Blocked toilet- what can I do?

Posted by theslowrunningexpert@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 50 comments

Basically my toilet has blocked. We’cecrenting this flat for just under a year, the toilet has now blocked 4 times in this period which in my opinion is mental- we’ve never had a blocked toilet in anywhere we have lived previously. The flat we’re in is basically a house converted into 2 flats, and the blokes who did the work seem like slight cowboys from what we can tell. However, the Landlord uses these guys for everything and we’ve had to call them for every blocked toilet so far. I’m at a point now where I’m going to get a bit pissed off, and I want someone to actually unblock but also tell us why it keeps blocking- if it’s a design fault we can then flag this. Obviously the landlord’s blokes won’t point out any faults as they’re the ones eho did it. Am I within my rights to skip calling the landlord’s blokes and just get a call out plumber? Then tell them to invoice the landlord. Previously there was one time the landlord’s bloke wasn’t about and so we said we can’t go overnight with no toilet, his response was for us to call companies to get someone out then he would pay it. I don’t want to be a dick but I’m also paying good rent here.