Sarkinen Plumbing

Nikki M.

Had a tech and his helper come out to service my waterheater and without even touching the waterheater said it needed a new part that is extremely difficult to get and that I needed to essentially replace the whole waterheater. He then provided 4 ""levels"" of waterheater replacement pricing that ranged from ""the basic shotty job"" to the ""super service and warranty"" job that varied from $1350 up to over $3000 (All pricing for the same branded waterheater unit, which is even more questionable). While they were here I asked if it could be the thermocouple that needs repair, since some folks suggested this based on symptoms. He said that certainly wasn't the case without taking the 2 minutes to open the front and LOOK at the part with his own eyes. They likely have no idea how to actually FIX waterheaters - only replace them - and have shady pricing tactics to go along with it.
After I had ""Stan the Hot Water Man"" come out and he had the universal part on hand, (The THERMOCOUPLE as suspected) fixed my waterheater and was an absolute pleasure to work with.

Laura S.

While the plumbers doing the work were very pleasant, the cost was astronomical, and when I got the email on my invoice, it has a 30 guarantee and is called a quick fix. This cost me over $500 with tax, to have the kitchen sink drain pipe under the house repaired. We are talking cutting out an ABS pipe and gluing in a new one. Shame on them

Donald F.

A few years ago I had used their service and was treated fairly and a reasonable cost. Come this Aug. and I had them over to do some minor work. My fault that I agreed to use them.
I had three minor repairs. One was to make the flush handle so it was not so hard to make the toilet flush, and to fix the stoppers in two sinks. One sink the Popup drain rod assembly needed replaced and the second sink just needed the rod assembly pin put into the stopper.
The charge for the assembly put into the stopper was $148.00
This should not have taken on a bad day more than 20 minutes.
The same job on the second sink was the same price.
To change out the valve handle $163. This is how it makes it easy not to ever use this company again. Wish I had read the comments prior to using them

Julia R.

i am sad to say this company is a rip off. i called and spoke to the receptionist who would not give me a quote. i was told when the plumbers arrived they would give me the estimate. they arrived. i explained the old disposal had already been removed by my son and my son had purchased the new disposal. the work needed was to install the new one. i was told it would take a half hour to install. i was never given the service call price. the plumber quoted me a price of $354.00 + tax. i was floored! i kindly said ""no thank you"". (free estimate) the cost was to high. i contacted another professional plumber who came and installed the disposal for nearly half the price. i would not recommend this company to anyone. prices are outrageous. i will say they were prompt in arriving.

Jim K.

sarkinen plumbing came over to put in a new garbage disposer in i had a badger 1/2 hp told me he will put a new one in the same one well he put it in which ended up to be a 1/3hp waited 1 1/2 hr to get a new one they charged me 522.00 dollars dont deal with this plumbing company sad i got ripped off will not recommend this plumbing company they lie to the people sad plus the bager cost 89.00 at home depot what a greedy pig

Lisa S.

Sarkinen Plumbing was great at figuring out my water back up. They stand by their services and was very happy with the outcome

Michelle C.

We discovered that our toilet was leaking. The plumbers from Sarkinen said they could fix it and said we needed to call a water restoration company that they recommended since the water had leaked under the floor. They quoted us three different prices, which started at $892 for their gold plan down to 332 for their Quick Fix plan. Not being a plumber, I wasn't quite sure what was wrong with the toilet but I agreed to the 332 price, which pretty much just turned out them replacing the wax ring. I thought that was way overpriced, and I was confused of why there would be three different prices. After they left the water restoration people showed up and the first thing they said they're going to have to do was to pull up the toilet since they wanted to put a heater on the wet area. I told them I had just paid the company money to pull the toilet off and replace the wax ring. The water restoration people said that the plumbers should have told me that they were going to have to do that and it would be a waste of money. All they needed to do was to turn the water off and tell me that it needed to be dried out first before they put a new wax ring on. I would have been happy to pay for the service call but I'm feeling very taken advantage of to pay $332. After reading other reviews it sounds like this is something that other people have complained about too. I would not recommend this company. Buyer beware of their high quotes for their ""gold plan"" that they show you on their notebooks. It adds insult to injury to also hear the receptionist answer the phone by saying,"" How can we make you smile?""

Greg H.

We had a leak in our upstairs bathroom so we asked some of our neighbors who they would recommend. These guys came out right away but they immediately gave us a ""highball"" estimate, $800. I told him not to fix the toilet and to just charge us the service call. He talked my wife into a $300 basic fix. As I am reading other reviews it looks like this is a business model that starts with management. Short term profit instead of fair return for a job that is well done. I will never use these guys again.

Rick P.

These greedy plumbers charged my Client $338 yo replace a toilet flange with the floors already cut open. Took them an hour and one 4"" x 16"" abs pipe, boot connector, and a closet flange. Materials ran less than $30.

I would NEVER recommend these greedy pigs.

Valerie D.

I called them for leak detection on a Saturday. Answering service could not look at scheduling. I asked for them to call the on call person that they advertise on their website. After one hour I got a call from a woman who told me that Sarkinen does NOT do leak detection. Look at their website!
It says under ""Exterior"" that they are the best at Leak Detection. They need to revise their website. The woman on the phone seemed to not give a darn.