You live on a condo kitchen sink backs up with soap from laundry you dont from where been arguing over a year and nothing is being done?

The answer you want is in your governing documents.

Determine who has responsibility for identifying sewer backups -- you or the board; identify who is responsible for maintaining the sewer drains -- you or the board; identify how long an owner is required to wait for a work order to be completed.

Write a letter to the board and request that the board handle the matter at an open board meeting. In your letter:

• Request that the board identify the source of the backup.
• Request access to roto-rooter-type, sewer and drain clean-out preventative maintenance records.
• Request a fix within [30 days].

Bring your evidence of backups to the board meeting and request time on the agenda to present your case to the board.


Once you've made a formal request, and the time passes without a fix, you have the basis of a potential lawsuit against the board.