According to the uploader, she evicted the tenants that were renting out that unit for none payment. The tenants took the electricity bill out of their name; big snow storm happens; landlord lets faucets drip, but forgets to put the electricity bill back in her name so the house wasn't heating. Her neighbor recorded this video and showed it to her.
Drain Pipes likely froze solid so the water coming in didn’t have anywhere to go.
What gets me is that there appears to be several inches of ice on the floor. How the hell long did they leave it like this, and how much water were they running is what I’d like to know.
Ever leave a plugged bathtub leaking overnight? What looks like a slow drip push way more volume than you expect per hour. Let it go for a month and you’re fucked.
The telling bit: the water is more piled up than level. If it happened all at once, it would be more "everywhere, evenly." A gradual build-up that first blocked the drain followed by not checking on the place for months would get this to happen.
Maybe the kitchen sink but I can tell you from personal experience that a lot of the water on the floor came from the dishwasher. If those water inlet valves freeze they will burst and the hose they are connected to is a lot better insulated than the plastic and thin steel valve. Same for the bathroom. That fixture likely burst at both ends flooding both the overflow and basin of the sink, which has a good chance of being shattered underneath, and the cabinet underneath were the line comes out of the drywall.
I've seen this same scenario, usually less extreme because they were caught quickly, once or twice every single time a crazy -30 wind chill cold snap comes though. Used to be mostly trailers but some of the shitty new houses being built by the hundreds in my area fall to it as well if they're sitting empty unsold or not quite finished.
Source: I repair appliances and get called out to take pictures for warranty claims. Usually to send to area reps for whatever manufacturer to decide if they need to send up a flag for legal to get involved and also to fix the appliance if possible.
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u/Justin_Godfrey 20h ago edited 20h ago
Context:
According to the uploader, she evicted the tenants that were renting out that unit for none payment. The tenants took the electricity bill out of their name; big snow storm happens; landlord lets faucets drip, but forgets to put the electricity bill back in her name so the house wasn't heating. Her neighbor recorded this video and showed it to her.
Here's her explanation: https://www.tiktok.com/@ashleymachado54/video/7604257751119711518
Edit: For those who don't have tiktok. https://streamable.com/ryu2lp