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Triforceofcourage

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My toilet for some reason over flowed by no fault of my own and the carpet got wet. They called a carpet guy to come dry the carpet and I think they are going to try and stick me with the bill. I tried to stop the water but the valve to turn it off didn't work. I am going to dispute them charging me but they really have the upper hand because they can just take it from my security deposit.

I am in Florida. Is there any state organization I can contact to help me deal with the landlord?
 
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Randum

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i think you can just drop by the local courthouse to be honest, but im not sure. you need to prove, obviously, the landlord was negligent somehow in not having it fixed...but also prove you did everything you could to help the situation..
 
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Not sure about FL....but I know that in TX and PA that they cannot take anything directly from your security deposit until you have vacated the premises. Also, carpet falls under one of those "normal wear and tear" clauses that they can't go after for unless there is very clear evidence that you were the one that actually did the damage and it wasn't at a level/age that needed to be replaced anyway.
 
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Originally posted by: Triforceofcourage
My toilet for some reason over flowed by no fault of my own ...
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What was the reason it overflowed?

 
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Triforceofcourage

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Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: Triforceofcourage
My toilet for some reason over flowed by no fault of my own ...
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What was the reason it overflowed?
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The valve to stop the water doesn't work so it over flowed. Isn't that their responsibility.
 
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Originally posted by: Triforceofcourage
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: Triforceofcourage
My toilet for some reason over flowed by no fault of my own ...
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What was the reason it overflowed?
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The valve to stop the water doesn't work so it over flowed. Isn't that their responsibility.
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Did you inform them of this problem? They can't fix something that they don't know about and thus it wouldn't be their fault at all.
 
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olds

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Originally posted by: Triforceofcourage
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: Triforceofcourage
My toilet for some reason over flowed by no fault of my own ...
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What was the reason it overflowed?
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The valve to stop the water doesn't work so it over flowed. Isn't that their responsibility.
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If you are talking about the ballcock, I would certainly think so.
 
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Shut off valve for the water into the tank or the ballcock within the tank.

If it was the ballcock, it would be your responsiblitiy - that is something you should have noticied with the water coninually running through the bowl.

If the shutoff valve, then it would be the landlord responsibility - however, you should have used the ballcock to shut off the water by hooking the float to the off position.

A single overflow should not be serious, continious overflowing would happen when you attempted to flush multiple times. - That is your responsiblity.
 
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Triforceofcourage

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Originally posted by: Common Courtesy
Shut off valve for the water into the tank or the ballcock within the tank.

If it was the ballcock, it would be your responsiblitiy - that is something you should have noticied with the water coninually running through the bowl.

If the shutoff valve, then it would be the landlord responsibility - however, you should have used the ballcock to shut off the water by hooking the float to the off position.

A single overflow should not be serious, continious overflowing would happen when you attempted to flush multiple times. - That is your responsiblity.
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It was the shut off valve and I only flushed once. The water just would not stop over flowing even though it was only one flush.
 
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Originally posted by: Triforceofcourage
Originally posted by: Common Courtesy
Shut off valve for the water into the tank or the ballcock within the tank.

If it was the ballcock, it would be your responsiblitiy - that is something you should have noticied with the water coninually running through the bowl.

If the shutoff valve, then it would be the landlord responsibility - however, you should have used the ballcock to shut off the water by hooking the float to the off position.

A single overflow should not be serious, continious overflowing would happen when you attempted to flush multiple times. - That is your responsiblity.
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It was the shut off valve and I only flushed once. The water just would not stop over flowing even though it was only one flush.
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that explanation makes no sense.
 
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For a well maintained and free flowing toilet, even if you flush multiple times it shouldn't cause overflow. Unless of course you throw paper towel in the toilet all the time and jammed up the drains.
 
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Triforceofcourage

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Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
Originally posted by: Triforceofcourage
Originally posted by: Common Courtesy
Shut off valve for the water into the tank or the ballcock within the tank.

If it was the ballcock, it would be your responsiblitiy - that is something you should have noticied with the water coninually running through the bowl.

If the shutoff valve, then it would be the landlord responsibility - however, you should have used the ballcock to shut off the water by hooking the float to the off position.

A single overflow should not be serious, continious overflowing would happen when you attempted to flush multiple times. - That is your responsiblity.
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It was the shut off valve and I only flushed once. The water just would not stop over flowing even though it was only one flush.
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that explanation makes no sense.
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that is what happened. I don't know any other way to explain it. I flushed once and the bowl was empty so I flushed again and then the water just would not stop flowing. I tried to use the shut off valve and it didn't work. After a few minutes of over flowing I remembered to try the ballcock and finally got it to stop. That is exactly what happened.
 
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The toilet would have to have been clogged for the bowl to overflow. Even if the water way running it would have just went into the tank and then thru the overflow port into the bowl and then into the sewer.

A clogged toilet caused this to happen. So now it is up to you to prove who clogged the toilet.
 
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Originally posted by: Triforceofcourage

It was the shut off valve and I only flushed once. The water just would not stop over flowing even though it was only one flush.
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that is what happened. I don't know any other way to explain it. I flushed once and the bowl was empty so I flushed again and then the water just would not stop flowing. I tried to use the shut off valve and it didn't work. After a few minutes of over flowing I remembered to try the ballcock and finally got it to stop. That is exactly what happened.
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Something isn't adding up here...
 
DrPizza

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Wait a second - they called a carpet guy to dry the carpet?

I don't see any mention of a plumber to fix the problem with the toilet... So, how did the toilet eventually fix itself? What aren't you telling us? Plunger finally cleared the clog caused by you?
 
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Originally posted by: DrPizza
Wait a second - they called a carpet guy to dry the carpet?

I don't see any mention of a plumber to fix the problem with the toilet... So, how did the toilet eventually fix itself? What aren't you telling us? Plunger finally cleared the clog caused by you?
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So did they call a plumber before the carpet guy? How did the toilet get fixed? Did the plumber mention anything about the off valve not working? What was the cause of the overflow? (It had to be something in the drain to clog it, otherwise it wouldn't have happened).

There are a lot of left out information here..
 
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