OUAndy1807
1/24/2006, 04:53 PM
So, I've posted about my landlord before. He has this handyman who does everything the wrong way and doesn't follow any of the construction codes. He's old school, I guess.
Well, about 6 months ago my landlord pays this guy to put in a new sanitary sewer even though we've had no problem with it. The guy does so with the crappiest construction practices imaginable and I tell my landlord that he's getting screwed. He doesn't listen because his guy "has been doing it like this for longer than I've been alive".
2 weeks ago our sewer starts backing up into the yard. The same plumber dude comes out and snakes the line. He tries to blame it on my wife flushing tampons.
The next day we start having the same problems. He convinces my landlord to replace all of the drain lines in the house and tells him the problem is occuring because we are putting grease down the drain.
The next day we still have the same problems. I get in a huge argument with the landlord where he's accusing my wife of maliciously flushing tampons and clogging the sewer. I finally convince the landlord to call the city and have them check their line. They do and find nothing wrong, but we still have the problem, so I ask the landlord to call his plumber to have him come check the connection to the city line. Instead, the landlord calls the city and pays to have them send a camera up the line to see what the problem is.
Turns out that when the "plumber" tied into what he thought was the city line, he actually tied into an abandoned clay tile sewer line. Basically, there is a tube full of 6 months worth of my toilet water and crap laying beneath the city.
My only question now is, should I make a few calls to the city to see how the EPA would feel about this?
Well, about 6 months ago my landlord pays this guy to put in a new sanitary sewer even though we've had no problem with it. The guy does so with the crappiest construction practices imaginable and I tell my landlord that he's getting screwed. He doesn't listen because his guy "has been doing it like this for longer than I've been alive".
2 weeks ago our sewer starts backing up into the yard. The same plumber dude comes out and snakes the line. He tries to blame it on my wife flushing tampons.
The next day we start having the same problems. He convinces my landlord to replace all of the drain lines in the house and tells him the problem is occuring because we are putting grease down the drain.
The next day we still have the same problems. I get in a huge argument with the landlord where he's accusing my wife of maliciously flushing tampons and clogging the sewer. I finally convince the landlord to call the city and have them check their line. They do and find nothing wrong, but we still have the problem, so I ask the landlord to call his plumber to have him come check the connection to the city line. Instead, the landlord calls the city and pays to have them send a camera up the line to see what the problem is.
Turns out that when the "plumber" tied into what he thought was the city line, he actually tied into an abandoned clay tile sewer line. Basically, there is a tube full of 6 months worth of my toilet water and crap laying beneath the city.
My only question now is, should I make a few calls to the city to see how the EPA would feel about this?