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| - Okay this is going to be long: In a few words, hire these guys if you need plumbing work done!!
We had a broken black pvc pipe running under our kitchen floor. In a single level home that means, cutting out cement digging up dirt, tunneling, etc.,
Plus, when they ran the camera they discovered that our main sewer line under the front sidewalk and front of our house had a "belly" in it which could or could not pose a problem in the future, but we decided to have both fixed if we were going to have a mess.
So we basically had piping replaced from the back of our house to the main sewer line in our front yard.
We pulled up flooring and removed everything from one bedroom, plus cut out flooring running down the hallway to the middle of our u shaped kitchen. and we had to remove the floor of the cabinet under the sink. Covered much of furniture with plastic and taped the doors shut, etc.,
The guys were very professional --told us what needed to done, what would need to done to make that happen (flooring removal, plastic up, etc) and gave us a good written estimate for the work to be done. There were a couple of What if's on there so we wouldn't be surprised by anything once they got into the job.
So the cement cutter guys show up on DAY ONE: Start working, take a few breaks, another worker shows up mid day to help get the cut cement out and they cleaned up! It was messy but they made it look so easy!
DAY TWO; Plumbing guys come in start digging out the trench, while one of them (BILL) cuts out some area under the kitchen sink to the clean out trap. By mid day they have the new pipes in the holes filled in and ready to be cemented the next day. We were without a sewer pipe for about 10 minutes. Everyone was very polite and they even sent a guy who said it was his job to make sure I was feeling okay about all the mess, I was okay, cause these guys were awesome!
DAY THREE: The cement guys show up about 8 am, to get the areas ready, the cement truck show up about 9:30 AM and they have the job done by 1 pm, with several checks on the cement set up, etc.
If I had to do it again: Because the cement cutting uses water, I would have covered the walls much better with plastic and tape, the dry cement does come off, but it takes a few cleanings.
The best part: The ESTIMATE was exactly what we paid when they were all done.
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