Sewer Lateral Testing Service Plumbing

Tim to the rescue today! He responded to my call immediately and fit me in to his packed schedule at the last minute. He cleared a bad clog in my toilet as well as the shower and gave me helpful tips and education that will help prevent and problem solve in the future. He was extremely polite and gave me fair warning about the prices ahead of time, and it ended up being extremely reasonable. It was also extremely easy to pay — he takes PayPal. I am so thankful I found Tim and will be using him for all my plumbing needs in the future! Highly recommended, don’t hesitate to use his services!

Tim is great! He cleared the clog in my kitchen sink when it seemed impossible! He is very responsive, knowledge and friendly! He even fixed a shower head while he was here. I would highly recommend him! I have found my go to Plumber in SF!

Tim was great. He responded fast, and he was on time, despite having had only 45 minutes of sleep the night before fixing burst pipes (from freezing water) from two other clients. He snaked our lateral line, to the sewage main line, twice, to ensure that all the roots were removed. He gave a lot of good tips for how I might deal with these problems myself in the future, since we need to call out a plumber every 6 – 12 months. He was polite and worked quickly. His prices were reasonable. Overall I’d be glad to use him again.
(Below I mention he accepts credit cards… he accept PayPal, actually, which can be tied to a credit card.)

Tim was immensely quick to respond, and amazing at what he does. He immediately diagnosed the problem I had with the bathtub without being intrusive and having to make a hole in the floor or ceiling, which had to be done last time with a different handyman. Tim is truly a plumber with great and valuable experience, and not just a quick and dirty solutions kind of guy. He will make sure he solves the problem through and through.

I believe it’s finally fixed! My plumbing issue has been ongoing for the last month and today Tim came out and gave me a thorough assessment, investigation and fix! Each step of the way Tim explained what he was doing and his findings. S&L Testing will be the plumber for my business for years to come!

Tim was a recommendation via
through our neighbors. We had a leaky faucet that ended up needing a lot more work than intended, as our original home builder did not follow code. Tim had to come back twice to get our faucet fixed. He was very thoughtful in his recommendations on how to fix our faucet. His prices were extremely reasonable and he walked us through what was needed to fix the issue… And he was an absolute pleasure to deal with. Highly recommend him!

I would give Tim 11 stars but they only let me give 5. He’s super knowledgable, generous, attentive, flexible, easy to work with & quite frankly fun to talk to. Really appreciate your service Tim, can’t wait to need you again.

Tim could not have been more easy to work with! He is courteous, profession, and fixed our sink promptly! I’m a clean fanatic, and was so pleased to see that Tim was respectful of our apartment, kept the area he was working clean, and even asked to sit in our chair when he wrote out the receipt.
Also, working from home, I always worry about the background noise or interruptions. I took 2 meetings while Tim was here, and wasn’t bothered a bit. I would absolutely use him again! Thank you!

Calling a plumber is never associated with a good thing.
Your kitchen sink won’t drain cause your kid jammed a knife down it.
You gave birth to a giant turd at the in-​laws during a Thanksgiving day food feast and now the brown bowl water is rising faster than your heart rate.
Your bath tub won’t drain cause your wife’s hair has knotted and clogged the pipes leaving you standing in six inches of of your own grimy filth.
And so, as the water rose to above my ankles I knew a call in to Sewer Lateral Testing Service Plumbing was in store.
I left a message with SLTSP and five minutes later Tim called me back. He’s the closest plumber I found and with 5-​star reviews my decision was pretty much made for me. Tim said he had an appointment at 11:00 and would then be at my place at 1:00. Sure enough, at 12:50 my phone rang with Tim letting me know he’s around the corner just looking to park and would be there soon.
With a big smile and firm handshake, Tim introduced himself and I knew immediately I’d called the right guy. I welcomed Tim in and he got right to work diagnosing the issue at hand, the backed up still water sitting in a dirty tub.
There are people you come across for brief moments in life that, if you’re open to it, can affect you greatly. I tried to let Tim work and focus on his job, but as we got to talking and I got to hear more and more of TIm’s story, I couldn’t help but keep peppering him with questions. With his stories about the 89 earthquake to the current state of the city to where he sees it going, Tim could teach a History of San Francisco cultural studies course. Or to his time spent living above The Warfield and watching classic concerts through an open fan vent on the roof. Or most epicly his 15 year stint as a Burning Man ranger, during which he’s seen everything, and by everything I mean literally delivering a baby, everything.
Tim’s a great plumber. The clog was a bit more intense than originally thought, and he did all that was necessary to pull out a rat-​sized clog of hair that needed to be sawed off the drill he used to clear it. It took him about an hour or so. But more importantly, Tim’s a great guy. an interesting cat with a hellofa story. When he was finished he sat on the couch and for another hour we shot the shit and he told some amazing stories.
Take the time. And call Tim for an excellent plumber and even better person.

We had a major clog with our shower drain that effectively rendered the drain useless. I contacted Tim and he showed up within the hour and cleared the clog (which was a fairly bad clog) quickly and efficiently. He was very helpful in explaining exactly what he was doing and gave a nice history /​background on the issues that the old San Francisco homes face in plumbing. I highly recommend Tim and he is a wonderful neighborhood plumber for anyone in the panhandle /​Haight area and beyond.

Besides the fact that Tim (TC) is incredibly friendly he’s clearly an absolute professional when it comes to fixing and maintaining plumbing. My roommate and I had a really bad clog that had been giving us some serious trouble. Tim was able to quickly diagnose, explain, fix the problem, and give us some really helpful tips for avoiding the issue in the future.
He quoted me on the phone before arriving and even though he had to return the next day (he had stayed late the night before) he didn’t charge me a second time for coming on site.
If your having plumbing issues, I’d start here.

Tim did an excellent job. He was thorough and VERY reasonably priced. He answered all our questions, was very accommodating with his schedule.

In the past two years, I have:
— Graduated from college
— Gotten a salaried job
— Moved into my own apartment
— Gotten a Costco membership
But it wasn’t until Friday that I actually felt like an adult. I had to call a plumber.
I opened the dishwasher to find that it hadn’t actually drained, a disaster in an apartment where we like to… you know… eat. He said he was booked up on Saturday and had taken Sunday off to watch some game (I’m joking. I’m fully aware of the Niners game). I began to despair — no dishwasher until Monday? — but then he offered to come over in fifteen minutes.
Oh. Yeah, okay.
He showed up at my door with his kit and started poking around, very patiently explaining everything he was doing and all the issues and what kind of preventative stuff we can do to keep from it happening again. Beyond that though, he had a great knowledge of the whole system and a lot of super-​interesting information about San Francisco — he’s an ultra-​local — and I really enjoyed chatting with him. About twenty minutes later I had a fully functional dishwasher for an extremely reasonable price, a receipt to show my landlord, and a brand-​new familiarity with the apartment’s plumbing.
Tl;dr Give them a call and you won’t regret it.

Plumbers are like car mechanics, when you find a good, honest mechanic you never want to go to anyone else. Great service, good people… I couldn’t ask for anything more. Thanks guys!

TC and Lloyd are total rockstars. Tim came out on a Sunday and got my toilets working, and documented a misinstalled toilet perfectly so I could make the claim to my landlord. Totally reasonable in price and totally professional in solving my issues.

I called several plumbers on Unilocal to fix a pretty simple leak in my shower faucet, after 3 – 4 calls nobody could come that day and I was told by some they weren’t available for two weeks!
I finally called Tim and he not only agreed to come later that day, but asked me assessment questions to understand the job, including how many gallons I thought it was leaking per hour. I had no idea, but when I got home I put a bucket under the leak and my «slow, annoying leak» easily filled 2 gallons within the hour. I was appalled — if I had let it go for weeks, or even days more, it would have been hugely wasteful.
TIm communicated well, showed up promptly, fixed the leak in about an hour and charged a reasonable price (his exact estimate). He’s in my phone now — I won’t need to look for another plumber on Unilocal

These guys are great. They showed up early, answered all my questions, and made me feel comfortable with this crazy new process homeowners in Oakland now have to go through. Their testing process was quick and professional and I would recommend them to anyone. Thank you