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@winniebee: If this was your house that you owned, I'd get it, you'd need a lot replaced and you pretty much have to do it. But as a rental, clearly the landlord needs to pay for this...

Your landlord is nuts.

Standard wear and tear. If there was a tennis ball or something foreign that caused the clog, you would be responsible. You were using the plumbing in a typical fashion.

I didnt even realize tampons were flushable? Having said that I agree that theres no way to prove you flushed those and not the previous people who lived there.

@winniebee: Is your landlord a man? I had no ideas that there was such a thing as flushable tampons!

@winniebee: I didn't think that part was flushable, because it's cotton it won't break down. But I'm not sure?

Sucks
We are hooked up to city sewer in which we pay a monthly fee for cleaning and such, in the event we have blockage they come and clean pipes ..we had it happen before, they said the same (tampons, wipes) they said if it backed up again and the evidence of tampons and such were there we would have to pay!!
In your case I totally side with you, that is normal wear and tear, it happens it is a part of house maitance!

@Truth Bombs: I never flush wipes either, so I was thrown off when they told me wipes were in there!

Dude this is the entire reason I rent and not own. Anything related to the "systems"of the house = landlord responsibility. I wouldn't pay a cent.

Sounds like she's nitpicking.

I had a landlord tell me once to stop flushing tampons in the old house I was renting after a plumbing fiasco. You weren't told before so it's not your problem. Not in the lease.

I always flush tampons. Who wants that shit in their trash can?

Tampons are definitely marketed as flushable! Although the few times our toilets have backed up my husband has told me not to flush them, but I always do because it's gross. I don't use applicators so nothing goes in the trash.

As for wipes we've also bought flushable ones. But even though they're marketed as such the box has tiny print saying to only flush 1 at a time and that they may cause back ups.

@winniebee: not an idiot. I never thought twice to not flush a used tampon down the toilet. This is something your landlord should pay for. It's maintenance that needs to be done know an old house.

Just talked to DH and previous owner of our townhouse flushed tampons. We had huge plumbing issue and plumber found all these nasty tampons. So gross. Personally I only flush toilet paper.

Sewage is the landlords problem. I am not a lawyer but don't think you should have to pay unless it's in your lease. If they don't want tenants using the garbage disposal they should have it removed. If this went all the way to the street I doubt it was from 20 wipes and 10-15 tampons... I worked in a building where this happened a couple times in a year but it was from a whole buildings worth of whatever people were flushing and putting down their disposals!

Even tampons and wipes that are marketed as flushable really should not be flushed. DH is a plumber, so I get read the riot act on this stuff. Even "flushable" wipes don't break down the same way as toilet paper because of the material.

It doesn't have to be in the lease, not every little thing has to be in the lease. It is like putting metal in a microwave.

I always think it good to put yourself in the reverse role. What would you honestly do if your tenant flushed wipes and this happened?

I ALWAYSED flushed tampons down toilet even growing up a house with 3 girls we always did never had an issue?!?
Only reason I know not to now is/was being advised after our sewer back up!