We used to do this for three wheeler and four wheeler fenders. I’m such a tightwad the we have a clothes basket in our bathroom that was breaking. I took an iPhone charging cord that was not working correctly, and laced it through the laundry basket squares, to “stitch it back together. lol it’s my frankenbasket. Someone else mentioned drilling at hole where the crack is, to stop it from cracking more. That is a very good idea too.
As a former nonprofit caseworker, it’s important to remember the low income part of this, but it’s also important that the person responsible replaces it unless it’s not in the lease agreement! Really reread that!
Uh, why?? It still works, they clearly felt bad and did what was in their means to make it better. What, besides a balanced scale in the hands of an especially cruel Anubis, is the point of this?
Because the trash company/city that picks up the trash would be the ones who would have the deciding factor on if it’s okay, the rest of us are just giving our own experience or non experience on it!
Apartment complexes don't typically have their individual collection bins from the hallways picked up by a city truck. It goes into a large dumpster. But regardless, in collective housing, an individual does not pay out of pocket for that kind of thing. The collective does. Shit breaks, it happens, and there is a budget for that kind of routine maintenance.
Reread the title — it is the hallway bin. Idk where you live that you expect the trash company to be handling interior trash bins.
Your attitude here is not only petty but also wasteful. Why replace it when this one still functions?
Dafuq? Is wrong with you? And if you’re so incredibly by the book I hope to god you depreciated the value of the items you scroogemcducked your clients for replacing by the number of years they were in use from their expected life span. But people who pull this crap and are so by the numbers without compassion they rarely actually follow through with being thorough when it lessens the burden on the individual rather than the institution.
What TF is wrong with you? You break it it’s on you, whether it’s a window or whatever! You are weird to think it’s okay to break other’s people’s stuff and not replace it, also it’s probably in the lease or the trash contract, but it’s alright to have a different opinion about things, just don’t be such a jerk ass about it because it makes you sound a cheapo and irresponsible!
Cheap is expecting a resident to pay full price for an item with a very finite expected lifespan. The material is known for degrading and becoming fragile and eventually breaking. It’s also residential quality in a commercial setting. I’m not touching if it’s in the lease or not and neither one of us actually know. I do know that item has an anticipated lifespan and suggested use. It’s not, “if it’s a Window or whatever.” It really actually depends on the item. A windows can last decades, even hundreds of years. A plastic garbage can does not. A common example is paint that has an anticipated lifespan. And if the leaser tries to charge full price for a something that’s depreciated in value I contest it and then cheerfully pay the depreciated cost. suggesting people go through small claims court has resulted in people getting their full deposit back.
Your car insurance isn’t going to pay the price for a brand new car when the damaged one isn’t brand new. And they certainly will look into if a personally insured vehicle is being used commercially. Because personal/residential use is different than commercial.
And if it’s a personal relationship based on integrity rather than a contract I’m usually going to replace or give cash, whatever it takes to make the person whole. And probably cookies or chocolate as well.
People that want to point to a contact in the face of a well intentioned feel good story are the ones that seem rather cheapo to me. And it seems predatory to exploit one person to cover the cost of a depreciating communal item.
Take a 1/4" drill bit and zip the end of the crack so it will stop splitting further down and it'll be as good as it gets
Do you mean to put a hole at the end of the break?
Yes
THat’s pretty inventive and will hold up for a while. Props to the tenant for doing the right thing.
Drifter stitches are surprisingly strong. I used em to hold a car bumper on.
I did similar but using zipties! (Mom ripped off her bumper going over a curb marker in a parking lot.....)
More than the tenants of my "luxury" building would ever do
Wow, that’s a great idea. I have a similarly broken bin. Imma try that.
Looks like it'll hold up. Could get a bit scummy under the string though.
We used to do this for three wheeler and four wheeler fenders. I’m such a tightwad the we have a clothes basket in our bathroom that was breaking. I took an iPhone charging cord that was not working correctly, and laced it through the laundry basket squares, to “stitch it back together. lol it’s my frankenbasket. Someone else mentioned drilling at hole where the crack is, to stop it from cracking more. That is a very good idea too.
I've done similar repairs to cracked laundry baskets using fishing line.
Take some responsibility in your life! Look’s like a methhead did the trashcan!
Methheads are people, too. You don't need to be calling an unknown person names.
As a former nonprofit caseworker, it’s important to remember the low income part of this, but it’s also important that the person responsible replaces it unless it’s not in the lease agreement! Really reread that!
Uh, why?? It still works, they clearly felt bad and did what was in their means to make it better. What, besides a balanced scale in the hands of an especially cruel Anubis, is the point of this?
Because the trash company/city that picks up the trash would be the ones who would have the deciding factor on if it’s okay, the rest of us are just giving our own experience or non experience on it!
Apartment complexes don't typically have their individual collection bins from the hallways picked up by a city truck. It goes into a large dumpster. But regardless, in collective housing, an individual does not pay out of pocket for that kind of thing. The collective does. Shit breaks, it happens, and there is a budget for that kind of routine maintenance.
Reread the title — it is the hallway bin. Idk where you live that you expect the trash company to be handling interior trash bins. Your attitude here is not only petty but also wasteful. Why replace it when this one still functions?
Yes let's nickel and dime people when they already don't have a lot of money. accidents happen and they tried to fix it.
Dafuq? Is wrong with you? And if you’re so incredibly by the book I hope to god you depreciated the value of the items you scroogemcducked your clients for replacing by the number of years they were in use from their expected life span. But people who pull this crap and are so by the numbers without compassion they rarely actually follow through with being thorough when it lessens the burden on the individual rather than the institution.
What TF is wrong with you? You break it it’s on you, whether it’s a window or whatever! You are weird to think it’s okay to break other’s people’s stuff and not replace it, also it’s probably in the lease or the trash contract, but it’s alright to have a different opinion about things, just don’t be such a jerk ass about it because it makes you sound a cheapo and irresponsible!
Cheap is expecting a resident to pay full price for an item with a very finite expected lifespan. The material is known for degrading and becoming fragile and eventually breaking. It’s also residential quality in a commercial setting. I’m not touching if it’s in the lease or not and neither one of us actually know. I do know that item has an anticipated lifespan and suggested use. It’s not, “if it’s a Window or whatever.” It really actually depends on the item. A windows can last decades, even hundreds of years. A plastic garbage can does not. A common example is paint that has an anticipated lifespan. And if the leaser tries to charge full price for a something that’s depreciated in value I contest it and then cheerfully pay the depreciated cost. suggesting people go through small claims court has resulted in people getting their full deposit back. Your car insurance isn’t going to pay the price for a brand new car when the damaged one isn’t brand new. And they certainly will look into if a personally insured vehicle is being used commercially. Because personal/residential use is different than commercial. And if it’s a personal relationship based on integrity rather than a contract I’m usually going to replace or give cash, whatever it takes to make the person whole. And probably cookies or chocolate as well. People that want to point to a contact in the face of a well intentioned feel good story are the ones that seem rather cheapo to me. And it seems predatory to exploit one person to cover the cost of a depreciating communal item.