The household in the middle is most likely to have a water leak, the one on the left is second, and the one on the right has the lowest probability.
However, when I knocked on the door, no one was in the middle house. So the probability of a water leak in the middle house was the highest, and the less people were in the house, the more likely it was to cause such a serious water leak.
Bai Song immediately called the police station to check the household registration of this family.
Although the heating has been turned off now, Bai Song is still very anxious because he doesn't know how much water has accumulated upstairs.
At this moment, the family on the right had already opened the door. It was a young man who, after hearing about this, checked all the pipes in his home and found no problems, so he closed the door with a bang.
It doesn't matter if it's Bai Song. It can basically be determined that it's the one in the middle. The one on the right is basically impossible.
The merchant downstairs saw that this family was not easy to deal with, muttered a few words, sighed, and wanted to knock on the door again to confirm with the owner, but in the end he did not try to knock on this family's door again.
The one on the left also opened its door. The houses here are not big. How big can an old house with three households on one floor be? It's only about 50 square meters, but the decoration is quite exquisite, and the whole house is wooden floor.
The person who opened the door was a woman in her 60s. She looked quiet. After hearing about this, she invited Bai Song and others to come into the house for a while, and then poured water for everyone.
The merchants downstairs found that the old lady was easy to talk to, and for some reason they became more confident. They asked the old lady to check carefully and if the leak was found, they would have to pay full compensation.
The elder sister did not say anything, but carefully checked her home. "Don't worry, everyone. Drink some water first. There should be no water leak in my house. Why don't you check the neighbor's house?"
For some reason, this sentence angered the merchant, "What water! Do you know how leaky my pipe is? Although your pipe is not leaking, many pipes are running under the living room. How can you be sure that it is not the pipe below that is leaking?"
"Well, let me see if there is any water leaking under the floor." The woman slowly went to the bedroom and called her husband.
The man who came out of the bedroom should be over 60 years old, but his hair was not messy at all. He wore a pair of light wide-framed glasses. Bai Song raised his eyelids, as if he wanted to check his hairstyle, and suddenly felt discouraged... No need to think about it, Bai Song's hair must be very messy after being busy all day, and his temperament can't be compared with Big Brother.
The elder brother brought a toolbox and looked at the floor carefully, as if he was thinking about how to lift it up. The house was not big, but the floor should be made of solid wood. It looked a bit difficult. The male owner looked for the angle for a long time, but still didn't know how to lift it up.
The merchant was extremely anxious and was about to urge for payment, but Bai Song glared at him. The merchant shrank back in embarrassment and finally did not say anything.
At this moment, Bai Song's cell phone rang. The police had already contacted the owner of the house, who lived in the community and was coming soon. The house had been rented out for more than half a year, and it would take some time for the tenant to come back, but the owner also had the key.
As soon as I hung up the phone, I heard someone coming upstairs. It was the owner of the middle house. The three of them quickly left the house on the left, turned into the corridor, and closed the door.
The owner of the middle house was about 50 years old. He opened the door anxiously and entered the house first.
Bai Song was the second one to follow in. The room here was very simple, with a small corridor, a wall on the left, a small toilet and a small kitchen on the right, a living room in the front right, and a bedroom in the front left. The bedroom was already full of water, and there was already quite a lot of water in the living room.
When I went in, I saw that the valve of the heating water pipe was still dripping.
"How can these heating companies do this? They don't even check every house..." The homeowner started to shirk responsibility as soon as he came in.
"Let's clean up the water first." Bai Song took a quick look and found that there were still two or three centimeters of water in the bedroom. Based on the 10 square meters of the bedroom, there were still more than 200 liters of water. It cannot be left unchecked. Excessive water seepage would be harmful to the building structure.
Fortunately, the tenant did not place sockets on the floor, and several sockets were on the wall. Otherwise, it would be much more troublesome if there was a leakage here.
Under Bai Song's command, several people used some wet clothes and quilts to build a "water dam", and then used brooms to "drive" the water into the toilet and drain it out through the toilet's drainage system.
It took four people more than ten minutes of work to finally drain most of the water from the bedroom. It was barely cleaned up, and the rest was just to clean everywhere with a mop.
This time the loss was huge. Bai Song checked the problem with the heating and found that it was not a problem with the heating company at all, but that the heating drain valve in the family's bedroom was completely open.
Many heaters have drain valves, which are usually used to release air. However, many owners of these old houses secretly use this water as a heat source.
The water in the heating system cannot be used. It contains a large amount of rust removers such as sodium phosphate and strong alkalis such as sodium hydroxide. The purpose is to soften the water, prevent rust and remove scale, and prevent theft. The cost of this water is actually higher than that of tap water, and the price is several times that of tap water.
However, there are always some people who, in order to take advantage, take out some hot water, use it to scald something, and then pour it away.
This drain valve has been modified, and its drain speed is comparable to that of a large faucet, so it is not turned off at all.
In other words, after the heating ended in March this year, this valve has been open all the time, and it leaked when the pressure was applied today.
"Was this valve modified by the tenant?" Bai Song squatted beside it and took a look, then took a photo with the law enforcement recorder.
The homeowner's eyes rolled around, as if he was trying to come up with a good explanation. Bai Song took one look and understood what he meant. He said directly, "Okay, I'll call the heating company over for you, and we'll work together to figure out how to solve this problem."
When the homeowner heard this, he understood everything. He could only suffer in silence, and said quickly: "No need, no need, I can handle this matter, I can handle it."
As he said that, the landlord called the merchant to the living room to discuss the matter. The landlord also understood that it was his responsibility to expose the matter to the world. His previous greed and forgetfulness had caused this loss...
The tenants will come back soon, and I'm afraid there will be a second wave of compensation...
However, Bai Song suddenly thought... it is good to have some capital. If the landlord made a mistake, he can afford to compensate the downstairs landlord, and as for the tenant, it would be easy to negotiate if he can reduce the rent for a few months.
It has to be said that people should have the ability to pay for their own mistakes.
Well, keep working hard, OMG!
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