A day ago, the whole of the peninsula reportedHome maintenanceHow deep is the “water”?”, with thousands of dollars in small waterproof areas in the bathroom and thousands of dollars in short, and maintenance users calling “failible”. The report raises concerns. Some citizens even say that consumers will meet once they're not careful."The emerald assassinI'm sorry。
Similar construction frauds have taken place throughout the country in recent years. In addition to filing complaints with the authorities, such as the regulation of the market, the defrauded employers also choose to call the police. In july 2025, the public prosecutor's office of the zingan district of shanghai filed a public prosecution in one case, and in october of the same year, three persons were sentenced to prison for leaking “high pressure plating”. In the face of increasing price volatility behind home maintenance, nine ministries, including the ministry of commerce and the national development and reform commission, issued a letter on 13 july this year requiring domestic maintenance enterprises to be priced clearly for consumers。
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Mr. Qi, who saw the report, contacted al jazeera correspondent (0532-96663), stating that he, like mr. Tung, had been subjected to “apostille assassin”。
Two months ago, mr. Qi had a leak in his bathroom, and he contacted a family claiming to do itWaterproof bathroomsThe company. The company quickly sent two maintenance staff to the house and, after a simple test, the other party claimed that there was a problem with the waterproof floor of mr. Qi's bathroom. The maintenance staff then punched the floor。
“the water protection company at the time offered $126 per pound of glue and falsely claimed that it might have been three or five pounds of glue or seven or eight pounds.” mr. Qi said, "who would have thought that the high-pressure accelerator, under their control, would have been 32 pounds in minutes."
Cheap bulk anti-water glue sold high-pressure guns. Price
Faced with a high cost of $4032, mr. Qi was unable to accept that only half the cost would have been paid, and the dispute between the parties lasted half a day, and mr. Qi eventually paid $3,700。
However, the $3,700 did not quickly address the problem of floor seepage. It was only four times that the maintenance staff came to the door that the leak was blocked。
“a water-proofing company falsely claims to use less rubber to gain consumer confidence before pressing the glue, which is typical of the `apostille assassin'.” mr. Qi said that the price of glue was high, that the employer could not control the amount of glue, and that as soon as the needle was inserted into the floor, the water protection company would have to pay you for the money。
Behind the apostrophe, it's a squeezing
Waterproofing of older leaks in toilets using adhesive glue has become the most common method used by water-resistant companies. Journalists entered “waterproof bathroom” on a random basis online, and on the web site a company phone or you left a phone or dialogue box。
Journalists contacted a number of water protection companies, almost all of which spoke with one voice, calling themselves a professional door-to-door test and then blocking it with glue. As to the requirements of whether the employer and the company could enter into a contract, whether the apostasy volume could be determined, and ensuring the impact of the leakage, all water-protecting companies stated that the aqueous aqueous volume depended on the circumstances。
Almost all of the water-repairing facilities use slurry
Can the area be priced against seepage? Many water protection companies have called it “non-geographical”。
The water protection company's keenness to “plug-in” is the consideration of the employer。
Prior to the adhesion, maintenance staff often offer low prices under the guise of three or two kilograms of “small amounts of glue”, but during the construction process the use of glue increases significantly, with the amount of glue running out of control, and ultimately the accounts are several times or even dozens more than expected. Even when employers who are consumers are surprised to question, they are often either forced or worried about leakage, which leads to payment。
The price of the note is by the pound
Refuse the "snock-to-six" trick
The “twixt twig” trick of construction fraud has taken place throughout the country in recent years. In shanghai, tianjin, wuhan, etc., there have even been absurd incidents of a 3 or 5 square metre toilet charge of tens of thousands or even tens of thousands. In addition to complaints to the market authorities, residents have no recourse to the police。
It's waterproofing
“some leaking cement floor apostilles are not effective.” a citizen who has been a sticker has told the journalist。
In response to the avocado seepage, the relevant officials of the china building and decoration association's domestic decoration and departmental industries branch stated that most of the materials used for formal “wall-free apostilles” were acrylate slurry. This material is often used in large-scale projects, such as tunnels, water, etc., and is generally not used in household leak maintenance. The vast majority of water protection agencies in the market are now “guerrillas”, and the injection of rubber onto the floors may damage the structure of the house, cause cracking and ageing and continue to leak. The most effective solution to the water-proofing problem is to remove the decorative layer and redo it。
The correct way for consumers to avoid fraud by repairing leakage is to set a maximum total price at the pre-construction level, enter into a written contract and indicate the branding of the material, the estimate of usage, and the term of quality assurance, and reject the “sick settlement” trick。
In the face of the growing price disorder behind home maintenance, nine ministries, including the ministry of commerce and the national development and reform commission, issued on 13 july this year a number of policy measures to promote quality development in domestic service, stipulating that domestic service providers price consumers with a coded price, and internet platform companies with price templates for operators within the platform, in compliance with the code and the banPrice fraudProvisions require。
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Looks like a professional “high-pressure glue” with a well-designed scam behind it. In shanghai, a citizen of the silent zone discovered a leak in the toilet and found an online repair team claiming to have been filled with “gel”. Prior to construction, the other party was expected to require 7 to 10 pounds of glue at $360 per pound at a total cost of about $2,000 to $3,000. The leader, xue, added “$14,000” to the total contract price bar. The more people think of being cheated, the more they pay $10,000 for maintenance, the more they call the police. A complaint was filed by the prosecutor's office of the zion district of shanghai, which uncovered the black trap of glue refilling。
It's waterproofing
Under the banner of “high-pressure glue”, the maintenance team drew on the consumer with a “reasonable offer” of several thousand dollars, immediately after which it “opened the lion” and paid both soft and hard。
In july 2025, the shanghai city public prosecutor's office of the zion district filed an indictment in this case. In october of the same year, the jianan district court sentenced xue to three years and nine months ' imprisonment and a fine of $20,000; nguyen a, to four years ' imprisonment and a fine of $30,000; and nguyen b, to three years ' imprisonment and a suspended sentence of five years and a fine of $20,000。
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