I can't believe this is happening
I opened my emails to find I am being billed by Housing for quite large amounts for the plumbing visits for a blockage that wasn't my fault.
It's true that I am the one who requested the plumbers and eventually because they could not resolve the problem a video camera was deployed. This resulted in the quite large blockage of cooking grease, paper towels, baby wipes and tree roots being removed from a CRACKED sewer pipe.
None of the blockage was caused by me, and I'm the one who had to put up with a bathroom floor covered in stinking sewage without access to my shower, my toilet and my washing machine for several days.
I shouldn't have to pay for that. I have contacted my local MP and also emailed Housing that I shouldn't have to and won't be paying those bills.
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I wonder how many people know they are endangering their sewer pipes with cooking grease, paper towels and baby wipes. Grease I would never tip into the sink, but paper towels and cotton wool I often dropped into the toilet :(
ReplyDeleteHels; I have no idea how many put such things down the toilets, but I do know most people here don't, they are all older and know better. Paper towels and cottonwool should NEVER go down the toilet, paper towels are not designed to disintegrate like toilet paper does.
DeleteNo, no, no. You pay your rent and you aren't responsible for costs. Your landlord is responsible, in your case the housing authority. It is very cheeky that you received a bill, and I wonder how many people would just pay it, when they should not.
ReplyDeleteAndrew; I have received two bills, the larger one being for the use of the video camera. The original reason for the blockage, as with most blockages here is the cracked sewer pipe allowing tree roots to enter. That most certainly isn't my fault and if the cracked pipes were replaced instead of repeatedly reamed out by plumbers we wouldn't have to call for plumbers so often. I hope others also refuse to pay, but assume they probably just pay up.
DeleteYou should not be billed for this work. You reported it, you didn't cause it.
ReplyDeletejabblog; I reported it and requested the plumbers, but I certainly did not cause it, though I had to suffer the stinking mess coming up through my floor drain.
DeleteIt sounds like bureaucracy at work. Hopefully it will all get straightened out in your favor!
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