Dave Bischof Plumbing & Rooter

Rob C.

Dave Bischof is a crook, an extortionist, and a larcenous operator. AVOID HIM LIKE THE PLAGUE! I needed a Toto toilet installed. He quoted me $875. I thought it was high but went ahead. He spent two hours ripping open a wall then told me the job would cost $5,500 PLUS the $875!!! He then disappeared for a week while he ordered ""special parts."" At this point, I called a contractor friend of mine who was alarmed on my behalf. He sent a plumber over and the job was done in 3 hours with parts off the truck! Bischof came back and I told him the job was done and he was fired. An hour later he put a lien on my home.

This is an evil scam artist.

Steve T.

Dave was able to resolve my problem quickly and the job came in at the price quoted. My problem was a gas leak at the water heater in one of the connector lines. This is the second time I have used him and, as last time, I found him to be friendly and efficient. He works quickly but takes the time to explain how things work and freely gives advice about things I can take care of myself for minor maintenance issues later on. Nice guy who knows his stuff.

Jenn O.

Great fast efficient service ..did ""little extras"" he noticed at no extra charge..will recommend him to friends and family anytime

Greg G.

Well, David certainly is a crusty character and he is expensive, about he same as say a Mike Diamond. Old school small single proprietor business. He clearly prices the job according perceived ability to pay but he also does not even attempt hide that either, openly commenting on the expensiveness of a new car in our driveway. He does have a reputation in the east valley of giving a working man a break if you take time to play the game and negotiate price aggressively enough. He does not give you anything in writing at the start of a job and charges for estimates, that is something he really does need to work on. To his credit he did get out to our house very quickly after we called and had a difficult job done properly in a few hours, cutting off and retreading two galvanized steel pipes in a tight space under a small bathroom sink cabinet w/o knocking any holes in the wall. $900 with the new faucet. He did try to up-sell us on several related projects, all of which really did need doing in a perfect world but we were not in a position to do so. His trucks are quite impressive, unusually large and well stocked as far as plumbers go, not the usual minivan with multiple runs out to the supply store.

Leslie Y.

DAVE BISCHOF IS A THIEF. We called him to replace a piece of pipe to bring our house up to code. He said the pipe broke and he had to replace it with a 12 foot piece. He charged us $3,200.00, and said he put in 12 feet of copper piping. He left a hole leading into the raised foundation. We had the house professionally inspected and found out that indeed he replaced 3 feet of pipe with copper piping, and left the rest of the original piping as it was. The inspector said the job should have cost $1,000. When we brought up the discrepancy with Bischof, he was rude and indignant. He already had our money and there was no reason to be professional or cordial. We figured lesson learned. DO NOT TRUST HIM TO DO THE JOB HE SAYS HE WILL DO. That was in 2002. I found out recently he is still doing the same thing 15 years later (grossly overcharging for work, and being extremely rude.) DO NOT TRUST THIS THIEF! He should not be licensed!

A. G.

Something is up with this guy. I strongly suspect he is intent on taking advantage of unsuspecting people. He made many claims about what might be wrong none of which are true. He actually did not touch the plumbing item at issue, but professed many things needed to be done. It seemed he wanted to embark on a $1,500-$3,000 repair for what was a $195 fix, or a simple fix (somebody else fixed the issue and more for $195). He refused to write anything up so I would have proof of his scheme. He talks very fast, wants a lot of things signed. He had no regard for trying to help solve a small problem, and potentially help somebody. The CLB says he is licensed, but the behavior was more like a con-artist than a licensed plumber. The Contractor's license board does mention he violated literally every code pertaining to his license in 2011 on one particular job,

Ana S.

omg!!! i wish i checked his yelp reviews before calling him!!!

i called him to fix my tub and sink in my bathroom on a monday morning. he answered very cordially and said he will be there by 3pm which was good. he called and showed up on time but as soon as he got there my daughter showed him the wrong bathroom to fix. as soon as she called me which was like 5 min and realized that it was the wrong bathroom i apologized to him but he said there will be still be a charge of $165.00 cause he worked on the tub in the wrong bathroom!!!

i still did not complain i thought its my daughters fault.

at this point i am home now

then he went into my bathroom and said that he fixed both the tub and the sink and that they should work just ""perfect"". charged me $555.00 and had me sign the worksheet and left......

after he left my bathroom was a complete mess on the floors, in the tub and in the sink!

at 10pm i went in to shower and noticed that my tub was worse then before!!!! nothing had been done at all!

i called him this morning at 7 and told him that its worse.....his answer to me was ""thats the best he could do""

i said ""but you said it was workinig?""

i told him i will call my bank and dispute the charges because he is ripping me off! i also told him that i will write a review for him.....

his answer to me was ""have a good day"" and hung up the phone on me!

really?

i called my bank put in a dispute and yes now i am writing this review.

he cannot be ripping off people like this!!!!

what kind of a business are you runniing?????

Missy B.

I had Main sewer out to the street that had a huge issue with roots. I went on the city of LA for sewer contractors and found Dave,i was utterly impressed on the super knowledge that this owner operator had.

He contacted the city,pulled the public works permit and had my sewer up and running.

Very happy

Bryan H.

Charged me almost $400 to put in a gas shutoff and a water shutoff for my dryer and refrigerator, respectively. Spent almost the entire visit trying to convince me I needed expensive work on my pipes, sink, and water heater.

Spent 10 minutes rattling off his city and state council credentials. Failed to find a clog in my washer line that occluded flow by almost 90%, which even I could find just by running the hoses for five seconds.

Another plumber charged me less than half of that to fix the stuff that this guy missed. He's a scam artist, and will charge you $200 just to show up. Strongly recommend against calling this guy for any reason.

Allen K.

We called this guy when both toilets in our house got backed up. He seemed knowledgeable and made it seem like the work needed would involve a full day's worth of work with major drama. 3 hours and $2600 later, we realized we were majorly ripped off and taken advantage of. We wouldn't recommend this guy to anyone.