We are your trusted, local plumber in SF dedicated to providing every customer with the highest quality, seamless experience when it comes to plumbing, water heater and sewer repairs, installations and service.
Business highlights
23 years of trusted experience
Se Habla Español
Family Owned & Operated
Emergency Services Offered
Eco Friendly
Services we offer
Emergency Plumbing
Water Heater repair/replacement
Sewer & Drain Maintenance & Repair
Water Heaters
Leak Detection
Backflow Testing
Free, Detailed Estimates
Jim Sozzi was AMAZING. We needed urgent help with a toilet and he took care of us and helped uncover a few other matters that he also fixed. We're planning to hire him for future work. Would strongly recommend.
Description of Work: Fixing a toilet and clearing a blocked pipe.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Patrick F.
10/2023
5.0
plumbing
 + -1 more
Great experience with Ace. The plumber arrived right on time, was able to quickly diagnose and fix the problem. Even took the time to answer a couple other unrelated plumbing questions I had around the house. Would definitely hire again.
Description of Work: Cleaned out a clogged showerhead that had low water pressure.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$200
Marcia R.
09/2023
5.0
appliance repair, plumbing
 + 0 more
My parent's home. They were very pleased with the experience. The plumber arrived on time, was efficient and professional. My concerns (since I arranged for the project) were the invoice was not very detailed or itemized (I didn't know what I was being charged for, or paying for, and it felt like I handed over a blank check), and the price was much more expensive than I was expecting. I found preliminary quotes online ranging from $150-$350; I was charged $575 (with a senior discount of $75). There was miscommunication regarding the billing; the plumber accepted a check from my parents but the office also sent me a bill. It felt like the plumber pocketed the money on the side, while the company double-dipped. A telephone call resolved the issue. All in all, the company is very well rated for a reason. They answer telephone calls quickly, return calls promptly, were able to set an appointment in less than two days, and reliably showed up on time.
Description of Work: Removal of old toilet, installation of new toilet
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
3.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$575
rick M.
04/2023
5.0
plumbing
 + -1 more
I wanted to write a second review to recommend Ace plumbing particularly Franco and his crew. They saved us once again from another issue made by the prior plumber. Unfortunately our brand new toilets were not installed properly and as a result there was leaking coming from behind. Franco and his colleague came by removed, diagnosed the issue and fixed both of our toilets. They have been working great. I am very grateful that I found Ace and Franco as they are wonderful knowledgeable plumbers and just good people. Sadly, this is rare nowadays. Thank you again!!
Description of Work: Water Heater installation, Toilet Repair, Appliance installation
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$7,500
rick M.
10/2022
5.0
appliance repair, plumbing, small appliance repair, water heater repair, drain pipe
 + 3 more
Ace Plumbing is wonderful! After a plumbing nightmare caused by another plumber. I reached out to Jonathan the owner and his team for help. They were very empathetic to our situation listening to all our concerns. They connected us to Franco to do the diagnose and fix the problems. I directly worked with Franco for many weeks to fix things for us. He did such a great job I hired him for a few more jobs as well. Very impressed by his workmanship. He is the utmost professional responding to all our concerns. I also value his attention to detail. Would highly recommend Ace Plumbing!
Description of Work: New Tankless install, crossover diagnosis/repair, vanity and appliance install, shower trim install, concrete drain, thermoexpansion install
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$7,500
John A.
05/2018
5.0
plumbing, sewer cleaning
 + 0 more
It was a little challenging. Initially Ed rooted the sewer from the clearout near the house as far as it would go towards the curb but the water didn't drain from the clearout even after a couple of tries. The house has no curbside trap/vent so it was hard to tell what was going on. We discussed options and chose to try a hydro jetter clearing. Ed had to go get the water jet and came back to clear it out. Encouraging enough the line had somewhat drained by the time they got back. He ran the jet and also the camera which showed the line was in decent shape and clear as far out to the street as we could get it. In the end he charged me just for the jet. Gave me a quote on installing a house trap at the curb and explained what he expects is going on at the sewer junction in the street.
Description of Work: Clear out clogged sewer lateral
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$550
Joanne C.
04/2018
5.0
plumbing, drain cleaning
 + 0 more
The plumber from Ace -- Phillip Seiler -- was knowledgeable, thorough, and professional. We will request him by name next time we need a plumber and refer him to our friends. We have had less than satisfactory experiences with other plumbing firms, so it is great to finally have found a reliable and knowledgeable resource. Highly recommended!
Description of Work: Blocked kitchen drain and leaking pipes
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Julie S.
02/2018
5.0
plumbing
 + -1 more
Everything went great. I have used Ace in the past and was pleased with their work and I will use them again if the need arises.
Description of Work: Jimmy and Jorge came to my home to repair a item that was replaced last year but had stopped being functual. They made the repair and were totally professional.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Stephen Y.
12/2017
5.0
plumbing, water heater repair
 + 0 more
Brian was at our house with crew Monday morning. The crew worked into the night. A heater install and all the other plumbing work was done in one day. We love the new tankless so far. It puts out good flow, takes up very little space outside, and leaves a big new space in the garage (without open flames near gasoline).
Description of Work: Our aging 75-gallon water heater needed replacement. We wanted to move water heater to outside back of house, to get it out of the basement garage. Separately, aging plumbing in basement needed replacement. I called Ace, which I had dealt with before with good results. Brian came out quickly and wrote an estimate. He recommended a tankless heater--compact, lower-energy, easy to install outdoors under on overhang. A 2-day job, he said, including extending the gas to back of house, replacing much old plumbing with new copper, taking away old tank. Then we waited--too long! The old water heater burst over the weekend, leaking water on floor. Cold showers! Cold dishwater! I called Ace on Saturday afternoon and they picked up.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$6,500
Julie S.
10/2017
5.0
plumbing
 + -1 more
Excellent. Derrick took care of all my questions.
Description of Work: Drain checked and leak from sink resolved. Derrick was professional and helpful.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
tracy T.
04/2017
1.0
plumbing, water heater repair, drain cleaning
 + 1 more
They are not good, have to come back a few times to get work done right. And price is not cheap
Description of Work: water heater and drainage of kitchen sink (2 separate events)
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
1.0
value
1.0
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
1.0
punctuality
1.0
$1,250
JC H.
02/2017
3.0
plumbing, water heater repair
 + 0 more
I had a 40 gallon water heater that was warranted for 10 years. Ace came back with a 38 gallon, 6-year water heater with a worse energy rating than the one it replaced. This was suboptimal since we have a fairly large house. No choice at that point but to go ahead with it.
Description of Work: Water heater went out -- pilot would not stay on -- but it wasn't leaking. I was given two prices for replacing gas regulator system and urged to replace the entire unit. At this point the water heater was several years beyond its projected life. I agreed to have it replaced.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
3.0
value
3.0
professionalism
3.0
responsiveness
3.0
punctuality
4.0
$1,350
Charisse E.
02/2017
5.0
plumbing
 + -1 more
Great people to work with; real professionals. Honest, well thought-out estimates. Courteous office staff, supervisors and plumbers, who showed up on time or called if they anticipated a delay with another customer. Thorough cleanup of all work areas. Very high quality work compared to other plumbers I've worked with over the years!
Description of Work: About 5 years ago we used Ace for several small plumbing leaks in our old galvanized pipe plumbing system. A couple of years ago we decided to replace the old plumbing with a new copper system. Ace replaced the piping from the point the water entered the house to our upstairs bathroom, and connected into the newer piping in our kitchen and downstairs bath, installed a new hot water heater, diverted piping to add a home-filtration system , with proper shut-off valve to allow filter replacement, (we bought the filter system separately, and Ace installed it), and replaced a portion of the drains into the main sewer line. Beautiful, well-planned work. It has been about 2 1/2 years now and the system has worked beautifully, with no problems!
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$8,800
Mark M.
12/2016
4.0
water heater repair
 + -1 more
I was promised a 10-year warranty, but the fine print on the final bill indicated a 3-year warranty. When I called to complain, the owner gave me a further discount. All work was done quickly and efficiently.
Description of Work: Installation of hot water heater
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
3.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,600
Lydia F.
12/2016
5.0
plumbing, drain cleaning
 + 0 more
I'm very happy with Atlas. They are the plumber I'll call any time I need one.
Description of Work: I've used Atlas twice. Once to install a new kitchen faucet and secondly to put in a new mixer valve in a shower.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Rich M.
12/2016
1.0
plumbing, drain cleaning
 + 0 more
Ace Plumbing & Rooter scheduled a visit between 4 and 5 PM. The plumber arrived at 5:45 PM and claimed he was unequipped to fix the problem, saying he'd return the next day at 9 AM. He missed 9 AM. Dispatch said he was running late and would arrive at 10 AM. He missed that. Then he called saying he'd arrive for sure at 2 PM. He missed that, too. I spent two days waiting for nothing, missing kids' activities, holiday parties, etc. -- what a waste of my time, and the clogged pipe still isn't fixed.
Description of Work: We had flooding on the first floor due to what turned out to be a clogged pipe that the first floor bathroom shared with the second floor kitchen.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
4.0
punctuality
1.0
Donald D.
10/2016
5.0
sewer cleaning
 + -1 more
They put a camera in there and could only go about 17 get until we saw an edge of the sewer pipe indicating a discontinuity under the street. They nevertheless tried to pressure clear the line, then looked again. There was evidence of new gravel in the line. They said they could do no more. But they agreed to contact DPW and slow what they found. A few days later the line speed again. We called 311 and Ace. A few days later the line was cleared (by DPW?) And we have had no further problem. Ace went there extra distance in getting this problem solved. They only charged us for the camera insertion into the pipe.
Description of Work: The City claimed that we were responsible for clearing the sewer line under the street??? So we called Ace and they came out, saying that they'd never heard of a homeowner being responsible for that part of the sewer line.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$185
Gary J.
08/2016
5.0
sewer cleaning
 + -1 more
They do a pretty good job, they are good because the pricing was good the warranty was good. The pricing was fair it seem in fact it was the most competitive price, we had three estimates for sewer replacement couple things we had neighbor on the street who had a sewer replacement replace by them and so we had three estimate we included their's, their's was the least expensive and it was I don't know these people just seem it was just something about them I mean they got the stuff done and it was all done pretty professionally not pretty professionally, they were friendly and they were kind and they did what they said that they were going to do and they got stuff done everything look really safe like it had this it was all permanent so it was all permanent.
Description of Work: I used ACE Plumbing & Rooter Inc for Sewer Cleaning.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$8,000
Courtney L.
04/2016
1.0
plumbing
 + -1 more
Initial appointment: I had scheduled an appointment and the plumber was scheduled to arrive sometime in a 4 hour window of time. They called 15 minutes before the end of the window and said he'd be 2 hours late - after I'd made a point to be home already for 4 hours! So, I rescheduled. This happens. During the next appointment window, no one showed up and no one called. I was not happy. When I called, they said it was a scheduling error and apologized profusely. We rescheduled again (I should have stopped here ...) Plumber arrives, and all in all after 2-ish hours at my house I am very displeased with the lack of results and the cost. Faucets and showers are still dripping. Hardware was damaged. Only the running toilet was resolved to my satisfaction. Aren't dripping sinks and showers plumbing 101?! Very unsatisfactory work and I would NOT recommend them. They had good reviews overall, so perhaps I just got a bad plumber.
Description of Work: The plumber supposedly fixed two dripping faucets and two dripping showers, but 3 out of 4 are still dripping so that wasn't done (or done correctly) and he damaged the hardware when trying to tighten/loosen the fixtures. He fixed a toilet that was running by replacing a component with replacement part that I provided - this was done well. He cleaned foreign objects out of a bathroom sink pipe and added a "stopper" that doesn't match the bathroom at all and that he had to go to the store twice for because he bought the wrong part the first time. He never provided estimates so the bill was a complete surprise (I take partial ownership since I didn't ask questions along the way, but the customer service rep said they'd provide estimates before doing any work.)
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
1.0
value
1.0
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
1.0
punctuality
1.0
$306
Grey T.
04/2016
5.0
plumbing
 + -1 more
Scotty arrived, very polite and professional. Cleaned up. Took two visits due to issues out of his control but did not charge me for the double visit.
Description of Work: Cleaned out clogged kitchen drain line.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
3.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$150
Jonathan W.
04/2016
1.0
plumbing
 + -1 more
Nothing - never responded even though they debited my account for the fixed price Earthquake Automatic Shutoff Valve fitment service Very disappointed they never replied - what does it take if you pre-pay a service they advertise, to at least come through with the Earthquake Automatic Shutoff Valve fitment service??
Description of Work: Nothing - never responded even though they debited my account for the fixed price Earthquake Automatic Shutoff Valve fitment service.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
1.0
value
1.0
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
1.0
punctuality
1.0
$389
sargon G.
03/2016
1.0
plumbing, drain cleaning
 + 0 more
He said he could not find the problem and said he would come out with a supervisor. He came the next day without supervisor or a solution, but informed us he needed to be paid. He seemed convinced he needed to tear the wall out and he was very frustrated.
neighbor's basement, ran a camera thru, dug up cement & replaced part of pipe, & cemented, replaced old cover for another old pipe. Came out at nite within an hour & did checking. Came back a day later & did major work. Went well. James, head plumber, is excellent. We've used him before.
Description of Work: Checked old pipe in basement leaking into
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
3.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
4.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$2,250
Thomas M.
03/2016
5.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac, plumbing, water heater repair, water softeners
 + 2 more
It was great - no problems.
Description of Work: Fixed hot water heater
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$200
khaled G.
01/2016
5.0
plumbing, sewer cleaning
 + 0 more
Discovered a joint dislocation due to subsiding soil. Recommended repair, which we did under a second contract.
Description of Work: Video inspection of sewer line to determine whether there was a leak.
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Service Categories
Plumbing,
Drain Cleaning,
Sewer Cleaning,
Water Heaters,
Drain Pipe Installation,
Natural Gas Lines,
Wells and Pumps,
Kitchen and Bath Remodeling,
Water Filtration and Softening,
Excavating,
Water Coolers,
Septic Systems
FAQ
Ace Plumbing & Rooter is currently rated 4.8 overall out of 5.
Sunday: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday: 6:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday: 6:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday: 6:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Thursday: 6:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday: 6:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Saturday: 7:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Ace Plumbing & Rooter accepts the following forms of payment: American Express,Check,Discover,MasterCard,Visa