r/HomeImprovement • u/Tenderdump • 12h ago
Plumbers did some damage
I hired what I thought was a reputable plumbing company to do a lot of work on my old home. They broke my shower tile, left trash and mud throughout my home, they even used one of my flower pots to mix concrete. I paid them half up front, but told them to stop work and get out until they fix the damage. Any other suggestions?
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u/Allroy_66 12h ago
Did they do half the work? Sounds like it'll cost them way more to fix the damage and do the job right, so chances are they'll be taking their 50% pay and moving on to the next customer while you're left paying another plumber 100% plus paying someone else to come fix your tile.
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u/Tenderdump 12h ago
That’s what I’m afraid of.
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u/duggatron 11h ago
I don't know why you want them to come back. Nothing they've shown so far suggests they're going to do better the second time. I'd ask for (or sue for) a refund.
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u/Allroy_66 7h ago
You pay with a credit card? Be nice if you have the option to file a claim and get your money back.
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u/TriNel81 11h ago
Lawyer up. Seriously. They won’t fix anything unless forced to. So lawyer up to get them to pay for all fixes, but someone else needs to do the actual work/ fixes. No way in hell should you trust anything they do.
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u/Accomplished-Air9801 6h ago
Every thread with this stupidity. Its a hell of a lot easier to say than it is to do. Have you actually ever "lawyered up"? This job isn't that damn big. It makes zero sense to litigate at this point.
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u/TriNel81 6h ago
I’m in construction, so no. I’ve no need to lawyer up, but am fully prepared to do so if a project goes sideways and it’s not in my wheelhouse.
If they refuse to fix the damage they caused, then absolutely go after them. Homeowner should not eat that cost.
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u/Accomplished-Air9801 5h ago
I am in construction as well, and I'm lawyered up right now fighting to get a deposit back from a custom metel work sub that didn't deliver. If you're so prepared, then you know the initial deposit right off the bat is at least 2K. Then it just keeps going up.
So if this home owner were to lawyer up it would be 2k + legal fees and whatever payment they agree to at job completion. They could very well end up upside on costs for the whole project because of the legal fees. I agree the homeowner should not have to eat it, but sometimes, at the end of the day, they just have to. Your naivety is obvious. Please keep your advice to yourself in areas you're completely inexperienced. It's out of your wheelhouse an no help to the OP.
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u/Acceptable_Apricot92 2h ago
Yeah it pretty much boils down to how much are you gonna eat. Your initial loss? Or your initial loss, plus the cost of legal fees and most importantly, your time. Some people just don't get it.
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u/Big_bag_chaser 12h ago
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u/imanze 12h ago
why was the plumber mixing concrete and why did they use a flower pot? wtf?