In the last blog post, I talked about a disturbing trend in the industry where homeowners are being lied to about how much tunneling is needed for a repair. This week I want to discuss a related and also concerning trend. As I mentioned before, many underslab plumbers in the area are one to two man outfits who hire an outside crew—an excavation company—to dig the tunnel under the house. The outside excavation crew is subcontracted by the plumbing company to dig the tunnel and the plumber … [Read more...]
Beware of Plumbing Companies Advising Massive Tunneling for Underslab Repairs
There’s a trend in the underslab plumbing and other related industries that I feel is necessary to address. The amount of excavation many plumbers are recommending. As I’ve mentioned before, there are unscrupulous business owners in this industry. Business owners who are more interested in filling their own pockets than serving their customers. And I feel it’s important to give you, the homeowner, as much information as possible so you can make an educated decision. Subcontracted … [Read more...]
