Danette
: : Were in a tiny town of 211! The one city employee does everything and hes about as sharp as a ping-pong ball! They ARE doing it wrong IF theyre doing that at all. Thanks for the positive vibes, hon.: : : What ever the local municipality does is up to them they govern. If you feel the method they use is inapropriate then you will have to protect yourself from further water damage : : : on your own. Dont let a huckster attorney take your money for nothing. Cause thats what hes doing. Ask your local plumbers union hall for advise first.: : : It is called local administrative authority, they can clean the lines any way the cost allows them to do it hun.: : : Mark Tiernanh : : : Tiernan Bros. Plbg. : : : Indiana, USA: One employee and she complains?? wow this guy should go on strike.. If this persons home catches on fire I hope the hjudge puts out the fire LMAO cause I wouldnt set foot near this nut case BillI came back to find info about something else, but Ill answer you, Bill. Some facts that came out in court: The WHOLE CITY was backed up on its gravity sewer. Thats right its all gravity. It was blocked about 2 miles south of the city down the hill. I just happen to be the lowest basement on the south side.It wasnt a diaper afterall (that was the reason given by the one employee). There was another witness to unclogging the sewer and he said he DIDNT see a diaper. He was a next door neighbor who knew where the one employee worked and called him to get back to the city from his full time job….yup, he works somewhere else in a completely different career…assembly line for baggage carts for the airlines. He helped him unclog the sewer. The one employee COULDNT produce his water/wastewater license (City council is threatening to have him removed at their next meeting). As if they didnt know, huh?He was asked how he cleaned the sewer lines. He said with the fire hose. Asked to describe and he stated that he opened manholes and put the hose down and sprayed. No special nozel. He couldnt produce a map of the sewer lines in the city. I had to quiet down the laughter that came from my 3 experts who happened to be 1 town smaller and 2 a little larger cities that are within a 12 mile range of ours. They were all water/wastewater supts.My witnesses testified that they used sewer jetts and WHY. They also explained why his method would cause maintenance problems….blah, blah, blah.We had sewer backup insurance if it was OUR fault. As soon as we realized this nut has probably been neglecting our sewer system for the last upteen years, we bought insurance in case its their fault again. Our insurance said they would cover it next time if its the citys fault, but would sue them for recovery.The judges bottom line is that we were not responsible and the city is the one that enforces codes to their citizens….diaper or no diaper. They are the ones that are responsible for a working sewer 24 hrs a day.Thats all that I can remember randomly at the moment. Im sure I missed some relevant facts, but will check back later to look at your comments.P.S. Our fire dept is volunteer. My husband and I volunteer along with 30 others.
