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Advice needed for drying out after a flood.
For an unknown amount of time the washing machine was emptying straight under the floor boards instead of to an outlet pips so we discovered a lake when we lifted them up. The problem has been fixed but water is soaking up through the foundations/walls so there is clearly a lot more to get out. From reading up I think we…
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Fence Damaged Neighbours Wall in Storm.
Hi guys , recently in the high winds my mums fence broke and damaged the neighbours wall. The damage is light with about 4 breeze blocks loosened that can be easily fixed with a bit of compo. His son approached my Mum and insisted she was liable, it would cost her £100 and he would do the work, also he stated the fence was…
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Help?? we have flooded the bank downstairs.
I am at my witts end, can anybody possibly offer some advice? I am literally shaking with worry. We live in a flat above a bank. The recently bought the leasehold. This evening we heard water and ran to the kitchen to notice that the kitchen sink had overflowed. The kitchen was covered in water as the overflow had not…
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Prevent toilet backflow
On the odd occasion when we have had torrential rain the downstairs toilet 'gurgles' presumably as a result of excess flow through the drains. We are worried this may lead to back-flow in the toilet. I have been told there are a number of devices that can prevent back-flow from a toilet in this event. Can anyone point me…
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Claiming Insurance Excess From County Council
First off apologies if i'm posting in the wrong place, Anyway heres my predicament,i've very recently had to claim on my motor insurance for flood damage to my cars engine after driving through a flood in the road,I had no option but to drive through the water because it was either drive through the water or hit a car…
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How do i deal with a loss adjuster
Hi can anyone help me on the 28th december i woke up to no water i rang anglian water who came out and took up the concrete under my bathroom window outside when they reached the water pipe feeding to my house they cut it to see if i had any water coming to the house there was no water coming to the house and anglian water…
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Where Is The absolute right place to Check This Credit ratings?
While it is easy to find techniques to fix your credit report, finally, if you do not make positive changes to life-style, you can also get oneself within related messes over and over. While searching for a lasting solution regarding credit standing problems, your way of life is probably the most important points to…
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Leaking roof in extension
Hi guys, My wife and I bought a house about 3 months ago, on the house there is an extension built by a reputable firm in Aberdeen. They include a ten year guarantee on the extension. A leak appeared from the ceiling during a passing shower - we put buckets etc down, closed off the water mains as a precaution and then…
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insurance company not wanting to pay out!
Last sunday my rented flat was flooded due to a stop clock bursting on someones boiler 2 floors up. My livingroom, kitchen, hall and spare room are ruined! :( as the flat above is a hillcrest flat my partner called the housing straight away and they sent a plumber out to stop the water. Called my landlord in the morning…
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Rain water from sewer flooded my cellar - what to do next?
Hi Our cellar was flooded yesterday morning with rain water after heavy rains in SE London. The Thames Water person came around a few hours later. He took a look at the rain water severs and saw that the water levels in the severs had risen before receding back. He confirmed that the rain water sewers were overwhelmed and…
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Concrete floor and water ?
I posted the following yesterday in the DIY section, not sure that was the best place for it, so trying here, problem with sludge coming up from concrete floor, so any advice would be most welcome. Apologies in advance for the long post, just trying to explain as best I can: Hope this is the correct section to post this…
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Gap between window frame and the opening bit
My partner and I have recently bought a new build house in Wigan. We have had loads of problems with it (it took 5 months to fix a leak in the guttering) and last night we slept in a different bedroom because of the wind. When we got into the bedroom we noticed it was freezing in there and very noisy. When I went over to…
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Upstairs neighbour keeps flooding my kitchen and she has no insurance
Hi please help me my upstairs neighbour came round the other day after a -9 chilly night and said they have no water upstairs and could I try ours to see if we had any so I did and yes we had water, I said to them you sure you haven't got a frozen pipe and they said I don't know so I said wait until it gets a bot warmer…
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Boiler flue/chimney question
It appears that the flue of the old oil boiler that is sited in the garage, goes through the garage wall and into the old chimney stack. (The original fires were removed years ago.) It it likely that some sort of flue pipe will be carrying on inside the chimney (so any fumes etc will be contained) or will the flue itself…
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Should i claim for water damage..........??
hey, i have a 3bed semi and was decorating the upsatirs bedroom. i took off the radiator to paint and in doin so distured the pipe near the value causing a tiny leak. i fixed it by tightening up the value joint. the next day i went to work for and was phoned by the wife saying it was leaking. badly. she turned the water…
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Anyone else had to move out of their home?
Hi, Just wondered how others are getting on in this situation? We are in a rented flat whilst our house is sorted. Insurance co have been great. Floors have been taken up and plaster board taken off up to waist height. Big industrial dryers on 24/7 so just waiting for it to dry out now. Don't know how long that will take…
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Water under floor
I live in a semi-detached bungalow built in 1959/60. The local area has a very high water table. A few days ago my neighbours in the adjoining bungalow complained that water from my property was leaking from under my floor onto their sub floor. They say that they had to rip up two carpets (living room & main bedroom)…
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Help! Left the bath tap running!
I was washing some clothes in the bath after our washing machine died, but forgot to turn the tap off and then left to pick up the children from camp. :eek:That was two weeks ago and the house has still not dried out even though we are using three dehumidifiers. Black mould is growing in my shower room and my living room,…
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Rights about snow and getting to work
Just done some research on staff rights regarding work and snow and found out the following: The Trades Union Congress says “While you should make every reasonable effort to get into work, you should not attempt to travel if it is not safe. With large parts of the UK forecast to be under snow and icethat could stretch to…
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Two feet of snow!!!
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