what they guess does not work. They will charge you while the other set of money for their guess does not work.

I paid over $280 for water heater clean and change toilet wax ring without any warranty with their work. When I call back to tell them the water heater cleaning does not fix the problem, they told me I can order the part online and they put it in for the other $100 without warranty again. My ceiling still wet after three days they made fix on my upstairs bathroom toilet max ring, I can not tell if the changing wax ring fixed the problem. If I ask them to check again, they told me $74 for only cut open drywall without any fix and reinstall. I am very regret when they give me price estimate I do not ask them what they are going to do. Now I could end up paid over $280 for nothing fixed.

I had a clogging issue in Jan. 2017 and had plumber come out. First day he ran snake down main toilet which I had taken off prior to him coming and after about 10 minutes he stated I had a septic problem and would need to have tank line jetted which would cost 650.00 for the first 2 hrs. Ok I knew it was going to be expensive and was told the tank would have to be dug up. There would be extra cost to dig up and I said we would do it.

When we dug the pipe up from the house to the tank it burst a small hole. Ok we waited until the next day when plumber came back out and I had dug up first section of tank. He pulled lid and said tank was full and line had to be replaced from house to tank and the baffle had to be replaced and a line for up above ground for future work when needed. Ok I agreed. He gave me an estimate of 2350.00 which included the 650.00 instead of cost of jetting but as a down payment which he processed before any work was done, which did not include draining septic tank which was full and a camera look down into the tank to see if everything was good which clearly stated I would not be charged but was never done. I then dug up third part of tank and he took lid off and stated baffle needed replaced there too. Ok I said.

He then went to Home Depot and bought material two baffles, one long pvc pipe and a short pvc pipe with lid and glue. This was all charged to me I am to assume. He put the piping in and said he would be back the next day to put concrete and gravel down around the piping going to the tank from the house. He did not show the next day and a week went by without any contact. I then got to adding up the costs and found it quite expensive for the minimal work he had done which was cost of material and labor and jetting for 30 minutes. I then texted plumber and requested a break down of all costs. He texted me back requesting my email and said he would go into office and get the cost.

Within this time period I called office to question the cost and was told his supervisor would call me that day. 2nd week I called again and was told supervisor would call me no call no costs. I then contacted my credit card company regarding the initial 650.00 and put a hold on it. Third week I got call from supervisor and was told he would get with plumber and would call me back that evening. No call. Next day (end of third week) supervisor calls and said he wanted to set up meeting at my home to discuss this.

We are now going into fourth week and supervisor several times went back and forth with dates and times to come out. 4 weeks to date and he gives me a time frame of arrive 8 to 11 on Feb. 17 2017. At 10:45 I texted supervisor to get eta and was told his truck is being worked on. Wasn't showing. I called manager had heated discussion and basically I was told oh well I paid. No effort to give me cost. I was charged extremely too high and wanted a partial refund at least the 650.00 back. Nope not going to happen. I felt scammed and cheated. And my toilet in main bathroom is leaking around pipe where plumber put back on AND was going to charge me. I am seriously wanting to go to small claims court with this for they have been non compliant with my requests and I am sure the cost was way too high.

The guy who came to my home was nice and courteous and seemed knowledgeable. I am talking about Mr. Rooter out of Hamilton, Ohio. Every time I asked for a final price after given an estimate, it changed and increased which is very shady. He finally worked up an estimate and I agreed to it. Then I was forced to pay $145 for a joke of an "Advantage plan" that supposedly saved me 20% on my final bill and on any future bills (there won't be any future uses for them). I was told at first there was no charge for it then all of a sudden on my credit card bill was a dam* charge of $149. I am challenging that charge. Then I did some digging and research of the parts that were needed for my job and the price of their labor. I found that these as* clowns charge over 5 times the amount for plumbing parts. I compared them to parts I saw on Amazon and Ebay.

I understand you want to make a profit, but that's robbery and fraud to charge those high rates and prices for parts. There's no excuse for that. I will be contacting the BBB and Angie's List. Whatever you do, DO NOT use this company. They totally screw customers and their prices are exorbitantly high especially compared to other Cincinnati plumbers.

Mr. Rooter sent Will ** to my home for pricing on a repair to my water main break and Will explained how the work would be done. He stated they would bore through the ground to replace the broken water line. That was on the Sept. 27, 2016. On Oct.14, 2016 after coming home to find his contractor had dug a long trench from the sidewalk to my house. The contractor stated this is what he was told to do by Will **. I explained that Will ** said the line would be replaced by boring through the ground. Will ** (Mr. Rooter lied to me and my son; now I have a trench with heavy dirt that need to be filled in this trench). I will not have Mr. Rooter do any work for me.

I called this afternoon for possible service with the company. First his brother Steven answered the call and quoted me $190 + 59 for after service while they are supposed to be operating 24 hours a day for 7 days. And then he tells me that his brother will call back to schedule time so when his brother Brandon called me he said, "I don't know what my brother told you for the prices. Our cost is 132.31 plus $59 after hours." So when I mentioned about franchise coupon on the website for $25 odd with no provisions and expiration date of 11/31/2016 then he tells me that only applies during weekdays. And he kept on mentioning, "That is not that we don't want to come out on the weekend."... etc. The company needs to be shut down especially when they cannot provide service or don't want to come out on the day it says they are supposed to be operating and inconsistent pricing between brothers.

Our water heater was not working and we needed a new flush set for the toilet. The plumber came on a Wednesday, took a look and said we need a new water heater and couldn't come back till the following Saturday. He couldn't even do the simple fix on the toilet until the following Saturday! Saturday he showed up and didn't have the parts for the toilet. He said "oh, I didn't know you wanted the toilet fixed." I told him I had been VERY clear that of course I wanted the toilet fixed! Well, now he can't fix the toilet for, at the least, 2 more days! He put in the new water heater but didn't take the old one out. He said "oh, yeah, I couldn't get it out." OMG!

Then I looked at the new water heater and the electric cord going in to it was all frayed! I showed it to him and he said "yeah, I'm not an electrician." I said "but it is the cord going in to the water heater you just installed!" His answer again "I'm not an electrician". Then I asked him to look at the sink fixture as it was loose. He tightened it with his fingers and it was still loose. He said that was as good as he could do. He didn't even use a wrench! So now we have an electrical hazard, still a broken toilet and sink, an old water heater still in the basement, and he charged us $1030.83! I am calling to complain!

I was double billed for $3,250 and had damage on the basement floor from the jackhammer. The company stated they are not responsible for collateral damage as I signed a landscaping waiver. I don't want this company on my property and will repair the damage out of my own pocket. I reported the double billing to the bank as fraud and I am working with the bank.

I called Mr. Rooter to fix my leaking showerhead. They came out & told me the price was $371.00 to fix and I agreed to pay. After 2 hours of work the plumber got the leak down to a slow drip and said I needed to have a hole knocked in the wall to fix the valve there at a price of $1400.00. The job was not completed as shower was still dripping. I called a friend to look at the problem and he replaced the valve in hot water handle and the shower no longer drips. I was way overcharged for an incomplete job and Mr. Rooter refused to give any money back to me. The valve that my friend put in to fix the drip cost $2.00. If you don't want to get ripped off don't call Mr. Rooter.

I have tried for over a year to get a local plumber, all too busy for such a puny job I guess. Called Mr Rooter out of Weirton WVA. He came on Saturday to check out what needed to be done. Yes, I paid through the nose. But no water for four days? Pump was fine? Water supply was fine. Old galvanized pipes needed replaced. They showed bright and early Sunday morning and got right to work. I haven't signed off on the work order yet, but I'll be making a note that I want a warranty on parts and labor. *** Edit: already a warranty written out. Thanks guys. Drive safely.

I had Mr. Rooter come to fix my septic back in December of 2015. They were to replace my old clay line between the dry well to the septic. I still had problems after the work they stated they did was done. I had to call them back out to snake the line because dirt got in there and another time because it was doing the same thing (coming out of the inspection port) only 6 months after they said they replaced the line. When they came out to check it I was told they would have to do additional work for a piece I said on the original job I didn't want they to touched (because the price was too high for that job proposed). I told the gentleman thank you and if we wanted to use them we would call. I didn't use them.

I went thru another company. When they came out to fix the piece (Mr. Rooter said was an issue from the original job in 2015) we I uncovered that not only was that not a problem (bc it didn't exist) we also say that they left my septic not hooked up to my dry well. I have called them serval times to finally get a call back stating they would make this right but I had to talk to the manager as well. Well he called and was as rude as ever. He basically called me a liar and said my other guy lied and took stuff out (which isn't the case).

The guy said he would come out to look at everything which means my yard ripped up again to show only the work my second contractor did. I told him I have pictures showing the way they left it and that my contractor would be here as well to back me up on the work they said they did but didn't. Long story short please don't use Mr. Rooter out of any state. They totally ripped me off for 4 grand plus they act like they are not going to make this right, which means more time for me at small claims court.

Costed me $330 for a snaked sink. Nice guy came the same day but he charged me more than switching the whole sink. Granted he told me the price before but he made it sound very bad (like I have to switch the pipes etc). After he finished the job I look at the receipt and it said he snaked it... I could have bought drain for 5 bucks or called any other company and they snake any drain for $99. I manage 40 apartments and because of one stupid thing like the price on snaking a pipe did they lose all that business.

DO NOT EVER USE Mr. Rooter Plumbing from ADAMS, MA.!!! I needed to replace my kitchen faucet. A Do It Yourself for many but I am not talented in that area. My daughter was present for the ONE HOUR the technician was there and I came home to a bill of $223.52!!! Yes, two-hundred and twenty-three dollars for LABOR for ONE HOUR OF WORK (no parts)!!! To install a simple kitchen faucet!!! SERIOUSLY, DO NOT EVER USE MR. ROOTER PLUMBING FROM ADAMS!!! I didn't call an MD, who might charge $223/hour, I called for a very simple job and feel the cost was totally unreasonable and the company disingenuous!

Save your money. I wasted $605 dollars to clear a line, and they left the job without it being cleared. They wanted me to spend more. It was a scam to see if I would start spending thousands on redoing the plumbing for the house. They actually left my house in worse shape than before they came. Was that on purpose? I won't go that far, but they are at least incompetent. Let me be kind and stop there.

These guys are a bunch of idiots. If there was a zero star rating they would get that 1 star is too much. My parents called on a Wednesday afternoon for them to "snake" the pipe. The guy they sent out broke the snake inside the pipe, so he said we had a broken pipe that need to be replaced. Thursday morning they dig up the front yard, (2 hrs work) take out the "broken" pipe and we don't see them again until Saturday afternoon, when they finally come to fix it. During the 2 hours they took to fix it they also broke an outlet in our garage (now we need an electrician). So we had an Open sewer pipe in the front yard for 72 hrs, and no use of the bathrooms.

My Dad is disabled. He can't just get up and run next door to the neighbors (who kindly let my Mom and I use theirs a couple times). Monday morning they finally finished it. They are trying to charge us $5,000. As of this review we are going to fight this. They only worked maybe 6 hours in the whole 6 days it took them to do the work. Will NEVER call them again!

I called this company in the Youngstown, Ohio in March 2013 area because our basement would flood whenever we used the washing machine. The plumbers show up and attempt to unclog our line, to no success. They come back a short time later to camera the line, which they do after a clearing of the line and tell me that the main is broken and will eventually collapse. Long story short, they tell me they can dig up the old line, and that altogether, a new line, sidewalk, and labor would be around $15,000.

It's now 2016. Today we have a local plumber come out and inspect the line after the gas company replaces the gas lines in our neighborhood and informs us of a leak in the sewer line because of tree roots. The local plumber clears out the sewer line and informs us nothing more is needed to be done. The sewer line is intact. It just needed the roots cleared out. Mr. Rooter is not a trusted company, at least in this area. The company was recently in the news for doing some shady deeds to customers.

Thought I needed my garbage disposal replaced, but Tony ** (Lawrenceville, GA) diagnosed it as a jam in the disposal, reset it (which I didn't even know you could do), and didn't charge me over appointment fee. Honest nice guy, could have not been honest and charged me for a whole new replacement. Hope I don't run into anymore plumbing issues, but if I do I will definitely call him again!

Stay away from this company! First of all, they have a $65 dispatch fee which is not clearly explained. They give the impression that it's refundable if no work is performed. They are very unprofessional and discourteous. I called this company to check out a copper pipe leak in the attic, which I thoroughly investigated and confirmed that the leak was very small and only about 2-4 inches of pipe needed to be replaced. When the plumber came on site he informed me that there was a $140 fee to diagnose the issue.

Are you kidding me? Is this a computer or some sort of electronics that need a diagnostic fee? I decided to call the company and asked them if I already know what the problem is and where the leak is if I still need to pay a diagnostic fee and the lady put me on hold and then came back and said no fee will be required. The plumber said it's too hot to get in the attic now so he'll come back the next day. Which I agreed it was too hot to be crawling around.

The next day the plumber came back and asked me if I will be accompanying him in the attic to help him, because it's a two man job. WOW! who is paying who here? I said, "No, I can't do that." He then climbed up and a few minutes later stated that he was too tall to fit in the attic and it would be better if he could cut a hole in my ceiling. Also it would now cost me $450 because he has to use a special clamp tool instead of the torch, because it's dangerous. Wow! again. The tool is an expensive tool, but it makes the job easier so why charge me more? Don't charge me because the tool is expensive.

At this point I already lost confidence in him. The plumber said he could not do the job and left. He didn't even call headquarters for a possible solution. After all this... I called customer service and asked about a solution or refund and they told me that the plumber said he quoted me for 14 feet of copper pipe. Huh? We agree that we only needed to replace 2-4 inches. I told the supervisor that it's up to him to do the right thing based on the unprofessionalism. I will not ask again for a refund, but they lost my business to another company who gladly took care of the issue the same morning for half the price. Oh, and they used the clamp tool. Stay away from this company, there are too many plumbing companies out there that do not need a $65 dispatch fee and $140 diagnostic fee. They are a complete rip off. Shame on you MR. Rooter! You failed!.

My wife and I have had a horrid experience with the chain plumbing company out of League City, Texas. They have rude, disrespectful workers who answer the phone and schedule the services. The office manager has zero empathy or concern for the customer. The only employee of the company is the supervisor although he could not get our water heater serviced any quicker. The overall experience has been so terrible that I would never recommend them and will never do business with any Mr. Rooter companies ever again.

Let me say that the Mr. Rooter on November, Keeneland Dr. in Richmond, KY, has a great professionalism about them from the dispatcher to the technician! My technician's name was Shane **. Very nice young man! I am a pretty manager at the Outback Steakhouse here in Richmond. I will definitely be recommending your Richmond location to my patrons! Thank you Shane for helping solve my problems!

I called for overnight service for a kitchen sink overflow, it was corrected. Last week I called for the same problem and ask why after only 3 weeks of using the kitchen I was having the same problem. They said the manager will call me. I keep on calling back multiple times, for 7 days, at the end have to pay another company to fix the problem since they didn't do a good job. Very irresponsible and unreliable company. This is Mr. Rooter, Pembroke Pines.

We had someone from Mr. Rooter come in to give us a quote for something that needed to get done. Mr. Rooter had done work on our home before and we thought it would be great to bring them back. This time around it was for a different circumstances (funny how the first time around they didn't mention any of the things the second guy said). When the guy came in he didn't quote us for what we asked. He went on telling us everything he wanted us to fix. He even took our information and reported us to our city inspector. He was threatening us to get these things fixed because he was going to report us anyways. Talk about losing a customer.

I felt like that was a breach in my confidentiality. I trusted them to just come through and give me a solid quote on what I wanted fixed, not threaten to report me and then actually doing it just so he could get the job. I have rights too and I will continue to pursue them, as I felt my personal information was shared without my approval. I'm sure if an inspector went through his home there would be things the city inspector would find fault in too. Trust me, I'll never use or refer them to anyone.

We had Mr. Rooter come out for FREE diagnostics to determine the cause of a sewage overflow in our basement. Our FREE appointment turned into a $278.00 appointment in order to be able to determine the problem. Their camera "determined" that we had a broken pipe under our water heater in the basement. They wanted to jackhammer up our floor to replace the pipe for $3,400.

A few days later we had another sewage overflow after spending $400.00 to clean up the first. Therefore, we rushed to the phone to get Mr. Rooter out to break up our basement floor and replace the pipes. It took them 2 days to do all of this and cap off the sewage pipe because we removed the toilet. We spent $3,475.00 on this and $200.00 to clean up the second sewage overflow. We were told everything should be good to go.

HOWEVER, when my husband was getting ready for bed last night, he smelled the same smell we encountered with the last sewage leak. He went down to the basement and lo and behold the sewage had leaked all over the floor FOR THE THIRD TIME. We called the Mr. Rooter 24 hour line and were informed we may have to pay an $89.99 service fee in order for them to come out! Luckily, we got them to check out the problem for free, but now they are saying the constant over flow is due to a tree root that has uprooted our PVC pipe in the back yard. Of course, they now want to dig up our back yard and charge us another couple thousand to fix this pipe! I feel like this service should be free because they didn't fix the problem they originally diagnosed! I DO NOT TRUST THEM and now am in desperate need of a trust worthy plumbing company that can dig up our yard and secure our pipe for a reasonable price!

Mom is in her late 70s. They totally took advantage of her charging her 3700.00 for a job that lasted 2.5 hours. Then collapsed her sewer line then come back the next year stating they would gladly charge her an additional 4000.00 to fix what they ** up. The worst!!!

Do not ever use Mr. Rooter plumbing services. I have had nothing but awful experiences! I needed new water heater which will cost me $2,000. We set a time in the afternoon to do the work. I rearranged my day, cancelled work meetings to be home and they showed up an hour and 20 minutes late. What's worse, not a single phone call from anyone saying they were late. I had no hot water and water and gas were shut off and no other plumber could get to me before 3 days so I had no choice. Save yourself disappointment and just don't use these guys!