OK, so I was at a friends house over this last weekend and my daughter apparently flushed a maxi pad down their toilet and it supposedly caused a flood in their entire living room and now I guess the entire laminate floor needs to be replaced. They want me to cover the cost of this. I have known tons of things that have been flushed down a toilet such as toys , pads, etc... and it never caused this much of a flood. Do you suppose they didn't not shut off the water to the toilet and just let it over flood their living room and kept running water? I just don't see how one maxi pad would cause this . This house had had plumbing issues in the past with tree roots and the contractor they hired for cheap did a bad job and they were informed of this. Im thinking I am being taken advantage of in this situation to help them fit the bill for something they could have taken action sooner to avoid. Please offer me whatever advice you can. Thank you!

You let their insurance company address the issue. You can make all the suppositions you like-"they didn't not shut off the water to the toilet and just let it over flood their living room and kept running water-This house had had plumbing issues in the past with tree roots and the contractor they hired for cheap did a bad job and they were informed of this. I'm thinking I am being taken advantage of in this situation to help them fit the bill for something they could have taken action sooner to avoid". You agree to the maxi pad?

This kind of damage should be covered by their insurance company. An overflowing toilet only puts out so much water. Somebody did something stupid.

I agree with Harold, a clogged toilets puts out 1.6 gallons max. If there is more water somebody either kept flushing or there is another issue.

Yep I agree with all the experts above, Good Luck.

John

Agree with comments left above... 1.6 gal of water won't "flood" too much... Besides, toilets bowls are designed so they hold one full flush of water - even when the bowl is clogged and won't allow any water to drain down the drain. Water will fill all the way to the rim but won't overflow. You would have to wait for tank to fill up again, and to flush again, to make water to overflow. If that is the case than that would not be your problem. It would be somebody else's irresponsible behavior.

Milo

A clogged toilet with a defective toilet flapper can cause exactly the damage mentioned above. This isn't negligence, it is just a clogged toilet and the fact that the homeowner didn't know the toilet tank was leaking into the toilet bowl... would go unnoticed until the water bill arrived is my guess! Anyway, your daughter clogged the toilet... it was not intentional and the embarrassment of this should suffice as lesson enough for her. The homeowner's insurance company should cover the damages. A sincere apology is about all you owe here!

Mark