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/diy/ - Do It Yourself

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any landlords on /diy/? Im a renter and my washer busted and dumped water all over the kitchen floor. I didnt notice any actual damage until we were walking on the tiles and they cracked, so we pulled up the loose tiles and noticed all the damage underneath. Me and my roommate are broke college students, I don't have money to replace the washer let alone pay to replace all the flooring (40-50? sq ft area). Am I liable to pay for this, or would this fall under the landlords homeowner's insurance? It happened last week and we haven't told the landlord yet.

I went over the lease and there's not anything clear about who's liable if a tenants appliance causes damage.

>> No.1702313

>>1702310
If it was a hot water heater or sink then I you are not liable. Because it is your washer I think you would be liable. Basically fix it yourself enough so no one notices when you leave. Say nothing.

>> No.1702317

>>1702313
This is an idea that I had, which is why some of the sub flooring is torn up because I was curious how many layers there were underneathe.

>> No.1702321

>>1702317
It is just tile adhesive. The damaged wood is only a small part and easily fixed very cheaply.

The cracked tiles are your biggest problem.

>> No.1702323

>>1702321
So if I were to do it myself should I just cut out an outline of the subfloor along the tile, throw some extra framing against the joists and put plywood down? The subfloor is my biggest concern, I know how to lay tile and the city I live in has a lot of tile places, I'm sure I could find a close match

>> No.1702391

>>1702310
Who put tile on plywood? This is beyond Mexican.

>> No.1702417

>>1702323
Sounds like you're making extra work for yourself. Don't bother to fix it right it wasn't done right to begin with which is why it cracked so easily. Whether or not you fix it dude is going to try and keep your security deposit.

>> No.1702464

>>1702391
This.

Tile isn't to be installed over plywood, everyone knows this. His work is shit, and his washer had been leaking and his shit work failed for exactly the reason you aren't supposed to do that. It's not your problem. He needs to fix it.

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1702617

>>1702391
>>1702417
>>1702464
you anons are probably right, but I just said fuck it and did the job anyway cause I don't want to deal with retarded liability arguments with the landlord or other annoying bullshit. It was quick and sloppy, my grout lines are gonna be shit cause the replacement tiles were slightly bigger and I didn't feel like trimming an 1/8 off of each one. All in all it cost me $100 in materials and 8 hours of my time, 4 of them spent searching store to store for a close enough match. I'm just going to tell myself I made the right choice

>> No.1702618

>>1702310
>my washer busted and dumped water all over the kitchen floor
>front load washer
>it leaked
everyone is surprised

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1702621

>>1702617
It's fine - don't worry about it.

>> No.1702678

>>1702617
That doesn't look bad. As a landlord I would want to hear about the damage. You would have had to cut floor joist to floor joist so you probably would have to have had removed more tiles. It didnt come out looking too bad. As long as the sub floor doesn't feel like it's going to cave in and that wood wasn't soft like you'd fall through it's fine and no one is going to notice