Best Backflow Services in Bakersfield CA

I had called two other plumbing companies in town, they came out for an inspection, scheduled the work then did not show up.  Advanced Plumbing was on time, on task and fixed my problems quickly.

Thank you Advanced

We had a 75 gallon water heater changed out after it had leaked very badly , flooding our unfinished  basement area.

We callEd Carroll Plumbing and Maintenance on a Friday night and they were able to hook us up with cold water for the night. That after hours plumbing cost $393.75, which was fine.

My complaint is with the installation of the water heater.

Water Heater(Rheem GN 75 Low Nox Heater-R75GN75-125)...........$2250.00

Laborer-------3.5 hr.        65.00/hr. ..........................................................$227.00

Plumber #1--4.75 hr.      105.00/hr.........................................................$498.75

Plumber #2---3.5 hr.        105.00/h............................................................$367.50

Various parts, flex, &solder..........................................................................$187.16

Tax....................................................................................................................$188.88
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                                                                                                                       $3,719.29

$3,719.29 is a lot to pay for a replacement water heater, but that is not my complaint. Things are expensive these days and the charges aside from those mentioned below are at least plausibl.

My complaint is that a laborer,  whose main task was to help the two plumbers take the new water heater from the truck to the site and take the old water heater back to the truck was billed for 3.5 hours. This distance from our driveway to the water heater site is about 70-80 ft. and has a door with ample width where the water heater must be lifted over the lower edge.

When I called Carroll Plumbing and Maintenance they stated that it was perfectedly reasonable that it would take him 3.5 hours to help move the water heater and that the laborer had, indeed, spent 3.5 hours helping move the water heater. I do not find this credible.

It also seems excessive to spent 8.25 hours of plumbers time to change out a single water heater.

Today we had a water pressure regulator installed by Mike from John The Plumber in Tehachapi. We are very happy with the prompt arrival time, knowledge of the employee, satisfaction of a complete and well done job and Mike's patience with all our questions. We will definitely always use this company for all our plumbing needs. We were billed via email and promptly paid the bill in full. A win win for everyone!

T & M K. Tehachapi CA

I would like to give a high review to Billy Jenkins for his professionalism and ability to get right to work to make sure myself as the customer is taken care of. Billy was very friendly as well and I would recommend him to anyone. Also, I appreciate his punctuality to be at my house which helped me to plan my day accordingly.

This asshole jerked me along for two days. Finally said he can not come. This is unprofessional behavior. Forget all the 5 stars reviews. Probably fake.

I needed a plumber outdoor faucet was leaking which comes out of the wall of house Came out at a very reasonable time was friendly and professional and did a good job ...definitely will call back again.

Rip off prices quoting me ridiculous price for a simple t installation be aware and shop around before getting scammed by these guys !! Buyer beware !

I did not have a good experience with Bakersfield plumbing. First, we asked our rental agency to send someone to fix a leak under the kitchen sink. They came out and said they needed to order a part. It took a month before they came back. Meanwhile the wood under the sink got all damp and damaged.
Second, we asked them to come repair a toilet that was running. They came once to fix it, but we had them come back because it was doing the same thing. The second time they put on a new handle and tank. Unfortunately it still kept running AND the handle wasn't screwed on properly AND he left the chain too long so the only way we could flush it was to hold the handle down or take the lid of the tank off. The last two problems led to the brand new handle breaking. They came out a 3rd time and replaced the handle and shortened the chain. Finally, it stopped running! Then, we get a bill from our rental agency saying that the plumber determined that the handle was broken by force and saying we had to pay the  $100 bill. Ridiculous!

I will never do business with them again.

Hometown Plumbing provided same day service with a quick repair. I talked to a professional lady for service and got a friendly technician for the repair.

I am dinging two stars though because the cost was very high for what I think for the job was. Also, there was no explanation or breakdown of the high cost given during billing. Since it was an emergency, I paid the high cost. I don't think I'll use this company again though because of it. **If cost is not a concern, use this company!**

Quick response to my request abd scheduled repair within 24 hours. Repaired bathrub fuxtures that had previously been repaired and went above and beyond to prevent further issues. Will definitely be using him again.

My 8 year old water heater went out on a Friday evening in March. The thought of boiling water so my wife could bathe was option number two. I called Tommy and within 30 minutes they called me back, asked for some information on my water heater. I was told they had one in stock and they came out the next morning (Saturday) and installed the new water heater, brought the strapping up to code and took the old water heater with them. Polite, professional and reasonably priced.
Highly recommended!!!

H&A Plumbing arrived to fix my problem about half an hour after I called them. They fixed the problem at the price they quoted and left things nice and neat. I appreciated them arriving as quickly as they did cause I know they were busy but they were able to fit me in between jobs. I like that they're a local company and if I need a plumber again, I'll use them.

I hired on time home services for a kitchen faucet leak. While they did fix it, they wouldn't give me any warranty (30 day or 90 day) on he job done. I would have given a 5 star review if they gave me the warranty. Isn't it usually the industry standard to give at least 30 day(or more) warranty?

I was having plumbing problems in two bathrooms. They were able to come out and fix the issue same-day. Friendly and fast service.

in reply to their 'fabricated' response, first  I would like to  note,  that only a wk later I went to change the filter in my AC unit and the 'inside' of the AC unit was absolutely FILTHY!!...something that i never experience with any prior service visit!....so this 'newbee' they sent me did absolutely nothing regarding 'cleaning/servicing' my unit....so not only does this person have no brains...as you can read below (to stand right in front of a sign posted on my back door that says 'no back door access...use front door ONLY, yet he doesn't bother knocking at the FRONT door...like NORMAL people would...and just is ready to drive off!), but he is the laziest service rep I have ever dealt with (and this owners(?) stating there were prior issues with other service visits are fabricated...i never had ANY issues with ANY other service reps in all the years of doing business with this co......makes me think this 'lazy newbee' was some relative of someone in the co.!). Anyway, GLAD TO BE RID of suck an UNPROFESSIONAL service!

this was my husband's reply to owner(s) letter of cancellation, that gave us no reason as to why cancelling (and now only getting a fabricated one!):

on the June service visit here, my wife informed me that the driver went to the back door instead of the front (where on the Back door a large sign is clearly posted stating: Use Front Door ONLY - Back Door is NOT Accessible, and that sign is not only directly on the back door, but also on the Front of the house that one can clearly SEE as you MUST walk by it to get to the back door, yet your service rep chose to just ignored these signs). Since the back door cannot be opened, my wife waited for him to READ the signs, and come to the front door, instead he got into his truck and she heard him starting to drive away!  She had to immediately run outside in her stocking feet to be able to stop him in time from leaving, so naturally she was upset asking why he can't read signs, and why he wouldn't 'naturally' come around to the front door? He had nothing but excuses that made zero sense....saying: 'didn't know if you still wanted the appointment', and  'I didn't see a car so thought no one was home' (... really?? that was his 'excuse' for being too lazy to knock on the front door?...we only own ONE car, and it's what gets me to my job, so WHY would there necessarily be another car in the driveway?), plus who automatically goes to a back door of a house they've never been to, instead of knocking on the FRONT?

My wife said nothing more to him after hearing such ridiculous excuses (thinking there was something wrong with this guy -plus he later was irritated because he had to use the FRONT door when coming in and out, due to the back door being unusable)...which was never an issue for all the service people we had prior, and who KNEW their job and were very nice as well (re: there was NEVER ANY issues when these service people were here, like this owner NOW is fabricating). So my wife just waited for him to do the cleaning, and she even asked him if he wanted a cold drink or water, because it was so hot that day, and he had to be outside part of the time. That is 'hardly' the basis of  someone being 'unfriendly on multiple occasions', as you claim, (rather, from his actions, this is obviously a man who doesn't like his job).

She also told me, after he finally was done, that it appeared (re: being the 'only logical explanation' of his actions/comments) that you sent some newbie out this time round (instead of the regular guys we had before) because this one spent most of his time on the phone asking for advice, so this would also explain his apparent laziness to just want to immediately drive off, instead of even coming to the front door in the first place. I suggested she file a complaint about him to the company, and she declined and said that maybe he'd get his 'act' together for the next customer, so what good would complaining about it do anyway - he'd only deny it all (which I can see now by your canceling our service, is exactly what he did).  She told me she even thanked him when he left, which is something I certainly wouldn't have bothered doing, after his urgency to just drive off on her in the first place.

So if that is how you do business, by stressing out customers via sending out people who don't know what they are doing, who are in such a hurry to not want to do the job they were booked for, and who apparently aren't even happy with their job in the first place (instead of sending us the 'regular/educated' service guys who came before - they are the ones who don't just try to drive off' but instead take the time to read the posted sign(s) & use logic by going to the Front door ...not a person's Back door, which isn't even the norm when coming to someone's house, especially for the first time) ,  then we certainly don't want to 'give' you our business either, and we will certainly advise others to avoid your services at all cost

We hired Titan to repipe our home. Their quote was reasonable. They show up in time, they worked diligently to replace the incoming water pipes on our 68 year old raised foundation home.   They cleaned up after each work day and completed l the in j job in 2 days. I would highly recommend Titan!!

The good feedback was our tenant had the sewer backup into their tub (well that's not good, yuck!) on a Thurs. evening and this co. was the only service I could find to come out that night; the technician was pleasant and did what appeared to be his best. The tub slowly drained but clearly the line was not clear, water was still present in the cleanout. He'd told me the cable he used was 75', the lot is 150', this unit was at back of lot. So for starters, why would one of the best known names in sewer cleaning provide inadequate equipment?
The next four days were spent trying to get them back or another service to come finish snaking the line; our tenants used water very sparingly and front house unit folks were out of town, so that helped. While there was a tiny bit of communication on Fri. a.m. by Fri. afternoon they texted that they couldn't do it that evening; that was the last we heard from them; from their end.
We Hired Another Service and the job got done and line Cleared with a Longer line.
Calls to this company with questions over those 4 days were met by a dispatcher that, again pleasant, but had no information to give other than she'd pass along the messages to the supervisor, Ruben, and technician. Since she couldn't do anything to help; we asked for the person's number that could. She was not allowed to give out his direct number; we still haven't heard from him 9 days later hence this review and rating, which I rarely will do.
We are disputing the bill since he didn't have the equipment needed and never finished clearing the line; causing us to hire someone else at yet more expense. Will they contact us to discuss? At this point, it appears to not be a very reliable company at the top and we're not holding our breath; had the tenants tub not drained I would have been in a very different situation.
Even if they are having hell'va time with numerous issues, personal and/or biz wise (most generous I can be, it happens, not that I know anything!) ; they could have given the dispatcher or technician some info to explain why they weren't responding. They had our cell numbers and email.
So if you've got 75' to clear, it may be a job they can handle after hours but beware they tell you it needs a camera inspection or something else beyond that; it may not be what the issue is and any further needs may not be addressed.
Now 11/1/21 - After this review was written Ruben did call us (he'd seen the review) and we discussed the situation. He offered to refund us $275. of the $354. they had charged us that evening as the line had not been fully cleared, we had to hire someone else and clearly we weren't happy with the follow-up communication with our issue.
I have waited to revise this review until I saw that we were refunded that amount which we agreed to ($79. was for after-hour call and that a tiny bit of line drained, enough for tub waters to subside but not enough to use water normally). We see that he did come through on the refund and are thankful that much was resolved. Thank you for that Ruben.

Rick has done several jobs for us at our last home and our current home.  He is fast, efficient and friendly.  We are very happy with his work and will continue to refer people to him and hire him for our plumbing needs.

I've worked with Ernie for a couple years now, and he and his crew are my go to guys for everything involving my apartment complexes and my personal home.
Work is always done quick, professional, and pricing is very reasonable.