ARS / Rescue Rooter Dallas

I had a clogged main line. I had called another company the day before, they could not clear the clog (2 hours trying) and said my cast iron was collapsed and the entire system need to be replaced ($68,000). I called ARS the next day for 2nd opinion. Darryl came out (he found the cleanout the other company could not find) and had my clog fixed in under 15 minutes. It it so refreshing to find an honest person working this trade. I will defiantly recommend them to anyone I know and will be my go to for any type of Plumbing needs. Honest and very reasonably priced.

I was initially very impressed. The mainline cleanout went very well. Unfortunately, I don't have a ground level cleanout. So they had to do it from the roof for an additional cost. The technician cleared the clog but did not find anything so he recommend running cameras which he told me was included with a mainline clean out cost. But since it was Sunday, they'd need to schedule it for another day because the cameras don't run on Sunday. Since it was included, I agreed. If there was an issue, I'd rather find out sooner. Getting the cameras out proved to be a nightmare. The first time the technician showed up, it was lightly raining and he didn't want to get on the roof with it raining. Seemed fair. We rescheduled. The next time they called before saying they needed two technicians to get on the roof and the other was off work that day. Rescheduled again. Then we got some winter weather and we needed to push again. The next time I missed their call so they moved on (that one was on me). I called back and rescheduled. But they didn't show up at the next appointment time. I called and they told me they must have accidentally not put it on the calendar. Rescheduled again. And AGAIN they didn't show. Apparently they gave me the wrong date and time! FINALLY when the camera technician comes out again, he tells me that the initial technician should never have told me that it was included with my mainline clean out since I don't have ground level access. He should of told me that they'd need to install ground level access first. He also told me that if I wanted them to get on the roof to run the camera's it was going to be an additional cost. But he didn't sound very interested in doing that, even if I was willing to pay. I got the impression he was more interested in getting out of doing the job that day than anything else. I probably talked to 10 different people at this company over the course of a month and not one of them mentioned any of this prior! I will probably still need someone to come out and run cameras. And if there is an issue, I'll probably hire that person to fix the issue. But I won't be giving ARS Rescue Rooter any business. I called and left a message with the "manager" explaining this. I was told I'd get a call back but I'm not holding my breath.

Joe Luna was thorough, polite, and proactive, even though it was late in the day on New Years Eve. He had to try two different clean-outs and multiple tools to locate the clog in our complicated under-slab drain lines, but did it diligently, explaining his process the whole way through. He narrowly found and cleared the leak just in time for us to have company over, and gave the most thorough diagnosis of the cause of the leak that I've seen from a plumber (without being pushy at all). Highly recommend ARS even if they are not the cheapest, because if you get a solid tech like Joe, combined with the infrastructure and responsiveness of a big operation like ARS, it's the best of both worlds.

Fast, great service. Supervisor got involved and stayed on the job until the work was done.

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Arrived on time, did fast work, cleaned up well.

They put a wrong valve (not compliance with city code). Our gas values in attic were mislabeled but they didn't even try to figure out which one belongs to fireplace and worked on it with out shutting off the gas line, and charged $800. After long arguments, speaking with inspector and several phone calls they finally returned my money.

They are very good and efficient.

Fine I thought - One water heater failed in 2016 - I'm having replaced by a licensed plumber. My new plumber said I paid way too much for the water heater in 2010 - $1200 was my price for a 6 yr lower end State 50gal water heater. Ticks me off that these people "rip" people off when it was an American Home Shield referral.

I feel like they do good work. I have had people come out in the past where they don’t fix the problem and then they had to come back out again, I don’t have that problem with them, they are pretty good. They are good about recommending things but not because they are trying to sell it because they see it’s a need.

This is the company that gave me the NIGHTMARE EXPERIENCE every homeowner wants to avoid. ARS was responsive to an Emergency call after a prior kitchen"repair" had just pushed a clog down to my washer/dryer area HOWEVER they "overestimated" the cost of the work needed by at least 100%, according to another plumbing company which consulted for my insurance carrier. When asked to provide the tape of the camera of the line, the technician couldn't find it, then delivered it to me, but it was inaccessible on my computer and on his laptop - so they did not provide proof the work was needed.

 Besides that, the work took twice as long as stated and often the workers did not show-up or even call to report their absence. I was supposed to be there at times while they worked inside too, so it was an inconvenience. Additionally, I often had a workman or two sitting in their trucks in front of the house doing nothing, for hours at a time...reportedly waiting on a part. I also received at least three different estimates, only getting it down to what I already gave them as a downpayment when I had the plumber for the insurance company confront the primary plumber for ARS in my home. SO AWKWARD, but I'm glad it happened because ARS revised the bill down by $5,000. ARS said that the estimate was for the worst case scenario and they meant to revise it down already.

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Went great. As the only plumbing company I could find on a Sunday, plus Mothers Day, I expected to be gouged. I wasn't however, and had great service, reasonable prices, and would totally use them again. The only negative would be the amount of times they try to get your feedback. I got a call immediately after making sure it was all good, which is cool. Then I get a phone call the next day from some automated system asking me about the service, and multiple emails. But overall a great company.

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We were very satisfied with the inspection! They were professional, thorough, and very efficient. They made recommendations for other work that needed to be done, but I never felt pressured. They communicated very well.

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It was spotty. When they do good, and when they send somebody who is not up to the mark, the job is not done. The guy that they sent twice to us didn't have a clue as to what he was doing so we just stopped using them. It was a shoddy piece of work and it was not done as well as I would have done, and it was not up to my standards. They have done some very good job for us, but the last guy did some very shoddy job for us. They didn't do the job as per the standards that I wanted. If they had done it right, the price would have been okay. When he cleaned out the kitchen faucet system, and had to do with the water heater and all that, all of a suddent, crap was clogging up the sprayer from the kitchen sink because of inadequate clearance of the pipes after the work was done. They had to come back out and fix that. 

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It was fantastic. I’ve been using these guys for a long time.

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It went very well.  I was happy with their work. I had no complaints. To get an A, they could have better pricing. I would use them again in future.

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