Ever had to kick a door down? Who would you consider morally liable?

Recently had to kick a bathroom door down. HMO, but nobody else in and nobody else on my floor. Im fact if it was a few weeks ago, I'd be the only person here for several days, potentially (one other person sometimes is here but I haven't seen them for two months).

Bathroom door got jammed (as rhe doorframe and door do not fit each other, meaning it had to be forced shut and forced open every time anyway. In my eyes, you construct a property you do it properly, particularly on these basics. You take a thing called "responsibility", and you make sure you consider all contingencies, knowing that things do go wrong.

Anyway, they said they'd fix it a few times in the last 3 months, but each time the day they said they'd fix it came and went. At some point the doorframe must have changed shape due to it scraping the door each time and the door became fully jammed when closed. Legitimately thought I could die and had some level of anxiety attack (or panic attack as some call it, though the DSM qualifies the difference between the two as a panic attack having four symptoms at the same time from a specific list, so "panic attack" is definitely overused), since really you would if nobody comes within several days (or indeed someone who needs ro take medication could die sooner, though that doesn't apply to me. But they don't know that, so it's no a valid excuse. I could have had an injury that allowed me to close the door but not to kick a door off).

Kicked the door a bunch, mostly to make noise, but eventually it broke off at the hinges. It's a big solid fire door, so the door itself would be difficult to break. I train muay thai and can kick ok, but ai have wondered if someone a little weaker or with less endurance, or not in the right mental state to kick a door repeatedly got stuck, what would happen. Because they could legitimately be in there for days.

The landlord has no idea if anyone would come to open it. I actually think my housemate was home, but didn't hear the banging. Next door neighbour was definitely in, though I can't be sure if they would hear me hit their wall. Neighbours nowadays often do ignore such things (I wouldn't, but then I'm the type to sometimes get involved if I see someone harassed on the street. Not the typical modern Brit, who turns a blind eye to the concept of in-person social responsibility. At least that's what I've seen). Likewise the LL definitely has thought about whether the door opens outwards or inwards - sure, it turns out I can kick off an outwards-opening door, but an inwards opening door would require actually breaking through the entire doorframe or breaking the door itself, both of which require considerably more force - the other bathrooms, which also have sticking doors, open inwards. This was no calculated decision by the LL or agent to think "well they'll probably only get stuck in that one bathroom and can kick the hinges off" - of course to rely on the tenant to be able to kick a door off is already negligent, at least in my eyes - though UK redditors may disagree (I do notice some strangely inconsiderate, borderline sociopathic takes on here). I have reported them to the council, as I believe only through many people reporting and the subsequent hassle or repercussions for LLs/agents, can deterrence eventually occur.

If you're wondering "why not phone?", I was charging my phone and figured it would be safe to use the bathroom, as I have done a few hundred times before. I did screw up there. But to me the problem is that contingencies should be there so it never happens. If I'm a LL I'd be considering "what could go wrong with this unfixed issue?". When I worked in a kitchen or in an office, I was thinking "what could go wrong when someone is tired, in a rush, in an emergency" etc. Other people don't write things down thinking "I'll remember and do it in a second". Ok, well what if the fire alarm suddenly goes off? Will you remember still? The number of times I've seen Brits at work say they'll do something and then not do it because they forget, or the number of times I've seen them make bad quality notes because they assume nobody else will need to read it - and then they're off ill or there's a shuffling of caseloads. Probably this happens in other countries too, but the other countries don't concern me.

So have you needed to kick a door down? Where do you stand morally? Was I wrong to close the door? Or do you believe in" does what it says on the tin" (opens and closes) when it comes to doors? Seems a lot of Brits like to pass off their professional responsibility onto others. I've had work situations where I've had to literally say "no, it's my job so I have the responsibility to make sure" (otherwise why do the job? And these weren't well-paid jobs and I was renting alone, so pay is no excuse), but that attitude seems absent. The jobsworth mentality I call it - do the absolute bare minimum.