Another gripe with hdb. Our contractor found that one of the pipes in the service yard would start leaking whenever our neighbour above us uses their washing machine. They came a couple of weeks ago, applied some cheap gum onto it, and prayed for a miracle. Of course their prayers went answered cos the gum came off just after a few days.
Had to pester them to come down again, this time a different group of workers came and told me they wanted to apply some gum again. I told them that someone else already tried and it was not going to work. But guess what they told me, their gum was better.... "It was the bestest gum in the world..... even hercules couldnt tear it out........." Of cos I refused to listen to their b***s*** and told them to get a new part to replace.
They came again and cut out the leaking pipe. Found a piece of concrete the size of a mobile stuck in the pipe!! It probably caused the washing machine upstairs to choke and our dear neighour probably used a sharp stick to start poking thru the pipes and made a hole in our pipe.
The workers then proceeded to spend nearly 2 hours trying to fit the square peg into a round hole. Succeeding in the end only by brute force. I was very unconvinced by both the method and workmanship. Better call hdb to ensure that they have a warranty for that, cause once the contractor's warranty for building defects is over, we will probably have to fork out from our own pocket and have a nasty battle with the upstairs neighour to do any repairs.
