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Blocked sink, water under floorboards - help!

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  • 24-01-2012 11:25pm
    #1
    PinkRed
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭


    Hi,

    I moved into my own flat three months ago, it has just been renovated. My kitchen sink has been backed up the last few days, I've tried a drain unblocker and it did nothing so I've been plunging away to beat the band!
    This has been moving the water but apparently it has been moving it into my floorboards.....
    I can hear the water slushing under the floorboards when I walk on them (they're a laminate wood) and the flat has problems with damp as it is.

    Any suggestions for what I can do??
    I hate to feel so useless but I haven't the first idea and don't want to be running to the landlord if it's a simple solution (he was hesitant to let to a single twenty something woman as it was...:mad:)


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    aujopimur
    Registered Users Posts: 3,953 ✭✭✭aujopimur


    At this stage you have no choice other than to call your LL, with water under the flooring it's uninhabitable


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    John Mason
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 10,661 ✭✭✭✭John Mason


    get a plumber now.:eek:

    if you have laminate floor, it is probably destroyed beyond repair now never mind all the other damage the water is doing


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    Outkast_IRE
    Registered Users Posts: 7,516 ✭✭✭Outkast_IRE


    get onto landlord ASAP


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    PinkRed
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭PinkRed


    Oh Jaysus, I thought it was bad but really didn't want to over-react!
    Thanks a million for the feedback, I'll get on to him first thing!


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    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,299 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    PinkRed wrote: »
    my own flat
    Does anyone live underneath you? :eek: :pac:


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    PinkRed
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭PinkRed


    Nope, ground floor flat - every cloud etc! :rolleyes:


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    John Mason
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 10,661 ✭✭✭✭John Mason


    PinkRed wrote: »
    Nope, ground floor flat - every cloud etc! :rolleyes:

    not when your skirting boards and doors warp and will need to be replaced.


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