A "Roto Chem" is when the cesspool or septic company you called either does not own a pump truck or does not want to put one on the road for you and their guy or gal is there at your home and wants to make money and not the right thing. The right thing is to always pump your septic tank or your first cesspool.
What will happen if they can not directly drop Sulfuric Acid directly into a known Cesspool and Cesspool only, They will Jump the house trap with a cable machine ( See our piece on "Jumping a House Trap") Then pour Sulfuric Acid into your Fresh Air Vent, To travel thru your delicate House Trap over time and into your Cesspool.
This is bad on some levels it's sad. Putting a drain cleaning cable down a fresh air vent and thru your house trap makes your house trap weak and then pouring Sulfuric Acid down the fresh air vent is asking for a disaster to happen. If the cable did not break your very expensive to replace House Trap, The Sulfuric Acid may, And if this happens, The Sulfuric Acid will pour out inside your home, Making this clean up a HAZ MAT Clean up that will not be cheap. If you have Insurance, Your Insurance company has the option to cover you and if they have the option to cover you , THEY WILL NOT.
A "Roto Chem" is designed to make fast money for the company you called with absolutely no benefit to the homeowner.
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
The dangers of "Jumping the HouseTrap" by a Drain Cleaning company in Nassau or Suffolk Counties.
"Jumping" The HouseTrap is a very common practice in "Cleaning" a main line. Jumping a HouseTrap is when a "Drain Cleaner" puts a cable thru your round perforated plate on the side of your home. This is what is called a Fresh Air Vent. What the "Drain Cleaner" does not tell you is that if the cable or the cutter on the tip of their cable breaks the HouseTrap, It will cause a massive flood and a very expensive repair bill of replacing the HouseTrap. During the time when the HouseTrap is broken to when it is repaired< YOU CAN NOT USE ANY WATER OR FLUSH A TOILET.
Your "drain Cleaner " will be laughing all the way to the bank as he is most likely paid on commission and will have some extra money in his bank over this.
What is the Homeowner or Property owner to do to not be a victim of this? Have a clean out installed in the Main line leaving your home BEFORE a problem happens.
Please keep in mind that only a Suffolk County Licensed Master Plumber can repair your broken HouseTrap.
How do you tell if the person who comes to your property to replace your HouseTrap? Ask them for their full name and call the Nassau or Suffolk County Department of Consumer Affairs and ask them if the person or people on your property are Licensed Master Plumbers.
This is how a Homeowner or Property owner can protect themselves from being taken advantage of.
Your "drain Cleaner " will be laughing all the way to the bank as he is most likely paid on commission and will have some extra money in his bank over this.
What is the Homeowner or Property owner to do to not be a victim of this? Have a clean out installed in the Main line leaving your home BEFORE a problem happens.
Please keep in mind that only a Suffolk County Licensed Master Plumber can repair your broken HouseTrap.
How do you tell if the person who comes to your property to replace your HouseTrap? Ask them for their full name and call the Nassau or Suffolk County Department of Consumer Affairs and ask them if the person or people on your property are Licensed Master Plumbers.
This is how a Homeowner or Property owner can protect themselves from being taken advantage of.
Monday, May 9, 2016
What a homeowner or landowner MUST DO if the Suffolk or Nassau County Septic,Cesspool company wants to dig on your property.
One thing about Long Island all over is that the ground is "Busy" with all types of "Utilities" from all types of utility companies. There could be Gas, Water , Electric or even Commutation lines that many many homeowners or land owners never knew they where there. If you think it's not easy to hit a utility line on your property, You are very wrong. Another thing is that YOU the owner of the home or land will be responsible to pay for it after the utility company comes out and fixes it for you. Yes you will pay for it and not the cesspool, septic or excavating company. You will pay many thousands of dollars for the repair. Utility company charge backs to the end user are not cheap. They will charge you for everything they d and every person on site and even off site.
How can a Homeowner or Landowner protect themselves from a repair bill from a Utility Company?
If you call a septic, cesspool or excavating company on Long Island, Either Nassau or Suffolk County, You DEMAND a Utility Mark Out performed and demand a "Ticket Number" on what ever company you called, their letterhead or bill head. If they refuse, PROTECT YOURSELF from them and DEMAND they get off your property as they are not professionals. If they do not want to leave, Call the COPS and they will make them leave. Then call your local Code Enforcement and ask them to stop by and tell them that the company you called wanted to dig without a Utility Mark Out.
This will keep you and your home or property safe from them hitting a Utility line that is not known and has not been discovered by a Utility Mark Out.
What could happen if they hit a utility? A gas line can explode, A electric line can KILL them and people around them. A water line can run and erode a giant hole and cut water off for the neighborhood. If this happens this is not good for the homeowner or landowner.
Any tool that probes below the surface can and will do damage to a utility and You get the bill unless you have your "Ducks in a row".
We have been locating underground utilities for many years and have seen first hand what can happen when people do not take our advice.
What we do and have done in the past is do a utility locate for the homeowner or landowner by using advanced locating tools to locate any utility on the property and help protect the homeowner or land owner.
How can a Homeowner or Landowner protect themselves from a repair bill from a Utility Company?
If you call a septic, cesspool or excavating company on Long Island, Either Nassau or Suffolk County, You DEMAND a Utility Mark Out performed and demand a "Ticket Number" on what ever company you called, their letterhead or bill head. If they refuse, PROTECT YOURSELF from them and DEMAND they get off your property as they are not professionals. If they do not want to leave, Call the COPS and they will make them leave. Then call your local Code Enforcement and ask them to stop by and tell them that the company you called wanted to dig without a Utility Mark Out.
This will keep you and your home or property safe from them hitting a Utility line that is not known and has not been discovered by a Utility Mark Out.
What could happen if they hit a utility? A gas line can explode, A electric line can KILL them and people around them. A water line can run and erode a giant hole and cut water off for the neighborhood. If this happens this is not good for the homeowner or landowner.
Any tool that probes below the surface can and will do damage to a utility and You get the bill unless you have your "Ducks in a row".
We have been locating underground utilities for many years and have seen first hand what can happen when people do not take our advice.
What we do and have done in the past is do a utility locate for the homeowner or landowner by using advanced locating tools to locate any utility on the property and help protect the homeowner or land owner.
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