Who would fix an outside blocked drain???

Question

in a rented house?

would it be a plumber?

Answer 1

It's a plumbers job, but your Landlord should pay for the job unless your negligence caused the blockage.

Answer 2

a plumber yes but your landlord should take care of it

Answer 3

You don't say where the blocked drain is? Is it by the house or is it in a drive / garden area? Is it taking rain water or sink waste?

If it is just the gully, stop messing around. Lift the grid get your hand down it and clear out the trap!

If the house is pebble dashed, could be build up of stones etc. If it hasn't got a lid could be leaves or anything else that could have blown into it.

If it is from the sink / washing machine / dishwasher could be build up of grease and other crud. Either way, it can be cleared in the time it has taken me to type this!

Answer 4

Your landlord surely. It's his problem.

Answer 5

If you are insured then call your insurance company and they will send you a plumber within 48 hours.  Try putting drainex and see if that works.

Answer 6

a plumber or general builder there are even speclists to do this sort of work, just try looking in the phone book

Answer 7

A plumber, a sanitary engineer or a drain specialist.  Look in the yellow pages and you'll probably find some firms that describe themselves as all 3.

Answer 8

If you rent from the council or housing association then contact them. If privately rented contact your landlord. If he does nothing it will then depend on what drain is blocked.

You have 3 sets of drain tunnels sort of - personal drains - Garden drains and street drains.

Personal drains (from your house to the garden tunnel) these are your responsibility - call a plumber and be prepared to pay.

Garden drains connect your house and about 5 others. If your property is less than 10 years old these are also up to you and your neighbours to pay for. You can contact environmental health and they will send letters out to your neighbours to try and get it sorted if not they will work out where the problem is and enforce that person to fix it. If they are over 10 years I think they become the responsibility of the local water authority.

Street drains belong to your local water authority.

Hope that is right and helps you out - if you are still unsure contact environmental health at your local council.

Answer 9

what is in your rental contract.  If you have specific words regarding the plumbing and what you do and what the landlord does, that's what should happen.

Answer 10

Contact the landlord. he should be responsible

Answer 11

if your house was built before 1927 the waterboard should do it free of charge,or check your household insurance you may be covered if you pay break down insurance,if niether of these its about £70.

Answer 12

Depending on where you live and your signed contract. In most states it's the responsibility of the property manager/ owner to have this problem corrected at no cost to you unless you have poured inferior things down the drain or drove a heavy truck or piece of machinery over the pipe which crushed it.

Check your rental agreement!!