Advice: Plumber forgot to replace drain pipe of washer back.?

Question

I rent in a 2 family. After almost a year of hot water issues, finally the landlord replaced the water heater. Yay! On the day of my shoulder surgery cause i needed the shower to really work ok. I come home from surgery, next day use the washer in basement to wash the neck ice pack holder, and the basement floods 2" because the plumber had taken out the washer's drain pipe to drain water heater and didn't replace it.
Question: What do I do? I know either the landlord or the plumber they hired is responsible but with this shoulder surgery, I can't go digging and figuring out how much damage was done. Not now. And how do you put a value on non replaceable itmes from childhood, signed books, photos, stuff that I saved since I was 6. I am 54. Any advice on how to proceed would be extreemely helpful. Especially first steps like what to and not say to landlord. They own the house and live on the second floor. thanks for taking a stab at this. Also, I'm down there with my arm in a sling etc.

Answer 1

First contact the landlord and let him know what happened. He hired the plumber to do the work, so he(the landlord) is ultimately responsible. Next contact your insurance agent. They should send an adjuster to estimate the damage. If all of this fails, the plumber is required to maintain a certain amount of insurance, for problems, just like this, if he accepts money for representing himself as a plumber. If you have any problems, contact the state board of plumbing examiners, and file a complaint with them. I assure you, they will take your call seriously. Good luck, and God bless!

Answer 2

if all he did was leave the drain hose from the washing machine disconnected and all that would have been required to avoid the problem was to re-insert it. The finger could also be pointed at you. As far as insurance purposes, if you don't carry renters insurance, on top of having a bum shoulder you also don't have a leg to stand on. I carry property insurance on my properties, it covers me and only me, renters are responsible for their own insurance on their personal belongings. It's an unfortunate incident yes, but you'll have a hard time proving anyone was negligent. You can talk to the landlord but if it took him a year to fix a water heater, I wouldn't expect much from the discussion.

Answer 3

The landlord should have some type of insurance on the house, but it may not cover contents. I'm not sure how it works for rental housing. I'd bet his policy would have to cover contents. I'd go that route and let his insurance company settle it with the plumber.

Answer 4

Sorry to hearken to of your soreness. place a cost on your loses and then in Canada bypass to small claims court docket to work out in case you may get the prefer to work out it your way. After (if ) you're offered a court docket order against the Plumber or Landlord you should discover your man or woman thank you to collect the $. each and every each and every now and then existence in simple terms sucks!

Answer 5

Goodness-just call them or knock on the door and let them know what happened, and they can surely see that you can't get your stuff out of the water--and should volunteer to do it for you.

Answer 6

Call the guy who replace the heater, he is responsible.