Kweenie, The difference is that a fire is not usually a result of direct negligence on the management's fault. If it were then you probably could sue them. For instance, if an electrician told them they had faulty wiring that was a fire hazard and they opted not to fix it, and that wiring caused the building to burn down, the tenant's losses would be a direct result of the managements negligence, and I'd bet they could win. Same here, this was a result of negligence. I have a friend who lives in the same building his sister lives in. It's a highrise, but the units are owned, like condos. The bylaws state very clearly that the highrise management company is not responsible for damages to personal property. My friend's sister had insurance to cover her belongings. When the pipes in the building froze and burst, sending a virtual waterfall into her apartment, my friend told her not to even report it to the insurance company. Instead he threatened the management company with a lawsuit, because the damages to her property were a direct result of their negligence. They bought her all new furniture. If any damage had been done to my washer, dryer, or upright freezer when our maintenance crew incorrectly installed our hot water heater, causing the outlet pipe to burst sending scalding hot water spraying all over our utility room, you better believe they would have bought us new appliances. Would have paid our hospital bills to if my husband had been hurt running into all that scalding hot water to shut off the intake to the water heater. Basically, damages to tenant's property that are outside the apartment management's control, like storms, trees falling down, fires, are not the responsibility of the management. But if negligence can be shown to be the reason for the damage, you better believe they can be held responsible. You might have to actually take them to small claims court, cuz they'll calim that your renter's insurance is responsible.

If both hot and cold were softened before the WH was replaced then the softener is installed correctly so we can rule that out. Replacing a WH should only require disconnecting the cold water in line and the hot water water out line, the T&P drain line, and gas line or electric. Nothing else should have been touched. It is not unheard of for someone to reverse the hot and cold at the WH and create a problem that wasn't there before. Who installed the WH?

I'd recommend from now to ensure every valuable thing you got. Most of the time, it's pretty expensive to fix any broken part or thing from a flooded house. Most people will start buying new things and start the reparations by themselves. I will recommend contacting a water damage repair company and consulting with them. They might be able to get a better deal because they will have all the necessary materials and workforce at a much lower price. Last year when my apartment was flooded, I had to contact a reparation company which fixed everything in 5 weeks.

Can't be of much help since I have a rinse problem with a tl speedqueen. I have had better luck with Tide F and G turbo he liquid. I use about two tablespoons for a full load. I believe I've read on here that Tide Pur is on the sudsy side, so I would stay away from it. Most of the detergents have SLS making it hard to rinse out. If you could find one(and please let me know if you do) that might be a little better. But as rule most of Tide's he turbo line does rinse out better.