Baltimore Sewer Service

Yelp has never failed me and once again, it led me to a wonderful company such as Baltimore Sewer Services, especially during an emergency.   During this visit, Jason and Phillip had to battle a sewage pipe that hasn't been cleaned in over 20 years and was 100% backup. If I could give Jason and Phillip 10 stars, I would!  Service that Jason provided was professional, courteous, and exceptional.  

First of all, Jason really listened to what I have to say. I told him that I did snake thing and got nowhere. Instantly he told me that I need a water jet (PLUS) but he wants to come out in person to give me a free consultation. (PLUS PLUS).  Even though it is a big task, Jason put my parents' worries at ease by giving them a 100% working guarantee. (PLUS PLUS PLUS) Jason and Phillip brought in the machine and went to work for 3 hours.  Throughout the process, they provide constant feedback and update. (PLUS PLUS PLUS PLUS) Then, they cleaned up and left for a few hours to let the chemical solution do its work and fully clean out the pipe. At 10PM!, Jason and Phillip stopped by and finished the job. (PLUS PLUS PLUS PLUS PLUS) Thank you Jason and Phillip for a job well done!

On a side note, before I called Jason, we had the very unpleasant experience of calling a Roto-Rooter Plumber.  Before the plumber started working, I told him about our drain issue but he didn't listen and insisted that he can fix the issue and gave us a guarantee of 30 days.  Otherwise he would not charge us.   After spending 20 minutes and could not fix the issue, he recommend someone to do the job and will only charge us half of what he quoted.  Not only he could not fix the issue but he tried to con us into paying.  What a useless company. That is why it is so hard to find a good company that you can trust.  Take my word, you can definitely trust Baltimore Sewer Services to do a good job!

Now that the house in question has been sold, I can feel free to publicly air this issue.

Jason Tart, the owner of Baltimore Sewer Service, is not licensed as a plumber, who does horrible work that causes damage to people's homes and health, and continues to get away with it.

I am speaking from a combination of personal experience and professional knowledge of the law, as well as familiarity with public records in Maryland. Everything I say is true and verifiable, and I will provide screenshots as evidence.

Tart has been repeatedly charged with and convicted of performing plumbing services without a license, in violation of Maryland Business Occupations and Professions 12-601, a misdemeanor carrying a penalty of up to 6 months' imprisonment per violation. He uses the Internet to lure unsuspecting customers to employ him for serious issues that he has no training to handle. Some, like myself, experience substantial damage to their property as a result. Others, like a couple I met in court, dealt with not only property damage but extreme health complications due to his misuse of chemicals on their sewer line.

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breach of contract cases:
District Court 080400006882002
District Court 080400242712002
Baltimore County Circuit 03C03012593
District Court 080400319502004

In our case, Tart promised to provide us with a free video scope of our sewer line, which an earlier, honest and licensed plumber, had told us was not at fault, but rather that there had been a collapse on the part of Baltimore City's line in the middle of the road. We were lured in by this promise, the outstanding (apparently fake?) reviews, and his professional looking website.

When he arrived, he claimed that his result had contradicted our earlier scope of the sewer line. He promised to get the issue fixed for a price that was lower than the market rate. Thinking we were dealing with a licensed plumber with a good reputation, we agreed without getting a third opinion.

Rather than following appropriate protocol, getting permits or using heavy machinery to dig in our yard, as required by the work and the law, Tart hired a couple of day laborers to dig with hand shovels until they not only struck but actually broke our sewer line...but only after cutting into it in our basement and using a garden hose to supposedly try to flush it out - causing a small flood. Ultimately, he declared that, seeing with his own naked eyes rather than the seemingly fictional scope, that the blockage was over the property line and the responsibility of the city, in an effort to con us into continuing to entrust him. We didn't fall for it. My wife immediately demanded a return of all our money (which he provided), I found out that he was not licensed, and in fact had a history of working without a license, and filed a complaint with the plumbing board, to deal with the damage he had caused.

I eventually saw him in court and settled for less than I should've, rather than seeing him go to jail, because I figured he was potentially dangerous and I didn't want to try my luck while he knew where I lived.

Do NOT Use This Company for any Sewer Problems! The owner jason is the biggest liar i have ever delt with in my life. He was going to charge us $4100 for repairs that were not even needed. Luckily his shady antics made us get a second opinion.
He is impossible to get in touch with after he takes your money for an inspection.. If you need sewer help call Roto Rooter. They dont rip you off! If i could give NEGATIVE  stars I would !

They wont let me rebutal the owners commments on my review so here it is:
I find it humorous how quick jason is to try and save his ass here on yelp ! Had i known I would have used yelp to get him to send us a report we needed 5 days ago! Long story short I WOULD NEVER TRUST THIS GUY TO FLUSH MY TOILET..  BUYER BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great experience with these guys. Super expert at their trade.  We live in DC - Columbia Heights and no plumbing company wanted to touch replacing a terracotta pipe. They were talking permits, digging and $$$.

We called these guys to see what they could do. We ended up doing trench-less water repair with them. While everyone else was telling us we had to excavate, Jason and his team assessed the situation, saw they could take it on, and did it! Best of all, their guarantee and longevity in business made us feel better.

I'm giving them a 4 bc it took them a while to send me back the final receipt  and I had to keep hounding them for this. Wish that part was more automated.

Update April 2016: after all the hassle the line was dug up and replaced and there have been no problems in the months since. I'm told that Jason has recently sold the company and that there's a new owner, if that's the case please don't hold old reviews again the new owner. I'm going to leave this review up with a neutral A-OK 3 stars.

Update Jul 24: Jason says they will stand behind the work, will honor the warranty, and will dig up and replace the sewer line. I'm still less than pleased about being told someone would be out last week and having no one show, but if the repair is completed I will be satisfied.

In June 2013 Baltimore Sewer Service.com LLC installed a seamless pipe liner to fix my main sewer line. They gave a 50 year warranty (as written on the work order -- Jason's claim in a post here that they don't offer such a warranty is just not true. See infamous.net/bss.jpg . )

At the time of the repair I was pleased, I thought that they'd effectively fixed the problem at a reasonable price. But the line started to run slow a few weeks ago, getting bad last week. I called twice (on Thursday July 16 and Friday July 17) and was told someone would be out Friday morning. No one showed and I was not called back. I sent e-mail through their website at BaltimoreSewerService.com and received no reply.

With the line completely backed up and sewage bubbling up in the toilet on Saturday, on Sunday I had to have another plumber snake out the line. That plumber pulled several handfuls of out of the line. They just did a video inspection and found heavy root infiltration in the part that was supposedly lined. The repair guaranteed for 50 years had totally failed in two.

And not only has the repair failed, I can't seem to get them to respond to the problem. I've filed a BBB complaint seeking a refund, as a preliminary to official complaints with the county and state plumbing boards and/or a lawsuit.

I am open to finding a resolution to this and will update this review if BSS makes things right, but I'm not optimistic.

There's nothing quite as devastating as waking up one morning to backed up toilets and showers....and then being told by a plumber that your sewer line has collapsed and that your entire front yard needs to be dug up to have the line repaired to the tune of a lot of money....The worst part is we had just moved into our home 2 months prior.  
My husband did some research and learned about Trenchless sewer line replacement.  A method that allows for pipes to be repaired without the yard dig up.
Into the picture came Baltimore Sewer Services.  
Jason came out the next day to evaluate our situation.  With the original prognosis, we would still be without water until NEXT Friday (this all began one week ago today).  Instead, Jason's team came out the day after the evaluation and began the process.  It would have been done in a single day, but weather and some unfortunate problems prevented that from happening.  Instead, it was all done in under 3 days.  
The cost to do this was substantially less, not to mention that we won't have to re-landscape our entire front yard either.

Thank you Baltimore Sewer Services!

Had non flushable wipes and tampons clogging my main home sewage line (yikes!)  to the street in Towson, Maryland and they came within hours to run their metal sewer snake and unclog it! Very professional and reliable. Will use again if another sewage crisis occurs!

I recently had a blocked sewer pipe related to a vandalism incident. Unfortunately I contacted Baltimore Sewer Service hoping to get it repaired quickly. They arrived the first day and came unprepared with the wrong equipment for the job (despite describing to them what was happening on the phone when I first contacted them). They then didn't return for 2 days (despite promising to return within 1 with the correct equipment). When they did finally return they quickly attempted to clear the line before saying they wouldn't e able to do it with the material they had. I inquired about digging up the line (which is what I eventually had to do with a competitor) to which they responded they wanted to try one more thing and promised to return the next day. 3 days later I gave up and found someone else. Considering I had a fully blocked line and two children under 3 in the house I was not pleased with their unprompt service. I would not recommend using them in the future.

Had a great experience with this company.   I needed to replace a hot water heater in my rental property in Federal Hill.  Jason and another member of his team showed up at 4, accessed the repair and the job was done by 6:30 the SAME day. If you are looking for plumbing services, I high recommend this company and will use them again.

Great Yelp reviews so I called and Jason was at my house the same morning and cleared my drain in 20 minutes for the price quoted over the phone.

I have now used Jason twice to save me from clogged main sewer lines.  The first time my toilet stopped flushing.  You know that awful, pit in the stomach feeling you get when your plumbing stops working?  I was so worried about what it was going to cost me, how long it was going to take to get someone out to my house, whether they would show up or not after I had taken the day off from work to be there.  I got online and started my search.  After about 6 phone calls, all ranging from quotes of minimum of $300 to we have to come out first to see the problem before we can quote a price I got Jason on the phone.  First off, he answered the phone himself, that was the first biggie.  Second he quoted me $75 right off the bat.  No pre-inspection, no possible other charges tacked on.  Straight forward price for service.  We set up a date (it was within 2 days of my call) and then....he SHOWED UP when he said he would, did what he said he would do (my toilet flushes beautifully now) and charged exactly what he said he would charge....$75!!!  I've used his services again on a rental property.  Same thing, clogged sewer line.  Only this time Jason couldn't come out because he had another job...so he sent me someone else!!!  A great guy, professional, helpful, showed up when he said he would and charged me.....$75!!!!  I will continue to call Jason first and use the services of his company.  I am very grateful to have found him.