Shit flows downhill Redux
Well my septic system was having problems again this past weekend, so we had the line from our house to our septic tank replaced. The initial idiots we hired to do the job 6 years ago actually had the tubes going UPHILL! Gee, I wonder why we were having problems?
You see, back then, we hired a group of brothers who were just starting their own plumbing business. Well they were SO bad, that we told them to get out before they were finished, and withheld over a thousand dollars in payments. On Monday the checkbook got hit for $1200 more which can be directly attributed to these morons.
Luckily the new plumber (who is EXCELLENT by the way) took pity on us and ONLY charged us that. I have a feeling that what we got could have cost a lot more. So anyway, now I can freely flush more than money down the toilet again.
Moral of the story: No matter what, never hire “new” plumbers and shit STILL flows down hill.
August 20, 2004 @ 9:59 pm
Don’t feel too bad, we had the same problem at the Matteson Circuit City store. The store was built behind a bank, so a good city block back from the road. That whole distance was either perfectly level or upill, they couldn’t decide which, but every couple months the toilets would back up. Corporate, in all their wisdom, decided it would be cheaper/easier to pay RotoRooter to come out and clear the clog every time rather than re-run the drain line.
Gee but I really miss that job sometimes.