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Topic: what would you do ???
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Sun 01/17/10 07:15 AM
if you have an electrical problem you landlord wont come a round for two days and theres a risk of the place catching fire ??? i have this problem i have two small kids and am not sure what to do HELP HELP HELP PLZ PLZ

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Sun 01/17/10 07:26 AM
If you know who your electric supplier is contact them - they ought to be able to send someone out to check - if not call the local police station they might be able to help out.

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Sun 01/17/10 07:28 AM
i keep calling my landlord and he keeps says hes out on his snowmobile and cant come till Monday or Tuesday but its just a matter in time when this apartment building catches fire. i have called as many places as i can think and cant get any help

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Sun 01/17/10 07:29 AM
Call an electrician, have it fixed, then send the bill to the landlord.

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Sun 01/17/10 07:33 AM

If you know who your electric supplier is contact them - they ought to be able to send someone out to check - if not call the local police station they might be able to help out.


i tried calling the police and fire dept unless there is a fire they wont come but my smoke alarm keeps going off

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Sun 01/17/10 07:34 AM

Call an electrician, have it fixed, then send the bill to the landlord.


Yep! :thumbsup:

$.02 drinker

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Sun 01/17/10 07:36 AM
he has said he will evict me if i call and have it fixed

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Sun 01/17/10 07:43 AM
what exactly is the electrical problem?

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Sun 01/17/10 07:44 AM
You need to call the building and safety department for your city to find out what your rights are. Although they probably won't be open until Tuesday. Call the number and see if they have an emergency number for you to call. Unfortunately, I don't know the laws where you live, but here you could not be evicted for that.

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Sun 01/17/10 07:53 AM

what exactly is the electrical problem?

its a weiring problem in a very old building we had sparks coming out around the light in my kids bed room and is been smoking setting of the smoke alarms off

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Sun 01/17/10 07:56 AM
is the problem just in the kids light?

just old wiring can wait till he gets back in town

but the sparking problems need to be taken care of. does it spark or smoke anywhere else? or just in the kid's light?


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Sun 01/17/10 07:59 AM
if it is just that one light that is the immediate danger you should

go to the breaker box and turn off and on each breaker until that light goes off and just leave that one breaker turned off till he gets there

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Sun 01/17/10 08:00 AM
its doing it in all the rooms in the upstairs but the kids room is the worse

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Sun 01/17/10 08:02 AM

if it is just that one light that is the immediate danger you should

go to the breaker box and turn off and on each breaker until that light goes off and just leave that one breaker turned off till he gets there


i cant even do that because its located in the basement and he keeps it locked up. the landlord is home just wont work on weekends

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Sun 01/17/10 08:02 AM
Edited by Quietman_2009 on Sun 01/17/10 08:03 AM
do you know where your breaker box is?

or if its really old it might have glass screw in fuses

every apartment should have its own breaker box by code

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Sun 01/17/10 08:06 AM
ohhhhhh so he is there and just refuses to look at it?

in that case let it burn and you have a couple million dollars lawsuit

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Sun 01/17/10 08:07 AM
i know that its in the basement and that the basement is locked hes the only one with a key so i cant get in there to do anything to it if i wanted to

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Sun 01/17/10 08:08 AM

ohhhhhh so he is there and just refuses to look at it?

in that case let it burn and you have a couple million dollars lawsuit


yea sounds good just want my kids and i out first lol

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Sun 01/17/10 08:09 AM
Sounds like you've got some serious housing violations there. I'd be trying to find my local tenant's right's center on Tuesday morning. You need to know what your rights are before situations like this occur. Good luck to you. flowerforyou

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Sun 01/17/10 08:11 AM
Next time it sets the smoke alarm off...call the fire department....they will in turn call the owner and he will have to fix it....

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