Oohh, I had this happen once in a building I lived in! Some guy hung his jacket on one of these on the 20th floor and it basically flooded all apartments on that side of the building, 4 per floor, plus the walkways too. When inenterrd the building it was raining inside the lobby. All inner drywalls were, well, not dry anymore, and had to be replaced, all carpets everywhere, all apartments had heavy water damage, people lost half their electronics in the soaking and the rotten egg smelling water basically ruined everything for basically 80 apartments.
I dont know and can’t imagine what happened to the guy, would insurance cover THAT? And that much?
It was a shitshow
If it’s in the US, I’d imagine the tenants are up to insuring their own belongings. They could probably try to sue the guy and started it. The building would probably only be insuring things they’re responsible for as well.
Aahhh, the USA, where every problem or mistake gets resolved by suing each other into the ground
But besides that, do get insurance
When building fires happen the water damage is often worse than fire damage. Worst is to get the water damage without being able to say that at least it saved some lives in setting of fire.
Worked next door to a company that did home and office disaster cleanup. Most of the goodies in the dumpster were from water, not fire damage. And since insurance was paying, they threw out loads of perfectly good shit! SO loved that dumpster.
I live in a loft, a neighbor of mine hung a hammock off the exposed sprinkler pipe… It was a shit show. They are on the hook for a couple hundred thousand dollars in damages to the building and their neighbors units.
This is why renter’s insurance is required where I live. (mid-US)
Anyone who has ever lived or worked in a dorm knows somebody who did this.
One of my roomies did this one year when I was in college. He’d left his graduation gown hanging on the sprinkler in the bathroom, and he’d been drinking a bit (oops, dry campus, he got in trouble for that). I didn’t see it happen, but I heard the sound of running water and “OH FUCKING SHIT! SHIT!” etc.
They turned off the water pretty quickly, but then apparently someone had flushed a toilet on the other side of the building right before they shut the water off, so when they turned ON the water again, it flooded THAT side.
It was a brand-new dorm, too. Oof.
it’s caused by appartments and hotel rooms not having enough ceiling and wall hooks
You have to weigh it against the possibility of people hanging themselves
I’ve absolutely seen people do this, far too often in fact. Every sign has a story.
Someone’s never been to a furry convention.
You’re going to try this OP?
What’s with the background? That’s not a surface that would be installed in any living space, nevertheless behind a fire sprinkler
It’s a durable wallpaper used in many cheap hotels. It’s also mildly sound dampening.
Looks like it’d be tough to scrub bodily fluids out of it.
