Worst experience with a plumber ever. Charges 2000 and did not fix anything. Them gave me an estimate for 10 thousand to fix the problem. I called a different company and they fixed the problem for 500 read more

Calvin helped me in an emergency. Very professional and pleasant to work with. Thank you for the good service.

Scammers.... Charge you a show up fee but cant give you any idea of rate over the phone.... Tell you it will cost something to fix it than it doesnt fix the clog than try to charge for a unfixed job read more

This company will only quote you once they arrive. Then they have the nerve to charge you for a quote which will be greatly overinflated. They are crooks and taking advantage of people. Shame on them!!!! read more

Long story short, I was charged a "discounted" amount of $892 for a 68 minute repair job from arrival to leaving, on a pvc pipe that I already dug around and located. I was also told when I called, they would arrive between between 2-4 pm. Didn't show up and I called at 4:29 was told within the hour for arrival, it was 5:55 when they arrived, they left at 7:03, and I missed out on hours of my own work because of the delay and lack of communication to notify me they wouldn't be there until 6.. I had a leaky main line that I located the area, i dug out for easy access, they came and assessed the repair and said it wouldn't be a hard fix. Spent 36 minutes on the pvc repair, spent 25 minutes waiting for the pvc to bond and dry. Tested the water, pressure was fine and then paid the amount since why would I try to negotiate with the employee, shame on me. I contacted their office and was told it's a per job amount and not hourly, and when I mentioned that it's over $700/hour for the amount work and when I compared to the going rates that it was extremely high. I was told that the cost was to keep vans and tools in proper working order, for the office to be open and insurances paid. Guess I'm in the wrong line of work. I was then questioned where my sources were for where I obtained the information if going rates and that I was unable to receive any discount. I was told my bill was already discounted several hundred dollars from the original amount because I had already dug the hole, but $892 for approx $15 of pvc pipe and glue and 1.125 hours of labor is thievery. Will be recommending against using this company, I advise to call around before reaching out to this company. read more

AttaBoy Plumbing - Plumbing Near Me - Chico, California

Brian was great. We had bad leak in 2 hoses behind washing machine! He fixed it all perfectly same day. He and even removed hard mineral deposits he found. Thank you AttaBoy plumbing for taking such great care of us! You guys are wonderful! I highly recommend these plumbers! read more

Waste of $79. I understood the truck roll fee of $79 and it would be waived if you decide to purchase services with them, but I wasn't expecting them to come and quote a $5,000 job. Technician did give me several options but they all ranged from $2,700-$5,000 to replace 3 toilets. Told the technician thanks but no thanks and he called his manager who "magically" dropped the price $2,000 down to make it $3,000 to replace 3 toilets. I called another local plumbing company and they quoted me less than half of what Attaboy Plumbing quoted me at AFTER the $2,000 discount. Disgrace of a company trying to take advantage of people knowing damn well they are either going to get an easy $79 fee or a way overpriced job. I'll make sure to let everyone else know to stay away from Attaboy Plumbing read more

Atta Boy plumbing is the best service have encountered in my 20+ years on the Ridge. Our technician, Hunter, was friendly, courteous, and very knowledgeable in his trade. I would definitely recommend this company and will use them again. read more

This place is a joke. I called them yesterday due to a clogged toilet and bathtub. I let the person on the phone know that I had this problem last year, and the plumber had to sneak it from the roof. So the guy showed up and said he can't go on the roof. He said he could snake the bathroom sink and it would cost $379. I told him that the sink isn't backed up, and never mind I will call someone else. Then he tried to charge me a $49 service fee. I said "well you didn't service anything and they told me on the phone you would go on the roof". Needless to say I didn't pay the $49. After he left I called Roto Rooter and they were here within 30 minutes and fixed my problem for $175. read more

Yikes over $700 to reset a toilet on a new wax ring. No thanks, I just paid the diagnostic fee and will not be calling again.

Calvin helped me out today with a large leak we have been trying to get someone out for. He came in the time window and was helpful with giving options on what we could do with different price points. read more

water heater replacement and update. ryan tibbs was excellent! professional, courteous, knowledgeable, patient, friendly. he knows his job! very happy with results. thank you Ryan Tibbs! read more

My wife asked them to look at a drain leak. They came out and quoted $2,300 if it was in the wall and $550 if it wasn't. My wife got me in the phone to talk to the guy. Turns out he hadn't even looked under the sink. we won't be calling Att a Boy any time soon read more

Quoted me insanely high price of 676.00 to clear my bathroom drain which involves 10 minutes of running a snake down the drainpipe. I gave him him his 78.00 fee for showing up and sent him on his way. Called another plumber who arrived in 20 minutes and had it cleared in 10 minutes and charged much less. read more

Over priced. They charged me $200 just to drain a water heater. Just to hook a hose to it. The guy first told me $600 then said the owner went down to $400 then said $200. Wanted over $3000 the replace the water heater. read more

A overpriced and a bad plumber. Mike was to install a dish washer. He did but everything that could go wrong went wrong. $250 for a sloppy job. Had Bob of Bobs Plumbing in Magalia come out and he checked it out. Gave us a price to INSTALL the dishwasher properly plus replace 3 water shut offs for only $250. After nagging Mike for over a month he finally gave us a refund. Just wondering how long to get the check. read more

Mike arrived at our house within 45 minutes of me calling (on a Sunday!). He was able to fix our shower & get the water back on quickly. Thank you Mike! read more

If I could give them 0 stars I would. My gf called asking to have someone look at our water heater under warranty. They charged us $200 and said it would only be $80. Then they quoted us $1300 to fix it and the replacement part is only $200 a new water heater is cheaper than that. I was just unhappy with how the situation was handled. My gf got scammed I sent them on their way and am going to have someone else do it. Not the technicians fault just bad company to work with specifically management. They could of made this right. Very disappointed and I give honest reviews. read more

Call your local plumber before dialing their number, they are not there to help you, just to fi d more ways to rip you off. We had a clogged toilet that was backing up into our shower. We called them thinking it was a good idea since they popped up on Google first. The plumber came out, couldn't find the clean out, there were two, ran a snake through the toilet and apparently ran a camera down to see that there was a break in our sewer line. Charged us $974.00 for the snake and then quoted us $5,400 to fix the break in the line. He was supposed to mark out where the line was broken so we could dig it it. He later talked to my husband and said we would probably need to replace the whole line and quoted us $15,000. We just moved in to our house and had been living there a couple weeks. Stress, anger and sadness doesn't even begin to describe how we were feeling for about 5 days. On top of that, our toilet and shower didn't work at all after Atta Boy did what they did. The worker never came out to mark the spot where the break was, said sorry and he would be out the next day, never heard from him. We called a local plumber who cam out, told us he was outraged by Atta Boy's prices, and explained to us that you can't put a camera down there if there is water because you won't be able to see anything. The local plumber suggested we call and get our money back because he would have charged $100 for the job they did, not $974. While they were working on my plumbing I called and got a call back from Mike who was very condescending and simply said, "well that's how much they charge and this is how much we charge." I explained to him that the worker that came out couldn't even run a camera down the line with water being there and he said, "we used the camera for free." I said he didn't even come back out to mark where the break was, he said, "he did, and used spray paint" I said no he did not, there is nothing in my back yard, he said, "the rain washed it away!" You've got to be kidding me, it didn't even rain this weekend, not to mention I was in the back yard with my kids and dog while he left and never came back there. I lost it on him after that and became very un professional at that point. My husband later told me the worker said he was sorry and would come back to mark the spot. This manager named Mike was a complete liar. The local plumber charged us $200 for a clogged sewer line. There was no breakage in the line and the sewer line was no where near where Atta Boy plumbing said it was. Please do not call these people, they are scammers and do not know what they are doing. I am very thankful I called my local plumber. read more

THIS COMPANY IS ROBBERY!!! We had a simple clogged toliet from potty training. I called and they gave me a quote of $75. They finished the job in 10 minutes and charged us $429!!!! UNBELIEVABLE!! Only used a snake. We have never paid more than $100-150 for a simple job like this. I called and talked to the owner and he had no compassion, understanding only entitled to charge what he wants. We run a company and make adjustments all the time and this company lacks the most important thing, the human element. Do not use them- they will rake you. I don't see how they sleep at night. Did I see don't use them yet? Wish I wouldn't have. The, unfortunate, end. read more

For small 1 hour jobs do not hire this company! We were charged $950 for changing out a cheap kitchen faucet that cost $50-$100 dollars! Outrageous pricing! We will never ever use them again! Pass the word along not to use this company!!! read more

Needed my main drain snaked. Charged $79.00 to come out. When they arrived, they said it would be $500.00 to snake the drain. I sent him on his way and called Roto-Rooter. They came in a couple of hours and charged $139.00. My advice is to call other plumbers and drain cleaning companies before using Attaboy. read more

I continually asked when I called how much did it call to swap out a toilet. The lady said the servicemen would tell me. I asked is it a set price? She said I don't know. I asked if she could give me a ball park figure? No she said she had no idea. When the technician showed up. I asked again, is swaping out a toilet a set price? He said yes. I then asked how much since I have everything he would need. He said $787.00 I said forget it! I said if the lady answering the phone should have told me that and saved us both the trouble. . I then asked about the $79 show up fee. I said if the lady had given me some information. She could has saves us both a lot of trouble. I refused to pay it as I figured it was just a scam to get you to be stuck in the situation. 10 minutes later I got a call from a very rude man saying the lady on the phone dosen't know anything. I said that's ridiculous! If swaping out a toilet is a set price? She should know that and should have told me. He kept saying I'm writing up your bill right now and if you don't oay it! It will go to collections. I said I'm not paying it and he got mad and started raising his voice. I hung up! Since then I have posted this all over social media and have gotten over 45 other people messaging me about how Atta boy plumbing is a lousy plumbing company and how they got ripped off by them and ended up having to hire another pluming company to do the job they were supposed to do and for a whole lot less! They also have an F rating on the BBB website! Look it up before you call them! I wish I had!!! I'm now over 50 people that say don't use Atta boy plumbing!!! This is all in the last 8 hours! read more

Came a day later than he was supposed to, then seemed very unmotivated to actually help me. He charged me an arm and a leg to attempt to fix the problem an alternate way (because otherwise he would have left me hanging) but he actually did not have the proper equipment and so my house was backed up again within a week. I would never recommend. read more

Our kitchen sink was clogged so I tried this place. They wanted $521 to snake the sink. 30 minutes of labor. Total rip off manipulation and I see now I should have read Michael R.'s Yelp review but unfortunately I only looked at Google reviews. read more

Just got scammed. Wish I read Michael R.'s review. Didn't realize if I argued the price would have been reduced. Kitchen sink was clogged and they told me it would cost $521.00. No parts, just labor, 30 minutes. Unreal. My friend is a plumber in SoCal and he told me he charges $150 for that. Never using just Google reviews without looking at Yelp again. read more

This company gouged me for a small job that should have been around $100. I needed one flex hose on my water heater replaced and was told they could only do both, I was quoted $600! I was on a deadline (as we are selling our home) and felt pressured by the $80 I was already spending just to have them assess it. I felt it was too expensive but don't have a plumbing background and figured others would've charged similar. After calling around I quickly realized I was being overcharged. The owner, Mike, gave me a small discount, yet I was still way overcharged at $485. That night we then noticed a leak and realized the pressure valve was damaged. After multiple requests to talk to the owner, he finally called me and told me I needed to replace my water heater because it was so old and that they wouldn't be fixing the pressure valve they broke. I have never had any issues with my water heater the 6+ years I've lived here. I 100% regret going with this company. All they did was try and persuade me into spending more money. They may come off as professional on the web, but steer clear, this company is not honest and nothing but a total rip off! read more

Mike has no business being a plumber or owning a business. He is unreliable & takes a long time to return calls & doesn't show up on time. He is not knowledgeable in even basic plumbing tasks & outright rude when you question his "plan of attack" or mention getting a second opinion. Anyone who is confident in their work would not be threatened by a 2nd opinion. To top it off he feels like his subpar work is somehow work charging 2-3 times as much as other local plumbers with far more skill & better follow through. This guy makes a living of ripping off old ladies. read more

very bad. pay 1k to replace the pipe. pipe still leak after he finish. want us to pay other 1k to fix same pipe he fix, but was still leaking. means he didnt do shit!! read more

Mike at MT Plumbing saved me when I was at my ropes end with my pipe problem! I have roots growing around my irrigation system and the water company shut off my service because of how big the flooding was. Mike took care of it and got my water back on when nobody else was calling me back from anywhere else. Thanks, Mike! read more

MT Plumbing is now Atta Boy Plumbing. Hang on to your pocketbooks! I wanted to leave a good review. We were in need of a plumber for a simple issue. I chose a plumber with good reviews. We have no complaints for the work performed - they came out in a reasonable amount of time, were courteous and efficient, and got the job done in less than an hour. The fee for coming out was also reasonable ($47). The tech gave us a quote of $460. Not knowing what the going rate was in these crazy times, we accepted. After researching prices for a similar job, we found out that the price was way over the average cost. read more

Assigned to my plumbing repair via home warrantee company American Home Shield. After 3 weeks of no action, called to ask what was going on. He blamed the long lead time for the parts, but could not give estimate of their arrival. Then the home warrantee refunded my deductible fee; I asked the warrantee company why. They told me the contractor had backed out, giving them the reason he did not service instant hot issues. All this with no heads up to me. 1) Mike told me he had installed "dozens" of these units. 2) He told me he had received authorization from the warrantee company to proceed. 3) He told me the part had been ordered. 4) He did not communicate to me he was "off the job." Mike seems like a nice guy, just not someone I will deal with in the future. read more

my cold water faucet in the bathtub would not turn off. I made an appointment with add a boy plumbing for the following morning. The technician arrived promptly, took out his iPad and started figuring out all the steps. He would need to repair it. The quote.he gave me was $1100. I was incredulous and he went out to the truck to call his boss to get a better price which was $795. I had a houseguest, and I really needed to have access to water so I agreed. He took the stem out of the faucet and showed me where the ceramic piece had broken. I asked him to.replace the hot water one since they were the same age. He left to get the two parts, and when he returned, he installed them. I checked that both faucets worked fine, and they did. The next day I got online to find out the price of the two items he replaced, and found that it would've cost me less than $60. So it seems that labor was $735, too much! I asked for an itemized list and received "labor and materialast $795". I'm going to file a complaint with the contractors licensing board in Sacramento because the whole process was just unacceptable. I feel I was taken advantage of and gouged for a job that should not have cost me more than $300 I definitely do not recommend this company! read more

If there is 0 star I would give no star to this company for sure. Micheal came over to fix my bathtub that was clogged. He was extremely rude ,so unprofessional and overcharged. He just stayed for 10 to 15 minutes and charged 152. He was insulting me afterward even and it was out of line already . I never seen any technician to insult customer at customer's house, especially when it is first time. He didn't mind to talk so rudely without any respect and I had to pay him for most worst service on top of that so it was awful experience with him but still tried to be nice. I ended up talking to one of managers there who was much worst than this employee. Usually manager is very respectful and good at communicating with customers but NOT THIS MANAGER. He was insulting, mocking, and embarrassed me at his office where there were other employees around him without any problem. He didn't hesitate to talk to me so disrespectfully. Obviously this manager was not a good example to his employees and didn't have any ability to handle situation and help customer. He was there to make things worst, so unexperienced and so unprofessional. No wonder the technician was so rude after him. Overall, it was nightmare experience with them. I thought they were much more respectful, professional and better customer service that' s why I called this company but never again. I will not refer MT plumbing to anyone at all. read more

Felt ripped off. $289 for 20 minutes of time to fix two toilet fill valves. The parts at Lowes were $20 each. Water spilt all over my bathrooms afterwards. Not cool. Should have known when I couldn't even get a rough estimate over the phone. Nobody I talk to can believe what I was charged. read more

I wish I could give a NO STAR rating. Recently we had a clogged sewer line problem. I was stressed when the line backed up. I went to the web and picked a Attaboy Plumbing, an established company from Chico. The service takes the weekend and two days to come to the house. They asked $500 to clear the clog and would not start on the repair until I signed an agreement to pay the bill. They sent me a contract to my phone. I did not read the contract carefully. It was very small type, too small. They went to work and said they could not find the clog--and that the $500 plan did not guarantee they could clear the clog (this was stated in the contract, but never verbally mentioned)--clearing a clog successfully was in their $1200 package. And he went away after giving me a bid for $4,200 to fix the clog and a broken line. He drove away without me accepting the bid of $4200. They drove away charging me $500 and the pipe was still a clogged and the drains were still backing up. And I am stuck paying the $500! read more

Absolute fantastic customer service really happy and definitely will recommend to anyone who has any plumbing issues. Replaced our water heater in just over two hours. Mike is an awesome guy! read more

I had a good experience with Mike. He was the plumber sent out from American Home Shield. Needed an new one so he headed to Hone Depot. It was denied before he got there, but he came back and hooked up the cold (none leaking part). After a 12 day run around from AHS including them ordering my standard gas water heater from some outfit in TN and had it shipped to CA. 13 days without hot water. Once he received the unit he promptly fit us into his busy schedule Mike did everything properly and tried, don't blame him if it is an AHS warranty issue! They sucked!! read more

5 stars for sure! I called Mike of MT Plumbing for a second opinion on how to fix a 50 year old broken faucet. The other plumber immediately said we needed to replace the faucet and the old pipes behind the wall. Without knowing the other guys price, Mike beat the quote from the other plumber but the best thing he did was recommend that we try to REPAIR the old faucet first rather than tear up the wall and replace the faucet and pipes. Mike's suggestion worked perfectly and instead of a $750 job and a lot of mess and headaches it ended up being a $170 job which lasted about 30 mins...and I didn't have to cut any tile. Great call Mike! Mike is friendly, doesn't leave a mess and professional. He was wearing a company shirt and gave me his card immediately. The other thing I liked was the app he used to communicate with me. It notified me of the appointment, when Mike was on his way and when the job was completed. I paid with a check and received an electronic receipt. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! read more

Our Experience with Attaboy Plumbing- Charged $685 Dollars for a 1-hour Job My husband and I had a very negative experience with Attaboy Plumbing in Chico. Before calling them, I had read the Yelp Reviews and the Recommendations on Next Door. The great majority of the reviews were positive. Not so for us... I want to share with the community what I consider to be a predatory pricing practice. Prior to writing/posting this feedback, I spoke directly with Mike, the owner of this business. I always give a business the opportunity to make something right. Mike was very clear that, it is what it is, and he does not negotiate after a job is completed. This is what happened. We had a pipe slowly leaking in our front yard. To prevent water wastage during the drought, my husband called Attaboy Plumbing and made an appointment for a plumber to come out and fix it. When he asked for a ballpark price of what the charge would be, he was told that they did not provide prices until the plumber comes out and assesses the job. He was also told there would be a nonrefundable charge of $49 dollars and if we decided to have the work done, that amount would be applied to our bill, ...that sounded fair. He made an appointment on a weekday (not on a weekend, not during the night, not an emergency). At the agreed upon time a plumber from Attaboy arrived at our house. My husband had already exposed the leaking pipe (cleared the area of dirt and trimmed back the bush). The hole was approximately 18" deep and wide open (see photos above). The plumber did not need to look for the leak nor did he need to deal with a challenging location. My husband asked him what it would cost to repair leak. The plumber informed him that the charge would be $865 dollars. My husband (75-years-old) told the plumber that it seemed like a very high price for the job. The plumber then told him he would see what he could do. The plumber checked the Attaboy service prices on his cell phone and then told my husband, he could drop the price to $685.00 since the site was already cleared for the work that needed to be done. My husband wrote out a check for $685. He still thought was he was being over charged for the job but consented to pay that amount, knowing that the prices of everything have gone up and we needed to conserve water. The plumber was on site exactly 1 hour. When he left, we did not get a receipt. (They did email me a copy later after I requested one from owner). I had been working on a project in the back yard and when my husband told me how much it cost to fix the leak and that he had given the plumber a check for the full amount, I felt SICK! I then checked the average hourly rate for a plumber in our zip code and it was stated to be $330 (HomeAdvisor, Jan. 24,2022). The PVC supplies cost less than $20 at Home Depot. That means they basically charged us, subtracting the supplies, $665 per hour. I just hate to feel "ripped off" and thought there must have been a mistake. I took some photos of the work completed and went by the Attaboy "home office." The owner was out working but I explained my concerns to the woman who was there and left a picture of the job completed. She said she was sure Mike would want to call me and talk. I said I would appreciate that. Mike called within the hour. When I explained my concern about the excessive charge to complete my job, I could hardly believe his spin. He basically told me that they do not charge per hour but rather per job. He said that his business offers "premier service" with very experienced plumbers. He has 4 new vans, 4 people working in the office, insurance, and is open 24 hours per day...his overhead is high...and his rates are what they are. His rates are based on the type of job they are called out to do. He used the example that if a leak needed to be discovered and was located inside a wall, that customer would be charged the same rate of $865... even if it took 5 hours to fix.... Really????? so my one-hour job should have been charged at that same rate???... But when my husband suggested the amount was too high, the price was discounted because the site had already cleared and exposed. The discount was only offered after a protest. In our case, we had a simple, accessible, leak but was still charged, the same high price. He asked me how much I thought would be a fair charge. I told him based on my research, I thought $300 dollars would be a fair price for the service provided by Attaboy. Mike basically implied that the average cost estimates online are bogus. He asked me if I thought I could walk into a doctor's office and tell the doctor how much he should charge. Really??? I realize prices for everything have increased but $685 is excessive. I feel we were totally taken advantage of. We ended the call with me sharing that I was not happy with Attaboy Plumbing and would not be recommending them. He said, "I know." read more