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Find a Location

Roto Rooter has 3 locations, listed below.

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    • Roto Rooter

      17141 W Westview Thornton, IL 60476

    • Roto Rooter

      2515 W Veterans Drive Posen, IL 60469-1509

    • Roto Rooter

      12359 Rhea Drive Plainfield, IL 60585-8564

    Business ProfileforRoto Rooter

    Plumber
    Multi Location Business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 5 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    5 complaints closed in last 3 years

    3 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Products & Services

    This company performs drain cleaning.

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    Roto Rooter has 3 locations, listed below.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

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      Please enter a valid location.
      • Roto Rooter

        17141 W Westview Thornton, IL 60476

      • Roto Rooter

        2515 W Veterans Drive Posen, IL 60469-1509

      • Roto Rooter

        12359 Rhea Drive Plainfield, IL 60585-8564

      Location of This Business
      17141 W Westview, Thornton, IL 60476
      BBB File Opened:
      2/3/1999
      Years in Business:
      25
      Business Started:
      2/3/1999
      Business Started Locally:
      2/3/1999
      Alternate Business Name
      • Roto Rooters Plumbers
      • Roto-Rooster Inc
      • Roto Rooter Plumbing & Drain Services
      • Roto-Rooter Service
      • Roto-Rooter Services Co.
      Business Management
      • Mr. Kevin Piotrowski
      • Mr. Ray Munoz, General Manager
      • Mr. Scott Baron, Division Manager
      • Mr. Ted Padlo, General Manager
      • Harry Kresge, General Manager
      • Virginia Robertson
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. Ted Padlo, General Manager

      Customer Contact

      • Virginia Robertson
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (708) 333-3271
        Primary Fax

      Phone Numbers

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      Customer Complaints

      5 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      02/12/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      Unanswered
      On Sunday December 30th 2023, I called Roto-rooter to address the sewage issue that was backing up into my basement. **** came out, quoted me at 850 dollars (discounted 196) spent an hour or two and got the sewer line rodded out. After the initial work was completed he told me that someone else would be coming out to run a camera down the line to inspect for any damages or breeched lines. A week goes by, and I've heard nothing so I called and inquired at which point the company told me that the camera is a "complimentary" service they provide so I said id like to have it done. A week or two more goes by and I've heard nothing so I called again to be told that someone would be contacting me which they did not. I called a third time and they told me that theres a ticket made supposedly but still no one has bothered to contact me. I'm not a plumber but i am in a trade and I contacted a reputable plumber only to find out that a typically rodding job should cost no more than ***** dollars and the idea that running a camera is considered "complimentary" is a complete lie so that tells me that these people are taking advantage of the common folk severely. So the job still remains half complete, I've paid close to 1000 dollars and to add insult to injury they lie about the services rendered and or not rendered. I'll be the first to admit too that given the work took place on the weekend, well into the evening and it was an emergency situation it might have costed a little bit more but there is no excuse for charging almost a thousand dollars for a job that's half done. I had to have the job financed via synchrony bank and I've called them and put a partial stop-payment on the account because I should be responsible for no more than 450 (even that's being generous), but mainly these people are totally taking advantage of the common folk whom probably don't know any better.

      Customer Reviews

      5 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Chris M

      1 star

      11/24/2023

      We had a sewage problem and roto rooter came out. He spent 3 min banging on pipes and came to the conclusion that my whole front yard needed to be ripped out. He said he could confirm by using a camera but it would cost me $900. I declined and called a real plumber for a second opinion. I told him what roto rooter said and they laughed. They were able to rod it out for far less then that camera. BEWARE OF THESE SCAMMERS.

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