Andy Kaye
How to lock the sink drain plug so that it cannot overflow?
I bought a cheapo bathroom sink from Home Depot, and noticed that the sink lacks an overflow drain. So if someone depresses the drain plug, water can fill up and flood the bathroom.Is there a way to lock the drain plu...
Hiro Kitagawa
Tenants caused damage to another property, has no insurance
Hi all. I have a rental property in the sate of Kentucky. The tenants in my condo (upper unit) left the water running while filling a bathtub, resulting in water leaking into the downstairs condo.My tenant has $300K l...
Brian Garlington
IS the tenant responsible for this? If so....can I charge her or?
I have a tenant that just moved into one of my rental properties (a condo) last month and now water damage has occurred from the upstairs bathtub that has caused water to come through the ceiling that is visible from ...
Melissa R.
Who's Responsible for Flooding Damage - Toilet Overflow?
Hi all,I'm putting this out to the community for thoughts because this is a first for me as the landlord/manager of a small (< 800sf) San Francisco condo rental. The toilet tank in the condo unit overflowed and wa...
Dustin Hood
Multiple AC drain line clogs and overflows
Hey guys, I own 45 units, mostly small multi family, so I’m very accustomed to dealing with AC drain line clogs, backing up, drain pans overflowing etc. I basically keep a shop vac and fans in the back of my truck at ...
Elizabeth Turner
Overflow of Toilet Displacement and Landlord Responsibility
The pipes in a rental home got clogged due to tree roots, which caused one of the two toilets to overflow. Since this involved sewage, I had to call a mitigation company. The water ended up affecting the closet in one...
Jamie Powers
Tenant plumbing damage - who is responsible?
Hello all,I have some tenants who recently clogged the upstairs toilet. In the process they broke the flushing handle and they had an overflow where the water flowed through the ceiling and caused some damage in the c...
Gregory Flores, Jr.
Morrison Colorado Contractor Needed for Water Damage to Bathroom
Hi everyone,My business partner had some guests from L.A. over this weekend, and they proceeded to destroy his bathroom. Too much paper was flushed causing water leakage along the piping, which flooded the bathroom fl...
Hunter Copp
Tenant causes water to leak through ceiling
I have just repair an issue with the upstairs toilet that led for the overflow to leak through the ceiling and into the downstairs living room. The tenant had placed baby wipes and other things down it causing a massi...
Tanya H.
Tenant did not notify of issue, now a problem
I have a tenant who moved in to one of my patio homes in July. This morning she notified me that 2nd floor toilet for the 2nd bathroom overflowed yesterday and leaked to the ceiling on the first floor around a light ...