Russians will be fined tens of thousands of rubles in housing and communal services because of their washing machine
- 13:45 December 15
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- Lena Levitskaya
Lawyer Irina Sivakova spoke about several cases where improper installation of a washing machine led to serious problems for apartment owners and their neighbors.
Litigations resulted in large payouts.
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Connecting the drain to the kitchen riser:
A resident of one of the apartments installed a washing machine in the kitchen and connected the drain to the kitchen riser, the diameter of which was not designed for a large volume of water. This led to flooding of the neighbors below. The court ordered the owner to compensate damages, including legal expenses, in the amount of 57 thousand rubles.
Incorrect grounding:
The washing machine was grounded through a cast iron sewer riser. The owner did not take into account that the heating of the metal tire led to the melting of the adjacent plastic cold water supply pipe. As a result…