Who is entitled to pay for the plumbing charges?

Dec 24th, 2019 3:46 pm

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AnmolB72301 [OP]: Newbie; Dec 23, 2019; 2 posts; 1 upvote

Dec 24th, 2019 3:46 pm

Who is entitled to pay for the plumbing charges?

Two days ago my kitchen sink of the basement I am tenant of got clogged for some reason. The location it got clogged was where pipe from my basement joined with pipe from landlord upstairs. So, whenever they were draining anything in their kitchen sink it was all coming up my kitchen sink and getting overflown. Hence, me and the landlord were both unable to use the kitchen sink for two days.

They called the plumber to take care of the issue the day after. Which was taken care of and the plumber stated that there was a massive food clog after the junction on two pipes (about 25 feet ahead of my kitchen u-bend).

Now they are pinning it on me that it got clogged because of us. so we pay for the fixes, which I denied as it the landlord's responsibility and nothing happened on our side either. So I am just doing a sanity check that I am not entitled to pay for any fixes, right?

For the record, there is no lease agreement whatsoever. Its just a plain first of the month rental scheme.

tl;dr: Kitchen pipes got clogged after the junction of pipes from the basement that I am renting and the landlord upstairs. Am I even obligated to pay anything for the repair? since, its landlord's responsibility to get it fixed.

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Dec 24th, 2019 7:47 pm

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hoponpop: Temp. Banned; Dec 18, 2009; 1710 posts; 909 upvotes; Toronto

Dec 24th, 2019 7:47 pm

The landlord is entirely responsible.

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Dec 24th, 2019 8:05 pm

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Red_Army: Deal Fanatic; Oct 15, 2007; 5154 posts; 2576 upvotes

Dec 24th, 2019 8:05 pm

Landlord, always

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. - Andre Gide

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Dec 24th, 2019 8:34 pm

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antigua1999: Deal Fanatic; Jun 11, 2005; 8545 posts; 2321 upvotes; Mississauga

Dec 24th, 2019 8:34 pm

Tell him to go pound salt. Landlord`s resonsibility

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Dec 24th, 2019 8:55 pm

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Hugh Jass: Deal Guru; Mar 8, 2002; 12354 posts; 3582 upvotes; GTA

Dec 24th, 2019 8:55 pm

Hilarious

100% scummy landlord

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Dec 25th, 2019 9:15 am

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FrancisBacon: Deal Addict; May 12, 2014; 2895 posts; 2631 upvotes; Montreal

Dec 25th, 2019 9:15 am

Red_Army wrote: ↑ Landlord, always

Just curious if you're saying this because it's impossible to determine who is at fault (so tenant gets the benefit of the doubt, obviously).

But would you also say this if the pipe was clogged in a place that could only come from the rented unit, by a thing that should not have been flushed/sent down (plastic knife, whig, toy, ...)?

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Dec 25th, 2019 1:28 pm

#7

JEDI Force: Sr. Member; Feb 25, 2004; 933 posts; 414 upvotes; Longueuil

Dec 25th, 2019 1:28 pm

Landlord, you simply rent

Try not! Do or do not, there is no try...

Dec 25th, 2019 2:42 pm

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Red_Army: Deal Fanatic; Oct 15, 2007; 5154 posts; 2576 upvotes

Dec 25th, 2019 2:42 pm

FrancisBacon wrote: ↑ Just curious if you're saying this because it's impossible to determine who is at fault (so tenant gets the benefit of the doubt, obviously).

But would you also say this if the pipe was clogged in a place that could only come from the rented unit, by a thing that should not have been flushed/sent down (plastic knife, whig, toy, ...)?

Well of course,this wasn’t the case here though

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. - Andre Gide

Dec 25th, 2019 3:22 pm

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TrevorK: Deal Expert; Aug 2, 2001; 16645 posts; 6899 upvotes

Dec 25th, 2019 3:22 pm

If I am reading this right the landlord lives above you. The landlord called the plumber. And the plumber is expecting you to pay their bill?

Seems pretty scummy for the landlord to have the plumber try to force you to pay. The landlord pays the plumber. The landlord can attempt, if legal, to seek reimbursement from you. To me if it's a shared drain they have to establish who was at fault. Good luck with that - that would be next to impossible.

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Dec 26th, 2019 12:33 am

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Carcross: Banned; Dec 17, 2019; 136 posts; 71 upvotes

Dec 26th, 2019 12:33 am

Entitled means privilege. Should be obligatec

Dec 26th, 2019 7:38 pm

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MrFrugal1: Deal Addict; Jan 2, 2012; 3647 posts; 2599 upvotes; KINGSTON,ON

Dec 26th, 2019 7:38 pm

It cracks me up when landlords try and pull off this kind of thing.
Tell him/her to take a flying f*** at the moon. And also to them to stop dumping grease down the drain.