Dave Bischof Plumbing & Rooter

★★☆☆☆ 1.5 / 5 (51)
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: Van Nuys, CA 91404
: (800) 750-4445
: http://www.BischofPlumbing.com

Company Overview

We focus on honest plumbing, sewer services, rooter solutions, and drain cleaning.
I held the position of Past President at the Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling Contractors Association, Los Angeles Chapter.
I was the Past Chairman of the Communications Division for Quality Service Contractors.
Our work has been featured on ABC, CBS, NBC, KCAL 9, FOX, and Animal Planet, and I have appeared as a plumbing expert on Judd McIlvain's ""The Trouble Shooter.""

Business Services

  • Drain repair
  • Plumbing inspection
  • Plumbing installation or replacement
  • Plumbing repair
  • Toilet installation
  • Toilet repair
  • Water heater installation
  • Water heater repair

Business Location & Hours



Mon:Open 24 hours
Tue:Open 24 hours
Wed:Open 24 hours
Thu:Open 24 hours
Fri:Open 24 hours
Sat:Open 24 hours
Sun:Open 24 hours

Recommended Customer Reviews

Diana M.
★☆☆☆☆

I had a terrible experience with this company. They charged me 265.00 but only cleared to 25 feet, and when the problem happened again the very next day, they would not stand by their work and come out and fix it they wanted another 265.00. I had to call another plumber that cleared the issue to 100 feet for 120.00, they could not beleive what I was charged for just 25 feet.

a t.
★☆☆☆☆

Save your money. Find someone else to do the job!
I called dave bischof to stop a leak in my kitchen. He quoted me $89 over the phone. Apparently, the conical washer was not installed far enough on the copper line. He unscrewed it, pushed the washer back a little and screwed it back on. 5 minute job cost me $365.00!
He is way over priced and he talks too much.
The kicker is he did not give me a receipt then proceeded to say ""I fixed it but I shut your water off. I don't recommend turning it on as it will probably start leaking again""
Why did I just pay him $365.00????

Barkev T.
★☆☆☆☆

I had to call the authorities on him for battery....He physically grabbed my wife and spun her around in my garage just because we wanted to re-read our invoice which we declined. Master scam artist, and way too expensive DO NOT USE!!!

C R.
★☆☆☆☆

BEWARE !
I hired a plumber to come out and fix a jammed garbage disposal last year and had a very bad experience with David Bischof, Inc. I was charged 487.00 in services I never received. I am still fighting to get refunded.
I called a company that I found online but did not research the company further. I was having problems with a jammed garbage disposal. The plumber David Bischof arrived on the scene and refused to do anything without me signing a contract. He just stood in front of the sink and refused to do anything without me agreeing to pay him money for the service call (was supposed to be free, right?) and give over my personal information. I felt pressured and very uncomfortable. I reluctantly agreed, he quickly determined that the whole unit needs replacement. I signed an estimate (of which I got no copy). The plumber never fixed anything. In fact, I had to hire another company to come in and replace my garbage disposal. David Bischof, on the other hand, just waited a few weeks, then, long enough but sure enough, he charged my visa card the full amount of $487 for a new garbage disposal plus installment. I found out about it only months later. I called him and requested a refund for the work not performed. He refused to pay back any amount, even though I was willing to pay for his visit. He did not deny the fact that the work was not done, I also provided him with photos and the receipt from the other contractor as he requested. He refused to pay any amount and just responded negatively about the other contractor's job. I now may need to go to small claims court to get my money back.
This was a horrible experience. Avoid this guy at ALL costs ! It is guys like him who give a bad name to contractors. Please, be extremely careful when you hire someone to work for you, research the company, and check your credit card statements.

Martha C.
★☆☆☆☆

We had a tiny pinhole leak in an exterior copper pipe. Bischof told my wife what needed to be fixed, but did not offer the price. She needed it done, and told him to proceed.He was here less than two hours, and presented her with a bill for $785!!!
There was no breakdown of parts or labor on the bill. When I called him for an explanation, he said that was just the overhead of cost for running a plumbing company! Next time I will hire someone with a smaller overhead! His monthly overhead certainly isn't my problem.

Sofia P.
★☆☆☆☆

I would not recommend his services to anyone. We had a plumbing back-up and he came out-$89 service fee just to take a look. He did get the water to go down, but apparently only pushed the clog further. Less than 4 hours later, after taking a quick shower, none of the water was going down. We called and asked him to come back and fix the issue since it had not been resolved. He said he would charge us all over again to come back out! Let me get this straight... you come, don't fix the problem, leave, and then want to charge the client all over again to fix the job you didn't complete to begin with?!!! Give me a break. Talk about poor professionalism and ethics. Honestly- not even worthy of one star.

Jeannine T.
★☆☆☆☆

Do NOT use this man. He charged me over $4300 for a job I come to find out is usually $500 tops. When I spoke with him and told him the pipe he replaced only cost $30 at Lowe's, his response was, ""That doesn't matter."" When I reminded him he was done in less than two hours and asked what I was paying for he said, ""My expertise.""
That's over $2000 an hour of ""expertise."" Do brain surgeons even make that much?!!

Dan C.
★☆☆☆☆

I did get ripped off by Dave Bischof Plumbing Services. I was first quoted a price of $387.50 for the master bath and $125 for the 2nd bathroom for a total of $512.50. After he secured my credit card information he began working and then told me it would now cost $1,387.50. Mr. Bischof refused to give me an estimate of time or cost of parts. Because he withheld this information I could not determine if this was reasonable or not and now that he had everything pulled apart and he had my credit card information I didn't have much choice except to proceed with the repairs. It took him 4 hours to complete the job and one of those hours was spent leaving our house to go buy the parts which cost no more than $100. Mr. Bischof made more that $300/hour from this job. Don't ever let this guy in your house. P.S. Afterwards I did attempt to resolve this matter with Mr. Bischoff but instead he rambled on about the law and some sort of accounting practices that allowed him to charge the price he did.

Brett S.
★☆☆☆☆

This guy totally ripped of my tenant who is from another country. He charged 350 dollars to snake a root clogged line and did not do a very good job of it. The roots grew back in 2 months, then charged 700 dollars to tell my tenant where the root problem was. I called him up and he was very defensive about his rates. I asked him how long he was at my house and he said, "" we don't keep track of time."" I asked if he marked the spot or could he give me a video tape showing at what point the line is clogged and his response was, "" I told your tenant."" So for 700 dollars I got nothing.
This guy is a RIP OFF!

Karin E.
★☆☆☆☆

$600 to fix gas line on heater. Had to return twice to fix. I finally called the gas company who fixed it for free and said it had been done wrong. Then he said the shower had a leak and a sink needed new parts. $1700 later he did about $50 worth of work. I was so upset. I felt like I had been cheated, that I didn't really need so much work done.

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