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struggler
Flatchatter

    Our managing agent has always told us that the EC/OC has a responsibility to send someone out to inspect a problem to see where it is coming from and therefore who is responsible (owner or OC).  Unless the chairperson of your committee is a trained professional, how can he determine where the problem comes from?

    We had a by-law drawn up last year regarding shower recesses, bathrooms and internal plumbing to protect the complex from residents who allow a plumbing problem to become a major problem because then someone else pays for it.  Have had clogged drains resulting in overflowing.  Managing agent said it was EC responsibility to arrange inspection of everyones drains twice a year! Our by-law emphasises that any problems stemming from common property (water mains, sewerage and pipes that go between townhouses) remain the responsibility of the owners corp.

    I would have though that your managing agent would arrange and pay for a plumber to make a determination of this damp problem.