Ron's Speedy Rooter & Plumbing Repair

Great service. To come out was $89 but it would go to the cost of repair if I used them.

The lady who answered was nice and knowledgeable. The plumber who arrived Jeff was friendly and professional and quick.
I will be using them again!
Thanks again!

Called in the morning and they had a licensed plumber come out within the hour! Very professional and friendly service. Replaced my kitchen garbage disposal speedily! The appointment service lady made an effort to get me someone ASAP. Great customer service.

Had a new tenant moving in and the tankless water heater was not working so I called them out to turn it on, turns out the unit was not getting power and tech told me to call electrician, original quote for service call was $89 and I paid it. Wanted a 2nd opinion and called Roto-Rooter Bakersfield and turns out they agreed and told me the same thing the only difference was they didn't charge me a penny since they were not able to fix the issue. You now know who I will be calling for our plumbing needs.

I really wanted to give Ron's Speedy Rooter 5 stars due to a bigger project they had done for us in the past but my experience today was unfortunate. We were estimated a small garbage disposal unit replacement usually goes for 250-350, so we set an appt to have ours replaced. When the plumber came out the quote increased drastically to 450. The product used was also inferior to what was being quoted at the beginning of the job (said they were installing a Badger 5 but saw once completed it was a Badger 1). If I didn't notice it they wouldn't have even known. After pointing out that the wrong product was used the price was dropped 5 dollars, which honestly seemed kind of offensive. Own your mistakes and charge a fair price and you may build a loyal customer base. Very disappointed this go around. Only reason for 2 stars is because of the friendly personalities and previous work done. Sadly we will have to call around for future plumbing work.

Excellent service. We called and spoke to Ron at 0745 to describe our problem, and then Cody was at my house at 0805. Cody fixed a main sewage blockage in less than an hour and could not have been a nicer guy. I will only use these guys from now on. Thank you!

I yelped plumbers and Ron's had good reviews. I called and had a plumber, Bobby, at my house an hour later. Very nice and friendly guy, Bobby fixed my problem. Reasonably priced, I will use them again.

Was very disappointed with Ron's my second time around. I called them out to repair my water heater and they replaced the pilot assembly. The technician did a poor quality job as he left connections outside of the protective guard. When questioned about it, technician said the connections were longer than the originals since they only carry standard parts and that he didn't want to bend the wires so not to kink them. In the end, the owner came out and explained that they carry standard parts since most people need the repair ASAP and aren't willing to wait a few days to get OEM parts. This makes complete sense however they still need to communicate that to the customer beforehand and allow the customer to make the decision. The owner did acknowledge that leaving the connections outside of the guard was not acceptable. Will probably look for a different provider for my future plumbing needs.

Had a plugged toilet. Service man came over right away to clear the drain. Polite and quick. Gave good recommendations for future toilet replacements

A big thank you for helping with a major water break, new hot water heater and repairs to our 70 year old home.  Highly recommend.

Ron's Speedy Plumbing has worked on my residence and at my place of work. Robert (Bobby) arrived quickly, found the source of our problem fast and had our water down for the minimal time (my estimate is 1-2 minutes). He was courteous, professional and very efficient. He offered advice on further needs outside his scope of work and cleaned up after himself.

The price was very reasonable and honest.

I would definitely recommend Ron's Speedy Plumbing to residential and business owners.

A guy named Bobby came out. Super friendly and funny. Fixed it very quickly.
I asked to set up an appointment 2 days in the future in the morning. They worked with that. The guy arrived on time.
Highly recommend. More people should conduct business like these guys.

Very quick response after one call. Our Plummer was very kind and polite. Service was great, no damage to the house while fixing our plumbing issue and cleaned up after himself. Also prices are affordable!

Called early in the morning to hopefully get a repairman out right away. They were at my house in about an hour. Had to go pick up supplies. The service man that came was Named Chase. Extremely friendly guy and very nice and polite. So was customer service when I called to get an appointment.
It took Chase about 20 mins to fix what the other guy took an hour to install incorrectly. I am very happy with the workman ship that was provided at a very fair price.
I will use this company from now on for any further plumbing needs.

From the pleasant young lady answering the phone to the polite and professional technician who took care of the problem we were very happy with the service. In fact this was the second time they have been out but I neglected to write a review the first time.

I would highly recommend this business.

I called Ron's Plumbing and told them I had a water heater problem. They had a Tech out within a couple hours. The Tech was very knowledgeable helpful and respectful. I am self employed and understand that Customer Service is very important! Install is neat and we have Hotwater Again!! Thanks Ron

The repair man did do a quick and decent job. How ever he did the work prior to providing a quote. He the tried to charge my elderly in laws almost 300.00 for 50min of work and 5 dollars in materials.
When I asked for an invoice to represent the extremely high cost I was told by the plumber and the office manager that they do not do invoices for residential customers.
The plumber him self called me and told me he would drop the price 100.00 because he didn't provide an appropriate quote. And I informed him that I would call the office to get an invoice. Once again I was told they do not invoice work. So I asked to speak with the owner.
The owner Ron called me him self and would not listen to my issues told me I was ignorant and did not know what service call was, told me that the other companies I have called gave me false information, and then hung up on me.

This place is a rip off. I do not know how they stay in business. Basically they tried taking advantage of my elder in laws and when they realized that I know what I am and talking about they screamed and yelled as to not hear the truth and then hung on me.

Brady arrived on time and explained the issue and the solution in an easy to understand manner. He was efficient and cleaned up the workspace after he was done. I appreciated his advice on other areas that I should keep an eye on around my home. Highly recommend!

Had them do some work at my rental property. They were prompt and did an excellent job. I inItially thought it needed a camera inspection and had them quote me a price for that. When he arrived, he fixed it without the camera inspection and told me he didn't think it needed it.  He saved me a hundred dollars off their quote. A good, honest company. I highly recommend them.

Costco told me they couldn't install my dishwasher due to difficulty with my shut off valve not working. Called Ron, he was here in less than one house and got the job done. Amazing speedy service, highly recommend

Jake came first to help clear clogged drain and did snake pipe but not good enough because it clogged again the next day. Then came Ron and he was very rude and dare I say upset because he had to come back out. Tried to blame us that we were throwing food down the drain. I went out and bought a drain cleaning machine form lowes for 350 and did it myself, and has been running good ever since. Wasted $140 on nothing but attitude and bad service, sad that a veteran was treated this way.

Please read this review about this business before you call them for any services. This is about my experience word for word, action to action. I called RONS SPEEDY ROOTER & PLUMBING REPAIR business on June 12th 2015 at 10:30am to get service for a clogged pipe, overflowing toilets and showers. The call was just fine and the lady was nice about setting up the service and she provided me with a technician right away. My technician Matt had arrived shortly after the appointment was made. Matt was very friendly and gave me all options for the service he was going to provide for me and was very clear about the price he was going to charge me at for the hour of labor that he worked. As he was working he noticed his snake wiring had got stuck and advised me that he was going to have to call his boss RON the owner of the business to come help with the problem. Matt had set the proper expectation that there might be a camera charge to perform a video check up to see what the problem was. I had agreed to the price expectation he had set for me and let him know I had to go to work at this time. He was aware of this and said he would call me to confirm pricing of any additional services he would have to perform. My visiting relatives who don't speak English were at my house during this time and had my credit card to perform any charges after the job was complete. I got a call from RON around 12:50pm when I was at work. This is where everything goes south and please pay attention to what RON expressed to me. RON said our pipes were so damaged that his snake wiring had broken during the job to fix the main drain. Right after he had told me this information he said I would have to pay for his company's damaged equipment at $400. I was a bit confused of why I would pay for his damaged equipment so I expressed to him that I wasn't liable for his company's equipment and didn't sign or agree to anything about paying for equipment that could possibly be damaged on the job. RON started to get defensive with me stating our pipes had inconveniently broke his expensive equipment and expressed he would have to go to Los Angeles to get replacement equipment. He was frustrated that I had asked him if I can get a second opinion to make sure the charges were valid. I called back about 10 minutes after he called me and told him right away I had received a professional opinion about the $400 damaged equipment charge and that I disagree with paying for his company's damaged equipment. He interrupted me and started laughing asking who this professional was. I then stated I wasn't trying to be rude to him but just stated I disagreed with the charge. I then told him I would pay for the labor and kindly asked him to leave my property. He then threatened me that he would call his Lawyer and made this comment! ATTENTION PLEASE READ. RON the OWNER of the business stated to me WE DON'T DEAL WITH THIS KIND OF SHIT OFTEN, BUT WHEN WE DO IT'S ALWAYS YOU F*CKERS FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTRY
I was speechless and offended on so many levels from these statements and called him a racist. Exactly what he is. The color of my skin or the tone of my language had nothing to do with this transaction. I PLEASE ADVISE EVERYONE NOT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THIS RACIST OWNER. He tried to take advantage of me not being there and my relatives who don't speak English. Come on guys does it make sense that I pay for your equipment if it breaks on the job? Come on RON I wasn't born yesterday. Please understand we didn't do anything wrong. My relatives offered them water and iced coffee due to the hot weather and didn't bug them or speak to them during the job. I wouldn't recommend this business to anyone. Sorry not sorry. Zero stars...

Had a problem with a garbage disposal and called around Bakersfield to get an honest diagnosis and fair price.  Rons Speedy Rooter & Plumbing repair did a great job in guestimating the problem and the cost.  They kept me posted, replaced my garbage disposal, and gave me the price I was initially quoted.  Most of the time, I fear that I will get back a price that is higher because unexpected problems or additional items arise, but Rons Speed Rooter kept it real and fair.  Plus, Susan, who answers the calls, was friendly, knowledgeable and professional.  Thanks guys!

This review is long over due. We have used RR for several years now. We are always pleased with the results. Ron himself shows up to work! How cool is that?
RR removed and replaced our copper plumbing; so far no problems to speak of.
I call and they show up in a timely manner. I believe their service prices are fair and worth the cost.
Thank you for RR for being great. We like doing business with this company.

They did an excellent job cleaning our main line. Right on time and inexpensive. We had an online coupon and got ten dollars off

Had a big problem today, neither of my toilets were working.I called and the woman on the phone was really friendly and helpful. I had a plumber out within the hour and he fixed my problem super quick! I would highly recommended these guys to anyone who has a plumbing problem. They are fast,friendly and trsutworthy!

Ron is the most rude, inconsiderate and egotistical person who portrays to be a skilled tradesman.  He showed up 24 hours late, then arrived with a horrendous attitude and offered no explanation other than 'I'm tired and don't need more work.'. Then, when walking off the job, you said, 'Don't ask me, you need a better plumber.'

It will be my mission in life to make this company go out of business.  You left us with no plumbing repair, no solution and the problem you said you could fix, is now going to cost me more to have a real skilled tradesman, come out and fix what you couldn't.

Be ashamed of yourself.  You treat people so very badly, that I cannot wait to see you homeless and destitute.  

Do not hire this company, they fix nothing and blame the customer for it.

Phillip came out and did an amazing job. I even learned a little about the plumbing in my house as I watched him fix the broken pipe. He had great customer service and definitely trust worthy. Thanks for making it a quick and easy process. Definitely a must use plumbing service! Request Philip!

The woman who answered the phone was extremely friendly and helpful.  She said she could get me someone to fix my issue in an hour - and she was right!
The plumber showed up around an hour after our conversation. He was polite as well! He was in and out in about 15 minutes. My issue was fixed!
I would definitely do business with them again!

Jeff came out and did an excellent job.  They were available within an hour of my call, showed up on time and got the job done within the estimated.  Jeff was professional, friendly, and fast.  I highly recommend Ron's and specifically Jeff.

Quick friendly service and affordable too. Phillip came out in less than an hour, fixed the problem, and just charged $79. ( base/initial fee $89 and if you mention ad, they deduct $10). Will definitely call them again, if needed. Highly recommend this company.

We had a Friday evening water line break inside of a wall. Brady and employee of Ron's responded quickly and took care of the issue! Brady was polite and Informative. Ron's also charged a fair price for coming out. Will be using Ron's for any future problems.

We've used Ron's a couple times to fix issues with our water heater -- once for a last-minute replacement of a pressure relief valve that was done by Ron himself (at 5pm on a Friday, no less!), and once to replace an old water heater whose bottom had rusted out with a new tankless unit. Ron and his employees were prompt, polite, and did a great job each time. We will be using them for all our future plumbing projects. Highly recommended!

I called Ron's last night when my wife mentioned that something in our kitchen smelled really bad. I thought maybe something got left in the sink too long but no that wasn't it. I checked the garbage disposal and it was working fine so I decided to just load the dishwasher and run it in case it was something in the sink I was missing. We don't go through a great deal of dishes so I usually rinse off dishes until I have enough for a dishwasher load or just hand wash so it had been about 8 days since the dishwasher last ran.

Opened it up and found the source of the smell, standing water just sitting in the bottom of the dishwasher, it didn't drain last time and I didn't notice. I couldn't take the smell and couldn't figure out what was wrong so I called Ron's and spoke to Ken. He told me he could come out that night and fix it no issues. He took my address and came over.

The work itself was well done, Ken explained the issue and showed me what caused it and how he fixed it. He also fixed a pipe issue under the sink and caulked my sink because it was loose. I am completely satisfied with Ken's work I want to make that clear, he did great work.

The reason for the loss of stars is for what I felt was kind of shady about the price. Ken didn't mention anything about a service fee or a quote or anything. It wasn't until he was at my house, under the sink looking at the pipes that he tells me oh I forgot to mention it's Sunday night so it's time and a half with a 2 hour minimum. The total for the work came out to over $300....holy crap. I didn't like that he waited until he was on-site and already starting to tell me that, I think I might have suffered through the night and waited until today if he had filled me in on that detail from the start instead of sliding it in there once the work had started.

I've called Ron's speedy rooter and plumbing repairs a number of times for multiple reasons. Each and every time the technician that came out was very professional and did an awesome job. I would recommend them to anybody that needs a plumber. I felt like he actually cared about his job and not just there to collect a paycheck. I will be using them from now on. Thank you.

Update: It's been 1.5 weeks since Ron's first visit. He came back to install a beautiful toilet. He did the job quickly and even fixed a sprinkler issue with zero charge! Businesses like this just don't exist anymore. Very pleased and told everyone I know, to use this company. ~

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So pleased with this company!
Around midnight, I noticed our guest bathroom-toilet was really leaking heavily, both around the base and dripping from the tank. It had a leak, off and on, for months -- but miraculously stopped for awhile. Figured it was fine - until it wasn't! The water was seeping out and I worried about our floors.

Called and Brenda, the very pleasant office staffer, helped me right away. I took half a day off work, thinking I'd have to wait around for hours. But literally within 45 minutes (!) of my call, Brenda called me back to say Ron was on his way!
Ron arrived and quickly diagnosed the problem, fixing it in around an hour. His pricing was very fair - I was quite pleased. He is a pleasant man and very professional - he knew the diagnosis right away and went to work.

Please consider this company for your needs. They service so many things - even sprinklers!

They are sort of cheating the money. When I called I specifically told the lady my concern, and ask for detail of inspection and pricing. She said the initial fee is 89 , but if there is a service,  the money will count toward the service fee. No quote suggested.  

When the guy came, no name, no business card, just came in repair the part of the toliet without giving me a reason till after he put it in, said everything was fine.

Still didn't address my issue which is the sewer line. Didn't bother to check my front n back yard because we had many trees plus broken pipes before.

Called back and same lady said , I have to pay 189 dollars to check the sewer line which 89 doesn't not count toward here.

Not gonna trust this company again

All the things your looking for in a plumber: Fast, professional, knowledgable, friendly, and affordable. Thanks Bobby! Will definitely use Ron's again.

Friendly fast and efficient. Couldn't ask for better service! Chase was a great technician. I highly reccommend!

Came within 24 hours, on time, handled all my plumbing issues.  Very reasonable pricing.  I was very happy with my technician Brady.

This place is a joke. The guy who fixed my water heater (Ron) left my gas valve on when he fixed my heater. My wife told him numerous times that she smelt gas. He looked at her like a dummy and as though she didn't know what she was talking about. Instead of making sure there was no leak, this clown took his check and left. He stated that the gas would dissipate within minutes..... NOPE..... Inside of our house started to smell and we had to open all the windows. My kids were in the house. We told the neighbors and had to call the gas company to check it out. They told us the valve was loose and needed tightening. (It's documented)...  We called this clown and told the situation to his employee. She told us this coward would call us back up... Never did... After reading another negative review, I had to write mine... I wasn't the only one who had to deal with this clown. I don't want to see anyone hurt. I will contact the licensing board....

Called Rons Plumbing for a backed up drain; Ron himself showed up in less than an hour. He was courteous and knowledgable. He took care of the problem quickly. We would definitely use this plumbing service again.

It was like 3 years ago that I used them to fix my water heater but I only have good memories of quick and honest service. I've moved since then and am having water heater issues again so I'll be calling soon!