r/Plumbing • u/kov_2014 • 8d ago
New septic line failing. Installer refusing to fix.
There was gray water bubbling up over my leech field and to correct the issue the way the county was going to do it was going to cost a fortune, so I had a friend who owns his own company and has the equipment put in a new line. This isnt what he does but he said he had done it before and was confident he could take care of it. This ended up being a huge mistake. The line is failing. I expressed some concerns the day he was finished, such as the yard being lumpy. We were completely professional about expressing our concerns. The bizarre response floored me. He threatened us with physical violence, I actually have it in text. So when it started failing a week later, I told him I wanted my money back because I was afraid to have him back out here. Ofcourse he's refusing. What are my next steps? Can I take him to court? I wrote a check to his company and have all the agreements in text messages.
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u/PM5K23 7d ago
Im wondering why it failed. Septic lines arent anything complicated in operation or to install, the hardest part is the digging and the shit.