Sarkinen Plumbing

Emily M.

Never ever trust a company that won't separate parts and labor for you on an estimate.
Do not hire Sarkinen!
We complained about this but they refused to change it and tried to say they are a ""full service"" operation - DON'T fall for it.

They just jargon instead of actually telling you what and how much needs to be replaced and what the condition is.
Unfortunately we went with them because we were in a time crunch and no one else could come out - but never EVER again.

They put in fixtures we didn't approve of, and who knows what we paid for them because they refused to separate parts and labor.

I'm so glad we paired down our list to only the emergency fixes and no upgrades we wanted to make.

It just amazes me that people wouldn't run their company in a way they can be proud of - being vague about your pricing and not giving the homeowner options on fixtures they didn't even tell you they were going to need to replace during the estimate. Shameful.

Lyle A.

Sarkinen plumbing canceled two times on me due to weather and did not notify me. I ended up driving 50 miles each time to meet them there to work on my commercial building. After I was there, and they were late, I called to be told oh we canceled today due to weather. If they are going to cancel, they should tell me before the appointment time.
Not impressed with their lack of consideration.

Steve T.

I contacted Sarkinen Plumbing on the recommendation of my brother. I wanted an estimate to have a water softener installed in our new home. I called on a Wednesday and setup an appointment for the following Tuesday morning at 9:00am. At 9:30 today we hadn't still hadn't seen a plumber. I called Sarkinen to see what was up. Kendra told me the plumber didn't finished a job the previous day and was back on that job this morning and their dispatcher would call me when the plumber was available to give us the bid. It was all very casual, as if this should be expected. I told her I had other appointments throughout the day and couldn't wait around for an unknown arrival time.

1. I find it rude that they knew the previous day they wouldn't be on time to my appointment. Yet no one bothered to give us a courtesy call. I guess my time isn't as important as theirs.
2. If they are not interested in showing up on time to an appointment to give a bid for new business, they certainly are going to be on time to keep my business during or after the installation of a water softener system.

I'll go elsewhere to find a plumber that values my time.

Ric C.

I needed a kitchen faucet installed. The old one removed and the new one (that I had purchased) installed. Ron had a 4 hour window to arrive (9-1) and arrived at 2:30. Came to the door with no mask on and no tools in hand. He tried to tell me the Kohler faucet I had bought was no good. Actually told me Kohler was no good. He gave me a price (from his iPad) of 490.00 to INSTALL the faucet. I asked how long it would take and he said ""not long"". I asked - do you really get 490.00/ hour labor? He said - no. I asked him to break down the cost and he told me it's all labor. I asked him to leave, called the company and relayed my experience. I don't know if this is how they do business all the time, or if he just tried to take advantage of an elderly man. I would not hire this company to do anything for me. Ever.

C A.

Sarkinen Plumbing has gotten crazy-expensive. I've used them in the past, but NEVER AGAIN.

Rex T.

If you want to get RIPPED OFF and pay 2x or even 10x more than you should, then by all means hire Sarkinen Plumbing! I'm actually surprised they're not in jail or at least being charged with fraud.

We had a water main leak and they came over to inspect it and the price started at about $500 and the scam was just getting started. They kept finding new problems that weren't there and because I worked as a plumbing assistant many years ago, I knew something wasn't right. The price quote kept creeping higher and higher finally landing on a $3,000 cost because they said they needed to do some serious ""snaking"" work to fix it.

The ""snaking"" work was the key word to observe that exposed the fact they are actually snakes trying to ripoff unsuspecting customers. Long story short I called another plumber that also started with an ""S"" and turned out they were totally honest and fair. The other ""S"" company came over and did the job for $350 including tax and was the exact opposite of Sarkinen. In the end, I avoided the ""snaking"" (8.5X overcharging) from Sarkinen Plumbing and avoided a $2,650.00 loss. I wonder how many people this company has ripped off and how much money was scammed from them, but it has to be a lot looking at the other reviews. Avoid getting ripped off from this dishonest company and DO NOT HIRE THEM!

Jia H.

It is too expensive. Cost over $400 to change a shower carriage. It does the job though.

Harrison F.

Replaced a hose bib in July of 2020 for $235. Less than one year later, It no longer works. Had them out to take a look. They said it's stripped and it would cost us $350 for the exact same thing... definitely not paying $125 more for the exact same faulty item and/or shoddy repair work. Go somewhere else!

Jennifer A.

These guys first came out last summer when we found our water pressure in our backyard hose was low. At first they told us it was small pipes and quoted us thousands of dollars to put in new ones. I said I would think about it and then asked them to change the hose gasket while they were there since it was old. Upon doing that, they discovered it had blown out, which ended up being the sole cause of the low pressure. We were relieved and kind of forgot about the initial mis-diagnosis. Cut to not even a year later, the gasket they installed stopped working. It was winter so we let it go for a while but finally called them back out this week. The guy told me it was stripped and it would be $350 to install a new one. I'm sorry, what? There are lots of plumbers in this city, look elsewhere.

Naresh B.

It was ripoff, $299 for unclogging a drain, probably paid for the equipment they used to unclog my drain