Please urgent help required!

BitterAndTwisted

The water leaking to downstairs will not be caused by the plughole being slightly blocked. Do not be bullied into believing that this is your responsibility. It is not.

The blocked plughole is your responsibility to resolve but that is not causing the leak.

Melaniep101

Probably best not to put any unblocker down the plughole until someone's been to have a look at it!

Sorry if that's stating the obvious OP...

Kerriw_2

pararct wrote: »

Did you allow the water to overflow the shower tray? If it has it will find a way through the floorboards and the ceiling plasterboards of the flat below. How were you using the shower? If you knew the waste to be blocked?

I had an instance once where the shower trap was cracked on the shoulder so the waste dripped into the void under the tray and eventually found its way through. Was a devil to find.

Request a plumber attend asap as they will get to the bottom of it.

What do you been by how was i using it? i showered and got out it was filling up slightly as the drain was blocked there is no visable cracking at all

Kerriw_2

Melaniep101 wrote: »

Probably best not to put any unblocker down the plughole until someone's been to have a look at it!

Sorry if that's stating the obvious OP...

No thats fine! was going to get some this weekend doesnt really explain the leak into downstairs and how that would be my fault?

BitterAndTwisted

Until the cause of the leak has been established it would be unwise to use the shower and risk causing even more flooding and damage to the downstairs neighbour.

Kerriw_2

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Until the cause of the leak has been established it would be unwise to use the shower and risk causing even more flooding and damage to the downstairs neighbour.

Completly agree until it has been resolved would be very stupid idea i am just worried about this women at the letting agency trying to say i may be liable

Melaniep101

Kerriw wrote: »

Completly agree until it has been resolved would be very stupid idea i am just worried about this women at the letting agency trying to say i may be liable

Don't let her bully you into thinking it's your fault. If there was no water sloshing over the sides of the shower tray onto the floor, then you can't accept the blame for the leak. Letting agents can push their luck sometimes! Just be assertive with her.

RAS

It is not your fault, please get that in your head.

There is a fault with the plumbing, which needs sorting out,.

Write to the LA, preferably copying in the LL and tell them that you have not been flooding the bathroom and the only way that water can be leaking into the downstairs flat is if there is a fault with the plumbing or the sealant on the shower is faulty and that you need them to send a plumber.

Point out that since this means that you cannot use the shower until the repair is done, you expect very prompt action.
And write, do not ring or e-mail, because if there is a dispute later, you need written evidence.

tbs624

Ts are obliged to flag up any potential repairs/maintenance issues at the earliest opportunity. OP - why did you carry on using the shower even though you knew there was an issue with drainage?

LL is responsible for drains etc and would usually look to his/her insurance policy for events such as this, but can also look to T for recompense if there are actions ( using something which needs checking out/reporting) ) or omissions ( failing to report , not removing earbuds, soap gunge, hair build up, grease etc from u-bends and so on) on their part which have contributed to the problem.

Hopefully it will turn out to be a loose pipe or something similar but learn from the experience and report potential repairs/maint issues promptly *in writing*, keeping a copy with your tenancy papers. It's called "covering your behind"

Kerriw_2

tbs624 wrote: »

Ts are obliged to flag up any potential repairs/maintenance issues at the earliest opportunity. OP - why did you carry on using the shower even though you knew there was an issue with drainage?

LL is responsible for drains etc and would usually look to his/her insurance policy for events such as this, but can also look to T for recompense if there are actions ( using something which needs checking out/reporting) ) or omissions ( failing to report , not removing earbuds, soap gunge, hair build up, grease etc from u-bends and so on) on their part which have contributed to the problem.

Hopefully it will turn out to be a loose pipe or something similar but learn from the experience and report potential repairs/maint issues promptly *in writing*, keeping a copy with your tenancy papers. It's called "covering your behind"

i didnt relaise i am expected to call them everytime there is a build up of hair, just to remove it myself (which i was going to do this weekend have only been there a few weeks have not let it build up for months on end and no idea why i would have earbuds down there)

I had sent an email a few weeks ago to say there is an issue with plumbing (the shower barely works as it is only dribbles anyway)