Can a dishonest plumber sabotage my pipes?

MarthaM

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If a plumber is dishonest and comes here to root out my main line, can he sabotage my line while he's doing that, so that it clogs up far more than it did before? Are there ways that some of them know, to do that?

Because I have a suspicion.
 
Highly unlikely...

Things that he cut may have moved down and packed tighter.

It was happening about once a year, now it's been once a week, for the last 3 weeks after this guy rooted the line.
 
I think it highly unlikely that there has been any sabotage to your lines. More likely there are some problems within the pipe. It would suggest that you have a camera inspection done so you can actual see what is going on.
 
No...with root intrusion the pipe eventually becomes broken and as time goes by will totally fail to the point where it needs to be dug up and repaired or replaced...you sound like you are at that point...
 
Honey, the whole world can be dishonest. My question is, are you still using the same guy?
If you are, why ? Their is more than one plumber in the world.
 
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Now there can be a couple things going on.

If there is a degradation of the pipes it will need to be dug and repaired. I had a home owner we used to power rod their sewer once every two years. Then out of the blue it started to clog every month. This was before they had cameras for sewers. We located the trouble spot dug down, turned out the cast iron line that was outside the house had corroded and clay was washing into the ling causing the stoppages.

Now another instance I had a home owner that we rodded the sewer every two years to remove tree roots. It too started to clog more often in this case almost weekly. But this time the blockage was not outside like it used to be, and there where no tree roots. I asked her if she recently changed toilet papers. She did she bought a huge bag of the extra soft paper, she used to use Scotts. Told her any toilet paper that says new and improved is evil. She switched back to a normal paper, and things are back on schedule.

So if your sewer is backing up chronically,(more than once a year) it just means the problem has gotten worse or its the paper. You will need to get the line televised after the next rodding, to inspect the pipe and locate the problem spot.
 
I would also agree that further degredation of the line is a good possibility.

The camera inspection is an excellent suggestion...

What you see is what you got!
Witness the inspection.
 
I would also agree that further degredation of the line is a good possibility.

The camera inspection is an excellent suggestion...

What you see is what you got!
Witness the inspection.

When ever I televise a sewer I do it with out a VCR hooked up and show the home owner we are live. Shoot the line show them the issues or lack off, then I ask them if the wish for me to make a tape. Also instead of all this new fangled character generators (old school term for a computer that puts words and such on video) I grab me a big old note pad and a large black marker and write neatly the address home owners name and the date and time I am putting the camera in the sewer, I hold the camera focused on that for 20 seconds or so then shoot the line. Below is what a camara can tell you about your sewer.

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He cannot sabotage the line so it stops up more frequently, but he can do an inadequate job of cleaning it which WILL cause that problem. But why would he want to do it, unless you are paying him every time he comes out? In which case I have a problem with you AND him.
 
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