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Should landlord pay for blockage

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  • sparky130a
    sparky130a Posts: 660 Forumite
    brocq_18 wrote: »
    Would it be sensible to negotiate with the LL due to the fact the pipe is within the kitchen and this caused a number of fixing issues. I mean half a grand is ludicrous surely..

    How do you know this is the cause?
  • Cakeguts
    Cakeguts Posts: 7,627 Forumite
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    brocq_18 wrote: »
    Would it be sensible to negotiate with the LL due to the fact the pipe is within the kitchen and this caused a number of fixing issues. I mean half a grand is ludicrous surely..

    No. The fact that the pipes are in the kitchen doesn't alter the other fact that someone in you household has been flushing something down the toilet that has blocked the pipes. If that person in your household had only flushed toilet paper and !!!! down the toilet then the pipes would not have been blocked in the first place. You are lucky that it is only the pipes in the kitchen that are blocked if the drain is shared you could have blocked all the neighbour's drains as well.

    So who in your household is flushing "toiletries" down the toilet?
  • brocq_18
    brocq_18 Posts: 31 Forumite
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    You may assume John was at fault.

    The plumber had to go home and come back due to not having the required tools on the first occasion as he could not access the pipes. We were in the kitchen when he open the wall to access it. This clearly is a contributing factor to the cost.
  • Cakeguts
    Cakeguts Posts: 7,627 Forumite
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    brocq_18 wrote: »
    You may assume John was at fault.

    The plumber had to go home and come back due to not having the required tools on the first occasion as he could not access the pipes. We were in the kitchen when he open the wall to access it. This clearly is a contributing factor to the cost.

    John has to ask you all nicely if you wouldn't mind chipping in to pay his bill with the plumber. To get to a blockage in my drain that you couldn't rod out you would have to dig the drive up. Which would John prefer to pay for a hole in a wall or a hole in a drive?
  • KILL_BILL
    KILL_BILL Posts: 2,183 Forumite
    silvercar wrote: »
    Problem is in shared houses, it is hard to find out who is the one that is not behaving in a tenant like manner.


    get CCTV to identify the culprit !:rotfl::rotfl:
  • always_sunny
    always_sunny Posts: 8,314 Forumite
    edited 26 April 2017 at 9:41PM
    brocq_18 wrote: »
    You may assume John was at fault.

    The plumber had to go home and come back due to not having the required tools on the first occasion as he could not access the pipes. We were in the kitchen when he open the wall to access it. This clearly is a contributing factor to the cost.

    Usually toilets get blocked when improper items are flushed, that is the most likely cause.
    Have you asked the plumber/LL for a reason of the blockage?

    The fact he had to access the pipes through the kitchen, etc is really irrelevant if the root cause is improper use of the toilet. Believe it or not but many flats (especially old, converted) are not designed with easy access pipes in case folks flush odd things...
    EU expat working in London
  • sparky130a
    sparky130a Posts: 660 Forumite
    Pipework is rarely the problem. Especially in flats/shared houses. Gravity simply doesn't lie.

    90 degree bends and unsolicited items do.
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    KILL_BILL wrote: »
    get CCTV to identify the culprit !:rotfl::rotfl:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPLrNWAsBWU
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