On April 30, 2009 the kitchen sink backed up. I called American Home Shield for service. They sent out Air Pro Master (Plumbing License #64853). The "technician" said there was no clean-out (there was) so he tried to snake the drain from underneath the sink, he broke the pipe then left after collecting $60.00 for a service fee.
I called American Home Shield to get the pipe repaired. They sent out Union Plumbing (License #43524-A) who came out and cosmetically repaired the pipe on May 1, 2009.

On May 2, 2009 I noticed water seeping from the exterior wall where the pipe was located. I called American Home Shield. They said they were waiting for an estimate from Union Plumbing. On May 7, 2009 Jeremiah from American Home Shield called me and said they would fix the pipe but I would have to pay $470.00 to have a clean-out installed.
I explained that there was a clean-out there and offered to send a picture of the existing clean-out, they said they did not want to see the picture and could only go by what the technician from Union Plumbing said. I said fine, I need my drain fixed so I would pay for it. American Home Shield said someone would be in contact with me to set up an appointment to complete the repair.

Ideal Services (License Numbers 66194, 52151A, 68097) called and said American Home Shield had assigned the job to them and someone would be at my house by 6:00 PM on Friday May 8, 2009. They never showed up.
I called American Home Shield on the evening of Friday May 8, 2009, they said someone would be out on Monday May 11, 2009. The plumber from Ideal Services finally showed up on Monday May 11, 2009. He said there was no clean-out, I showed him the clean-out. He said it was not up to code and it would cost $400.00 to install a new one. I said fine, I just need to use my kitchen.
The plumber returned on Tuesday May 12, 2009. He proceeded to knock a hole in my exterior wall and completely broke off the pipe and existing clean-out. He said he would return on Thursday May 14, 2009 to finish the job.
In the meantime I called the City of Las Vegas Development Services Center to inquire about the Plumbing Code. The inspector told me that the only requirement is that the clean-out be accessible without opening a wall, which it was.

On Wednesday May 13, 2009 I received a call from Matthew of American Home Shield who stated that they were going to send me a check for $1, 365.00 and that I would have to find my own plumber, and that was all they would do.

I called Ideal Services on Wednesday May 13, 2009 to confirm the appointment for Thursday May 14, 2009, they said I was "good to go" and they would be at my house to complete the repair on Thursday May 14, 2009. By 10:30 AM no one had showed up. I called Ideal Services who said since I had taken the cash out from American Home Shield the job would cost at least $1, 200.00 and they did not want to complete the work and suggested I call another plumber.
As of May 14, 2009 I have hole in the wall of my house, I cannot use my kitchen and the best estimate I have gotten for the repair is a minimum of $1300.00 which does not include repairing the wall.