Best in Columbus OH

We had such a great experience! Very kind and honest company. They came out to investigate moisture issues we were having. The tech went under our trailer and found no leak. He did not charge us for the visit. Blew me away! We will be using them soon to replace our bathtub and to put in lines for a dishwasher. It's so great to find such an ethical company!

I have been using Drain Openers for more than 10 years now. They are wonderful!!! They are always prompt getting to the job, very courteous and their pricing is always fair. The quality of work is superb and I have recommended them to many others over years with no complaints from anyone. Dave and Tina Swisher are the owners and the two men that usually do work for me are Jeremiah and Mike. You can't go wrong with this company!!

Called around for the best price for unclogging a basement floor drain and getting rid of a gawd-awful smell coming from it.  Macon was the lowest, so Tony came out the next day.  He says he removed a hideous, unidentifiable object from the drain and the water flow is clear. I called him back five days later because the smell was still there. He advised we flush bleach down the drain. We poured four gallons of concentrated bleach down the drain over the next four days. However, 12 days after Tony was here, the smell is still there.
Price: $95.00.  
Result: I'm calling Roto-Rooter later today to see what they can do.

UPDATE: Upon double checking, we found no such communication at all with Jeremy as he describes in his response.  We had no idea he had decided he couldn't do anything; he didn't email or text or call with any such communication.  As far as we knew, he had not made any decision and needed more information--and hence his initial commitment to us to come back out.

Jeremy originally came out on March 4.  His initial take on the situation was that this is typical for this area and I've never had one beat me yet.  So his sudden Yelp response of I decided it can't be done is, in my opinion, a rather questionable last-minute excuse made after he's been called out for lack of communication.

Anyway.  Like I said, in our initial meeting on March 4 he had committed to us to come back out in the next week or two to do detailed site measurements but didn't follow up on that for quite some time, and didn't communicate anything for several weeks despite my wife calling his office (March 21) and emailing him.  I finally emailed him on April 1 to ask, Are you still interested in looking more closely at my back yard situation?  If not, just let me know.  Otherwise, please let me know when you plan to be by to assess the situation.

To Jeremy's credit, he responded in 6 minutes via email.  But, his explanation had NOTHING to do with inclement weather delays; instead he talked about some personal medical issues.  Unfortunately, I accepted those at face value.  And now when confronted with the facts he says the delay was due to inclement weather?

In that same email communication he committed to coming out that same week on Friday, April 5, which I again took at face value.

And that was the absolute LAST we ever heard from Jeremy--that is, until moments after my initial Yelp review went up at 11pm.  Now his story is I came out April 5 and decided it couldn't be done.  If he came out, he did not specifically schedule a time to meet with us that day.  Nor did he let us know afterward that he had been there, or made any decision about whether or not to do the job.  I might add that my wife is home all day, and most certainly would have seen Jeremy making any detailed site measurements as he originally described--and yet she saw no such detailed or extensive activity, nor did she see any indications of any such activity.

Further, at no point did my wife deal with Jeremy over text messages.  It was all email and voice.  And at no point did my wife receive any text from Jeremy such as he describes.  Yes, I would be very interested in seeing said screenshots of any texts.  Jeremy, you have MY email; please send the screenshots.  And if you had already concluded that you could not make it work properly, then what additional options did you possibly have to offer?

I also find it interesting that if Jeremy thought he had texted us once and never heard back, that he never bothered to follow up with even a second communication, maybe a phone call or email (and we do know that he had our correct email addresses).

It appears that not only did Jeremy make some terrible choices in how he did business with us, but he continues those choices by trying to defend himself on Yelp by apparently not being truthful about how he handled things.  Like I said, I'm OK with being told sorry, I can't help you.  What I'm not OK with is complete lack of communication, made worse by his stated defense of I told you I couldn't do it which simply isn't true.  Had Jeremy told us that, we wouldn't be here on Yelp today.

Also, I find it interesting that his response to me is virtually the same as his response below to Henk D.

Buyer beware.

I did not get a chance to work with this company because they aren't open on saturdays.

We have used the same plumber in Reynoldsburg for 30 years.  This year, I decided to try a new company despite not having problems with my regular plumbers.  A clerical mix-up on the correct arrival time caused a minor delay but no tragedy.

The plumber arrived in very good spirits & with very good customer relations began to diagnose the plumbing issue.  After promptly solving one issue he began work on a secondary issue to replace a bathroom sink elbow pipe.  Problem was, he had no correct parts on his truck.  Issue #2 will be skipped.  We were disappointed the proper part weren't loaded on a plumbers truck but again, no tragedy.

Rates are competitive for the industry.  The plumber to customer attentiveness, and verbal skills were well above average.  No creepy weird guy shows up with plumbers butt, just a professional well spoken business man.  Kudos guys!

I was referred here because they have everything. Well, no they don't. And they don't even know how to make it work...without 5 adapters from this to that to another, just to make a simple fix. Home Depot has the exact part I needed. $12.00

Then, when I returned the two parts I did buy from Worly, totaling $16.00, they charged me $3.00 because THEY got it wrong. THEY gave me the wrong parts because they didn't listen.

I will NOT be back. I will not recommend them to anyone and they do NOT have everything. Including listening skills.  

Bad customer service. Bad interaction. Bad policy on returns. The cashier even said they usually don't have that on there. I'm not sure what it is.

Not again. Not me. Not anyone I know.

Came out to my condo for a sewer line , backup issue I was having. My association said they would not cover it unless it was a problem within the common sewer line. Technician quickly & honestly diagnosed the issue as one affecting the entire building and suggested I contact my HOA to cover the service. With great integrity, the technician told me he could snake and camera my line and charge me the full cost of the service call, but noted it would not help the issue. I would hire them again. They were upfront when I asked them about their billing prior to coming out.

They came to our house prompt and on time but most importantly, the repairman, Logan, was knowledgeable, clear, concise, and actually polite and pleasurable to talk to!  I've not had a repairman as nice and efficient as this guy was!  Amazing!  AND.....he didn't have a plumber's butt and he had all his teeth!  Lol.

Seriously as painful as any service call can be, this was a great experience for a change.

We've had Tony and Matt come out a few times to fix various issues with our new house. Their quotes have been lower than the competitors, and each time they've gotten the job done quickly and effectively. I've found them to be upfront and honest about the problems they see - they will offer the right solution, not the solution that would take the longest and earn them the most money. Each time we've needed them, we've managed to schedule appointments within a few days. One time we needed to order a part, and it did take several weeks longer than they estimated, and I had a hard time getting in touch with them to follow up, but once the part came in we quickly scheduled an appointment and got the work done. They are definitely our go-to plumbers in Columbus.

If I could give negative stars I would. McAtee appears to be the main plumbing provider for my home warranty company. I have had the unfortunate experience to have the come to my home to fix 3 repairs now. The first, about a year ago, was to my exterior water line. Took almost a week because they did no have a pump to remove the water from the hole and had to wait for it to drain. Sadly, the same leak, in the same spot, happened again 3 month later. Then this spring I had issues with my sewer line and only needed to have my toilet snaked. They refused to snake my toilet, instead dug up one cover on my septic and said it was full and I needed to have it pumped. I told them it was done less than 3 years ago and the 2 men said it was common for them to fill up so quickly with all the rain we have been having. (I have a good sized leech field). So I called a septic company and they came out and there was really nothing to pump and come to find out, the line was just clogged, imagine that?!?! But this last time takes the cake. They came out last Thursday to fix a leak in my crawl space. They were here for less than 10 minutes. The young man left without checking things inside and not saying much. I went to use my sink to have brown water come out with very little water pressure. I immediately called McAtee and as usual, got their voice mail. I then called my home warranty company who managed to get ahold of them. I explained to McAtee I did not have use of my kitchen sink, downstairs bath or my shower, but other things were working. They sent their technician out who came into look at the water pressure. He first told me, the pressure looked fine and then said, to my face, he believes I am lying and this is a pre-existing condition and he excused himself to call his company. If this was a pre-existing condition, why wouldn't I have had my warranty company fix this too?!?! He refused to go and look at the work he did and although I tried to explain the facts to him, he said I was being confrontational and argumentative. But I guess that is how some people feel when you call out their shoddy work. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! They do not stand behind their work, are rarely on time, very difficult to get ahold of directly and have always done it wrong with the issues they have worked on for me.

We called Baumann Plumbing with a clogged drain issue we couldn't fix ourselves. I gave them a call late in the day and they said someone would be out the next morning by 8:30 am. Very quick turnaround compared to other companies I called. Sure enough... Gary showed up to help resolve the issue. He was very professional, friendly, and fixed our problem in under an hour. Baumann will now ALWAYS be our first call when we need a plumber. A big thank you to Gary for excellent service and a quick fix at a reasonable price!

Had an awful experience with Mr. Rooter.  Scheduled a service call for a leaking faucet and was given an 2 hour window.  No one arrived.  An hour after the window ended, I received a call they were delayed but would be at my home shortly.  No one came. 4 hours later I received another call noting they will not be coming but we could re-schedule to another day.  Not the type of service one would expect from a company that purports to be customer-friendly.

I am 74 with special child 48, my experience with Chris Plumbing was Unprofessional and Chris DID NOT do any work, yet led me to believe he fixed my problem. 11-7-16 I called Chris Plumbing about water ring around toilet, Chris said he had a job shortly but could stop and give me a free estimate.  Came in flip flops, and shorts, no paperwork,I took him to son's upstairs bathroom, Chris jumped up and down said I needed new floor wood rot. I told him I did not need a new floor as I had a new wood floor, toilet, sink, painted in less that two years ago, then Chris said he would take the toilet off and check everything out.

Came downstairs in 5 minutes said plumbing fine everything ok but had time to fix it. Went to truck came back with no tool box went up stairs.

Came down in 10 minutes said it would be $100.00, asked if I could take the discount listed on his ad, Chris said he already did that it was $100.00.

My son's caregiver was up stairs the first five minutes, came down went to the basement to get laundry, when Jim came up I was writing the check for Chris thinking Chris did work. I walked to the truck with Chris as he did not give me an invoice and I thought he would write me one, Chris reached into his truck and gave me his business card, no last name, no address, picture of a women and two kids, could hardly read phone #. Chris said he had been listed with Westland Messenger for years and if he get one complaint they will drop his ad, no need to worry gave 30 day warranty which I noted on the check.

Two days later On 7-9-16 I went up stairs to see if my son made his bed. There was water all over the bathroom floor, being by myself I put towels all over the floor. Went down stairs and looked up Chris Plumbing on my iPad. There was a review on Chris Plumbing back in 2011 almost the same as what happened to me, they said Chris said he would come three times to check out his problem and never came, with that I called another Plummer.

They  came right away, Had to snake line, said bad blockage way down, they did fix my problem. If Chris did anything Chris would have found the blockage as well. They charged $114.00 but did do the work. I called Chris and told him I wanted my money back, he said he did not trust me, I hung up.

Sent Chris Plumbing in Galloway a CERTIFIED LETTER asking for my $100.00 they would not sign for the letter. I reported this to Westland Messinger and the BBB.

I feel Chris Scamed me when I told him I did not need a new floor, to take advantage of a 74 year old lady when all he would have had to do was snake the line blockage.

I tell my story so others may not be taken in 15 minutes, I feel like a fool, my son's caregiver told me he could not have done anything in such a short time, said people like this should be stopped. That is why I wrote this, it is the principle of thing, shame on you Chris.

DO NOT PUNISH YOURSELF BY HIRING K&D PLUMBERS.  There are far too many honest, reliable, competent, and hard working plumbers for you to waste your money on this crew.

If you want to feel like a second class citizen, use K&D Plumbing.  David and team were hired to do several plumbing jobs on my house addition.  David's communication with me and my general contractor was horrible and virtually nonexistent.  David would regularly not return calls / messages and failed to follow through on several critical items (i.e., permit coordination) that caused significant delays in the project.  His failure to talk to the paying customer and follow through on promises also caused delays throughout the project.  To cap it all off, David sent one of his plumbers to change out a natural gas feed line to a fireplace.  His plumber had installed it previously, but his work FAILED the City's inspection.  David regularly pulled his plumber from scheduled dates to fix this poor work.  Upon completion of this last bit of work, David overcharged me by $95 for an hour of labor that his plumber did not work.  He agreed to me not having to pay for the 1 hour his employee did not work on my job, but he never sent an adjusted invoice.  In the flurry of paying several trades for their services on my home, I mistakenly overpaid David the $95 for the 1 hour not really worked.  I contacted him quickly to notify him of the error, but he had already cashed my check.  I requested a refund for that overage.  He told me that he 'deserved' the extra money and refused to refund it.  Eventually, he agreed to send me a $95 check.  Well, that date came and went without me receiving a check or hearing a word from David.  After a couple weeks, I again attempted to contact David to inquire about the money and refund.  He told me that he has no intention of returning my money and that it was my problem since I wrote the check.  There is a term for someone who makes promises and does not keep his word.  There is also a term for someone who takes things, in this case nearly $100, that is not rightfully theirs.

I give them a poor rating related to communication, professionalism, and my overall experience with them, but let me explain. T & R was assigned to me by my home warranty company for a plumbing issue I was having. I called my home warranty company on a sunday evening and placed a claim with the automated system. I had done this before with a different household issue and everything went smoothly, so I had no reason to think twice about doing it again. T & R never contacted me as a contractor had in the past. I waited until later in the day on the following day, Monday, and then called my home warranty company to report that I had never been contacted. At this time, my warranty company got in contact with T & R and I was given an appointment window for the following day, Tuesday from 9am-1pm. After 1pm when T & R never showed up, I called my home warranty company again. They contacted T & R who stated that a man had called them and reported that our issue had been resolved and that we no longer needed a plumber. I am the homeowner, a female, and while I do have a roommate, she is also female and doesn't deal with homeowner issues and we definitely still needed a plumber. I'm not sure if they had another invoice with a similar address and they canceled ours by mistake or what the issue was, but I did not cancel my appointment and no random man did so on behalf. I tried calling the company (which as far as I can tell is just this guy, Rocky, with a cell phone) and got no answer. I called my warranty company back and was told since it was directly before the holidays, there were a limited number of companies that could provide service on such short notice and that due to the previous conflict, T & R refused to make another appointment to provide service to me. After a whole extra debacle with my warranty company, eventually I had another appointment with T&R for Wednesday between 1pm and 5pm. Again, T & R did not show and did not call to let me know he wasn't coming. I called him and he told me he was running behind and he said he could come but that it would be closer to 8pm. At 8pm he still didn't show up. He stated he was running behind and that he would be able to see us the next day, Christmas Eve, at 9 or 10am. At 10am he did not arrive, and I called him again several times, and he replied with a text message Sorry, busy, call back later. About 10:20 he did return my call and stated that he was not able to answer the phone because he was on the line with my warranty company. He said he would be arriving in about a half hour or 45 mins. An hour later he did arrive. He stood looking at a pipe outside and gave me several reasons why he couldn't fix our problem before even attempting to fix it, stated that it was an issue my HOA would have to resolve because all of the lines to the sewage are all connected, that his lines would not be long enough, etc... I am not a plumber, obviously, but no one else had report an issue in the HOA or had plumbers at their home, so NO, this was not an issue for the HOA. Eventually he did run a line down the pipe outside and pulled out what was creating the problem. The night before he came out we noticed water damage on the ceiling in our living room, directly below the bathroom. I showed it to him, sure that since I had not had plumbing issues up until this point, that the house being backed up had created this problem and he guaranteed me that this was a separate issue and that I would have to call my warranty company back and create a separate claim. Again, I am not a plumber, but it seems like 2 separate plumbing issues at the same time is highly unlikely. So to recap, I spent 5 days unable to shower, use as sink, do dishes, or wash laundry waiting on this guy to keep his appointment or at least communicate that he wasn't able to do so. It was not like it was just a clogged toilet, I was having to go to my gym to shower to get ready for work. If I had a regular 9-5 job I would have missed 3 days of work waiting for this company to do what they said they were going to do. To top everything off, when I went to pay, conveniently, his credit card machine was broken until the 7th of January, so I had to write a check, which was extremely inconvenient, as most people use credit cards for just such emergencies when they experience an unexpected problem like this. I called that day and placed another claim with my warranty company to have the leak that is damaging the ceiling looked at and I even gave the benefit of the doubt, since it was a holiday and a weekend and I had some traveling to do myself, and today is wednesday, almost a week later, and I contacted my warranty company to see why a contractor had never contacted me and what do you know, it was supposed to have been T & R. I demanded a different company be assigned to me. I would not do business with this company (and I am being generous with that term) again.