All Forum Posts by: Tammy Karas

A landlord who won't deal with a problem this serious deserves what he gets. There's a clear problem here. If they're pulling up "grass", which is really probably roots, its not a problem caused by the tenants. My guess would be clay sewer pipe that has shifted and let roots in. I've replaced two of those in the past few years, and a third one is looming.

That is exactly what it is. On Thursday a crew came out and dug three separate holes and cut 3 separate holes to find the blockage. Finally the "roots" were found shortly before the connection to the city sewer lines under a big tree.

Thanks for all of your comments.

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Originally posted by Ed O.:

A broken underground sewer pipe in the yard, is causing a puddle outside for days? If a temp fix is to snake it out until he can get bids and get it done correctly, I think you're way too aggressive in your approach. It's not like a dead A/C that can be fixed in 30 minutes. A lot of work goes into digging and replacing a broken pipe.
Did you ever think about keep your animals away from the problem in the yard? This should be common sense.
Why not work out a deal to move early and leave things on good terms. Work out a deal, such that you get your deposit back at move out, and start looking?

Do you blame the guy for snaking it out to see if perhaps there's a simpler solution? Landlords can't always fix things at the snap of someone's fingers. If your lease is up, I'd move. I can't side with the other investors here and encourage you to try and make an example out of your landlord.

Sometimes a line may need to get snaked twice, because the first guy didn't do a good job.

Okay. I have kept my animals away from it but they were exposed to it the first day we found it. I have put up temporary fencing to keep them out of the yard, but reality is when you have 2 German Shepherds that can easily jump a 4 ft standard fence it's hard. I have already invested $300 of my own money in preventive measures.

I am really hard on them because this has gone on for over 30 days. Since this is common sense to you, tell how long is a reasonable time?

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The landlord knows about it. The problem is he keeps sending his own maintenance crew out and the run a snake down the line and pull out nothing but grass. Then the back up stops for a few days and them happens again. This has been going on for over a month now. We have animals and I think that this is making them sick. We are at the end of our lease as well.

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I have a broken sewer pipe and is creating a lake in my yard. Landlord has known for days now. Is there any recourse for no action? :shoot:

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