[Lincolnparkdc] Lead pipe contractor reco
Lucia DiVenere
lucia.divenere at gmail.com
Fri Jun 7 14:29:35 EDT 2024
Hi all!
I highly recommend Thomas E. Clark plumbing for lead pipe replacement.
Ibraham and his crew.
They just completed mine. Took great care with my plantings, looks good as
before. Nice guys, quick, cleaned up. Very good experience.
On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 5:40 PM Roxanne Walker <rw99dc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi neighbors-
>
> We have an issue dating back to when DC Water was replacing lead pipes in
> the area with copper. After telling us they would only be digging a few
> inches away from the existing meter, t*hey dug a pit approximately 4x3x4
> feet. *This is half of our very small front garden. We lost many
> perennial plantings, most of which were 10-15 years old (hostas, lenten
> roses, anemones, ground cover, etc.).
>
> The hole was dug and work was completed on the day of the bomb cyclone --
> December 23, 2022. When we went to replant the perennials in the spring of
> 2023 we found (to our horror) that our 2-3 feet of improved soil and the
> clay that was below that had been taken away and *the hole was filled to
> the top with a concrete slurry mixture and gravel.*
>
> We contacted the contractor who sent a crew back to "fix" the issue. They
> scraped about six inches off the surface and filled it with what looked
> like concrete dust. One of the guys who came told me they use that material
> "so the hole settles evenly". When I pointed out that they had also taken
> out all the roots on one side of our 30-35 year old dogwood, and the tree
> could not grow into the concrete he said "they wouldn't have done that". We
> could not get them to return to excavate the hole and replace it with
> actual soil or even respond to further requests for help.
>
> A year and a half later, our poor dogwood appears to be dying and the pit
> remains filled with their junk. We have tried digging out the concrete
> gravel but realized after we filled one 5-gallon bucket we didn't know how
> to dispose of it. We got an estimate of $1,300 to dig out the pit and haul
> away the fill. That did not include filling the hole with soil. We can't
> afford that.
>
> If you've read this far, thanks, and here are our questions:
>
> - Does anyone know of a process for DC Water or the city to get this
> mess resolved?
> - Can we get damages for the lost plants, our lost 48 cubic feet of
> soil, the disposal of the fill, and, possibly, our dying dogwood tree? How?
> - How do homeowners get rid of 48 cubic feet of gravel/concrete?
>
> We just want to enjoy our little garden again.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> Roxanne, 14th and Mass SE
>
>
>
>
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