Plumbing advice for apartment owners

Articles

• Who pays for riser replacement: which pipes are yours, which are common property, who decides on the replacement and how the costs are split.
• Getting radiator replacement approved in an apartment: why a radiator replacement has to be approved by the house manager, what to put in the application and why it is planned outside the heating season.
• Drain not draining: safe first steps for a blocked sink, bath or toilet, what not to do with chemicals and when the blockage is in the riser.
• Radiator not heating: how to tell air, a stuck thermostatic head or a closed valve from a problem with the building's heating, and when to report it to the house manager.
• No hot water: a shutdown in the building, circulation in the riser, crossflow in a mixer tap or your own water heater (boiler), and how to check it in the apartment.
• Combining the bathroom and toilet: which documents the building authority needs, when you have to ask the neighbour below and how the plumbing points are installed.
• Bath or shower: space, water use, accessibility, cleaning and the price of the work in a small apartment bathroom.

If the advice does not help or the job needs a plumber, see all our plumbing services or fill in the form. We contact you within 5 minutes of your request, and we agree the price before the work starts.

Sources

• likumi.lv (An apartment includes the utility networks up to the common risers; common property includes the building's utility syst)

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