Right, so any of the pipes in the walls are strata responsibility.
If you have a blocked drain and your PM sends a plumber, and it turns out the blockage is past the section of your responsibility (ie a strata problem), who pays for the plumber?
I got a call today about an IP sink not draining. I am pretty close so I ducked over to check it out myself rather than get a plumber. I drained it out and there was no blockage before the main pipe behind the wall (so not my responsibility), so I got the PM to sort it out with strata.
There is a potential for flooding though. The pipe is blocked below my IP, so when people above send water down, it actually fills up the main pipe, then flows into my pipes and flows up into my sink. So with enough water from above it could overflow....
I am guessing strata insurance covers such eventualities? I have my own insurance anyway but still.
If you have a blocked drain and your PM sends a plumber, and it turns out the blockage is past the section of your responsibility (ie a strata problem), who pays for the plumber?
I got a call today about an IP sink not draining. I am pretty close so I ducked over to check it out myself rather than get a plumber. I drained it out and there was no blockage before the main pipe behind the wall (so not my responsibility), so I got the PM to sort it out with strata.
There is a potential for flooding though. The pipe is blocked below my IP, so when people above send water down, it actually fills up the main pipe, then flows into my pipes and flows up into my sink. So with enough water from above it could overflow....
I am guessing strata insurance covers such eventualities? I have my own insurance anyway but still.
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