4 unit sewer main backed up!! Bill tenant??

[Matthew Silvestri]

Hey everybody! This morning I woke up to the joyous image (and smell) of my basement drains puking sewer water into my basement... I live in a 4 unit and long story short let the tenants know, shut the water off, shop vacc’d as much water as I could and called roto rooter. In two hours the plumber was over working his magic and now all is well, for the most part.

What I am wondering is if I can forward the bill the one tenant that said he thinks his girlfriend poured two pans of grease down the drain last night. I asked a few friends and it seems obvious that it’s his fault but it’s not like I could prove it, we all share the same drain. I’m not sure what to do.

I jut figured I would reach out to all the cool experienced folks out there that have dealt with a similar situation and ask what they would do/ have done. (Or what they would have done different?)

Thanks for reading!