On 19/03/2013 20:13, Gazz wrote:


"Fredxx" wrote in message
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Apart from finding suggestions that a bath tub might last 10 to 15
years, I'm struggling to find out any information on the strength of
acrylic bathroom furniture over the passage of time.

In this case a wash basin has cracked from a falling soap bar; this
was a 3" round 'football' soap bar! The landlord is claiming that the
rental deposit should be withheld partly on this basis.

I would suggest that the bathroom suite is original to the house built
in the 1980's.

Most plastics of this nature loose their resilience and elasticity,
but wondering if anyone can point me to more scientific details.

Well, i'd be slightly inclined to side with the landlord... when he let
the place to you there was a fully functioning sink, and you broke it by
dropping something into it,

However if it was a 'real' sink it wouldent have broken in the first
place, and of course the whole suite is probably due for renewal by now,

Depends on what the landlord is like i guess.... he could be the type
that will take the suites age into account, and maybe go halves on a
sink with you.... or add that money towards a new suite, or he could be
one of the 'buy a cheap uninhabitable **** hole in a scummy area, give
it a lick of paint, then rent it out as social housing' types,

He used the opportunity to change the whole suite.

I felt the strength of the basin was below that normally expected and
surprised it cracked. If I recall it was only 3mm or so thick. At the
time I removed the basin and repaired underneath with epoxy, but the
crack opened up again just before I left.