Frozen pipes burst in rental home. Please hrll

[mmyk72]

Originally Posted by arctic_gardener

52 degrees is not that low. Hell, I keep my bedroom at 55 degrees and that's when I'm LIVING there!

Me too. But my pipes are ALL in interior walls or go thru the floor into the basement where it is in the 40's. I keep my house at 50 when I go away...what's the point of heating it higher than the basement where all the pipes originate. I turn off the main and drain a few faucets till nothing comes out so even if it freezes, the pipes wont burst.

[K'ledgeBldr]

Originally Posted by goodrenter411

can the landlord keep a deposit if the tenant tells him he is turning the thermostat off and moving out and the landlord doesn't go to the rental until a month later to find that the pipes has frozen. who is at fault then? also the lease period hasn't ended within that notice but notice was still given and all rents has been paid.

What does the lease say? That's all that matters. If it ain't on paper- the spoken word is just...




...the spoken word.