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This is a public service warning I called APP because of the $special ***came and immediately insisted that he had to hydrojet for $ As I teared up, he looked at the ocean from the stairs of my crummy house whose only redeeming quality is its view, and said, "People make such a big deal about the view You can still see the oil tankers So big deal." Then he dryly informed me that I would not be able to use the water in my house, and that the price he was quoting me was a great deal I reluctantly agreed to the work"Don't change your mind It will make me look bad to my boss."
As soon as he left for the equipment, I called the company to say that I felt comfortable with *** and to cancel They had the audacity to have *** call me back It was very awkward, and when he offered to reduce the price to $495, I felt compelled to proceed
Almost immediately he told me that the pressure of the jets had broken the pipes, which were already rusted through, according to *** He showed me some rust, which he declared were holes in the pipe I have since learned from other plumbers that the psi of the hose should have been lowered to accommodate the old pipes, which should have been examined first, or should not have been done at all *** claimed an inability to get the jet through, so I assumed that I did not have to pay for the hydrojetting When I said that, he changed his answer and told me he did get through I asked, "Well, did you get through or not?" He said he did As he attempted to retrieve the hose, he had some trouble, and told me that the problem with was that a beam had cracked a pipe (a low-lying by 4, that even if it had fallen, would have little impact) and that his hose had gone right through to the outside There was water all over my laundry area Interesting that there was never anything leaking out before *** came I said to ***, "In that case, the hydrojetting was not accomplished." If the hose came out through a broken pipe feet from the starting point, then he hadn't hydrojetted the system after all
He admitted that was the case only after he told me that I needed to replace that pipe at a cost of $4,254.00! The floor under my house was now wet with sewage since his procedure had broken the pipe beyond repair I asked him some questions to try to ascertain if there was some measure that could be put into place temporarily, until I had a chance to save some money His answers were demeaning and dismissive At that point, because the hydrojetting and subsequent crack had rendered the plumbing completely unusable, I agreed to the work I went to my own job and took a shower there since *** told me that the work on my house would not be finished until the next day
I was careful that night to avoid using the bathroom, peeing in a bucketThe next day I discovered that the work had been finished the day before, strange, since at 2:it had not even been started *** had not had the courtesy to let me know When I asked him why, he said, "Uhm, uh, well its good to not use it for a night." He told me that the work had taken plumbers Of the many people, including plumbers, who have been under my house to inspect the job, none can fathom why such a short length of pipe required three men to replace Nobody understands the charge of $ One suggested that I sue The materials could not have cost more than $200, although I am guessing that they cost less Since the work was done in a few hours, I was charged more than $an hour! *** knew that I had to either pay or be without plumbing He also told me that more plumbing work was needed and that I should not put toilet paper down until it was done He told me that my foundation was crumbling and that he knew a friend in that line of work(I have since had a contractor and an engineer look at it and both told me that my house is adequate and safe.)
He told me that the rest of the plumbing was in danger of imminent failureWhen I tried to determine if repairs could be put off for a month until I had the funds, he adamantly told me that it could not, and acted like it was a stupid question A subsequent plumber told me not to do anything at present except perhaps add a liquid that softens roots and eventually diminishes them Two weeks later, my kitchen sink backed up, and we discovered that Daniel had to cut off a bit of that pipe (we found the bit, since he left a quantity of junk under my house, and it was obviously compromised) and even for $couldn't be bothered replacing that little stretch of easily accessible pipe He had to know it was going to cause problems and it would have been an easy, inexpensive fix while he was working on the end of that pipe anyway One of the "three plumbers" should have been able to accomplish it We fixed it with a snake Feel free to contact me if you want to inspect this job and see my bill

This is a public service warning. I called APP because of the $89 special. [redacted]came and immediately insisted that he had to hydrojet for $550. As I teared up, he looked at the ocean from the stairs of my crummy house whose only redeeming quality is its view, and said, "People make such a big deal about the view. You can still see the oil tankers. So big deal." Then he dryly informed me that I would not be able to use the water in my house, and that the price he was quoting me was a great deal. I reluctantly agreed to the work. "Don't change your mind. It will make me look bad to my boss."

As soon as he left for the equipment, I called the company to say that I felt comfortable with [redacted] and to cancel. They had the audacity to have [redacted] call me back. It was very awkward, and when he offered to reduce the price to $495, I felt compelled to proceed.

Almost immediately he told me that the pressure of the jets had broken the pipes, which were already rusted through, according to [redacted]. He showed me some rust, which he declared were holes in the pipe. I have since learned from other plumbers that the psi of the hose should have been lowered to accommodate the old pipes, which should have been examined first, or should not have been done at all. [redacted] claimed an inability to get the jet through, so I assumed that I did not have to pay for the hydrojetting. When I said that, he changed his answer and told me he did get through. I asked, "Well, did you get through or not?" He said he did. As he attempted to retrieve the hose, he had some trouble, and told me that the problem with was that a beam had cracked a pipe (a low-lying 2 by 4, that even if it had fallen, would have little impact) and that his hose had gone right through to the outside. There was water all over my laundry area. Interesting that there was never anything leaking out before [redacted] came. I said to [redacted], "In that case, the hydrojetting was not accomplished." If the hose came out through a broken pipe 6 feet from the starting point, then he hadn't hydrojetted the system after all.

He admitted that was the case only after he told me that I needed to replace that pipe at a cost of $4,254.00! The floor under my house was now wet with sewage since his procedure had broken the pipe beyond repair. I asked him some questions to try to ascertain if there was some measure that could be put into place temporarily, until I had a chance to save some money. His answers were demeaning and dismissive. At that point, because the hydrojetting and subsequent crack had rendered the plumbing completely unusable, I agreed to the work. I went to my own job and took a shower there since [redacted] told me that the work on my house would not be finished until the next day.

I was careful that night to avoid using the bathroom, peeing in a bucket. The next day I discovered that the work had been finished the day before, strange, since at 2:30 it had not even been started. [redacted] had not had the courtesy to let me know. When I asked him why, he said, "Uhm, uh, well its good to not use it for a night." He told me that the work had taken 3 plumbers. Of the many people, including plumbers, who have been under my house to inspect the job, none can fathom why such a short length of pipe required three men to replace. Nobody understands the charge of $4254. One suggested that I sue. The materials could not have cost more than $200, although I am guessing that they cost less. Since the work was done in a few hours, I was charged more than $1000 an hour! [redacted] knew that I had to either pay or be without plumbing. He also told me that more plumbing work was needed and that I should not put toilet paper down until it was done. He told me that my foundation was crumbling and that he knew a friend in that line of work. (I have since had a contractor and an engineer look at it and both told me that my house is adequate and safe.)

He told me that the rest of the plumbing was in danger of imminent failure. When I tried to determine if repairs could be put off for a month until I had the funds, he adamantly told me that it could not, and acted like it was a stupid question. A subsequent plumber told me not to do anything at present except perhaps add a liquid that softens roots and eventually diminishes them. Two weeks later, my kitchen sink backed up, and we discovered that Daniel had to cut off a bit of that pipe (we found the bit, since he left a quantity of junk under my house, and it was obviously compromised) and even for $4254 couldn't be bothered replacing that little stretch of easily accessible pipe. He had to know it was going to cause problems and it would have been an easy, inexpensive fix while he was working on the end of that pipe anyway. One of the "three plumbers" should have been able to accomplish it. We fixed it with a snake. Feel free to contact me if you want to inspect this job and see my bill.