To think that if you keep pouring fat down the drain.....

[dilemma456]

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She could get done off the council for this I think stupid cow! The first time is OK as she may not have known but after that she's just being lazy

Serves her right, no sympathy.

Totally agree with you.

If it is caused by a fat blockage (and documented as such on the invoice) the tenant pays.

Not the landlord's responsibility at all.

Ditto nappies down the loo (seen that)
Lego stuck in washing machines (ditto)

BTW the landlord does have a legal obligation to keep drains clear so he will have to keep calling people out. He cannot tell the tenant "tough, you sort it". That does not mean though that he foots the bill. He pays the contractor as he called them out, but then he counter charges the tenant and if they dont pay, it comes off their deposit.

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Does she have a learning difficulty?

I have a septic tank, and I have lived here for over 10 years. In my dealings over the years about it (it has not been too much hassle actually, but once my neighbour had her septic tank and her garden was filled with the contents so it is at the back of my mind), the nice people have told me again and again, that the problem is pouring fat down the drain. I most recently told them that I never pour fat down the drain but that I expect everybody says that. He nodded grimly.

I have sympathy in the sense that we were not taught this stuff at school, but perhaps you could show her this thread.

I pour my fat into a bag and into the bin but my mother didn't so I had to learn it and, thank goodness, not like my neighbour's hard and smelly way.

Does your neighbour know how much she is costing in the face of public advice.

Do Not Put Fat Down the Drain.

I think you did well to put this on mn because the answer is (forgiveably yet) Blindingly Obvious.

Is she a bit thick?

I think they need to publicise more that you don't pour fat down the sink, a lot of people don't seem to know. And they need to ezplain what to do with it instead.

There was a thread on here once where a woman had spotted her mum flushing gravy and stuff down the toilet and bizarre - how does that even occur to someone?! Apparently she was doing it because you're not supposed to put it down the sink

There was a tv programme a while ago about the guys who have to go down the sewers to shovel out all the fat! It's unbelievable that people are ignorant to do this!

So your neighbour should have been grateful the FIRST time that the landlord was good enough to pay the cost, then had the brains to stop doing it.

Most private tenancy agreements clearly state that blocked drains are the tenants' responsibility.

How can people not know they shouldn't pour fat down the drain!

Landlord well within his rights there! She is a dozy mare and needs to get a grip and learn how to dispose of the stuff properly.

OR (and I've used this method on DH) she should be made to clear it herself to see how much bloody work it is and the state of the pipes etc. It worked on DH, that's for sure.

Agree Meglet surely it doesn't take a rocket scientist level of intellect to know that if you pour fat into a small pipe it is going to build up and get clogged?

Really? People need to be told this?

ImSoNotTelling - best laugh I've had tonight what an idiot. I would have thought it a mad advert - but seemingly people need to be told the farking obvious.

OP - I don't think you can do anything else to be honest. Just explain to her how fucking stupid 'clogging' putting the fat down there is & that it's really not the landlords expense to fix that... as nicely as you can without wearing this face

I would think it was right up there with "When it is hot, drink some more water" or "When the weather is really cold, try to stay in and keep warm". Really? The hell you say?

Oh - and tell her that, contrary to what a lot of dozy students like my dear little brother say, pouring a kettle of boiling water down afterwards doesn't solve your problem.

How old is this woman?!

Tell her to pour waste fat into an old cup, let it solidify and then put it out for the birds (or bin it if you are somewhere impossible to feed birds).

How much fat do you people use that it needs disposing of in a special way?

How can she possibl think she's in the right?

It's all part of this thing with people not thinking of consequences.

Like it's magic the hole in the sink and you can put anything down there you like and it's gone! And if the magic sink hole stops working then it must be down to the government or someone to sort it out...

kat - it's not usually added fat, in our case it's from sausages/ roast meats, that kind of thing. Can't answer for the OP's neighbour but our sausages produce a lot of fat (butcher's lamb or beef ones).

GrimmaTheNome the birds love it don't they? I am pretty sure the ones around our way are now able to keep track of the days of the week because there seem to be lots hanging around on Saturdays just waiting for the fat from our Saturday fry-ups.

Was going to say the same as Thumbwitch don't use fat to cook but cooking produces it and the George Foreman drains heaps off as well so it does mount up.

We buy farm-produced sausages that are fattier than supermarket ones. Simply line the grill pan with foil then after it has cooled just roll it up and chuck it in the bin.

Fat from a joint of met is allowed to cool in the roasting pan then scraped into a bit of newspaper when cool.

I don't feed it to the birds as I have an evil cat!

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Fat from a joint of meat should be poured into a cup and stored in the fridge ready for making the next batch of Yorkshire puddings.

Keeps ages (and if you get too much, refer to my earlier post. Or put it in compost bin if ratproof)