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Salvaging photos
Some of you probably know this already but I think it's one thing that people who have had their homes flooded could well forget when throwing out flood damaged things. Photos can be salvaged by taking them to a place that does 'photo restoration'. First time I saw it was on Extreme makeover Home Edition special after…
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frozen hot pipe I think
had a power cut last night for a few hours, temp was -16c, by 8.30pm power restored. left heating on all night, this morning woke up have a twin tap in kitchen cold water side working, hot water not. do you think it could be frozen if so what the heck do I do? I have opened the tap up fully and checked other hot water in…
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settling insurance claim
we were recently flooded downstairs due to leaking pipe. All repaired now but chem dry need to come in and dry and local builder appointed by loss adjuster need to strip back tiles etc and to make good all damage. Do I have to have the loss adjusters builders to repair (i have heard they will soon be out of business) or…
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ChemDry - anyone else had problems with them?!
Hi all, Sorry to moan but ChemDry are really dragging there feet and just wondered if anyone else is having problems with them? They have now been round 3 times and all they have done is put damaged contents into a skip. Even then I had to chase them over and over. I am still waiting for them to come and clean, and dry out…
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Building Insurance Increased Excess
Hi Just received my building insurance renewal from Saga. I flooded in 2007 so this has to be considered. The cover has increased by about 30% but the excess in now £10,000.00 that a 50 fold increase since 2007 when it was £200.00. Is this allowed - are other seeing this type of increase - I am struggling to find…
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Water damaged windows
Any advice appreciated... In February during the snow the water pipe in my external garage burst. Not going out there too often, I didn't notice for about a week, during which time (according to my water bill) 40,000 litres of water poured through my ceiling and walls. Chemdry came round at the behest of our insurance…
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Radiators dont heat up very well
Hi, We have a Worcester Bosch condensing boiler which is about 2years old now. However although we get hot water from it our radiators barely get warm. The radiators are the original ones from when the house was built which is about 30 years ago. Do we need to replace them or do they just need flushing out or whatever is…
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nsurance Problem
On Jan 2nd, i thought some one had spilt a drink went to wipe it up & realised the carpet underneath was soaking. After further investigation the living room & passage carpet plus underlay were water damaged. I took it all up and went about drying out both areas. I had to drag carpet etc outside. I checked both radiators…
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B&Q Bathroom problems
My B&Q bath just crack, it’s never been used and still has the protective film around. I bought this bath 1year and 6 months ago... (retail price bath: £620) and this is where my problem stars. Its out of the 12 month warranty but accordingly to the Consumers Direct and the Sale of Goods Act, B&Q is still responsible for…
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storm Query
On Tuesday morning,we had an awful storm,where we lost our electricity supply,when electricity returned several hours later,it seems my television and sky box have died. i havent yet been able to call sky or the insurance company as my phone is still off. somebody said i might be covered on my house insurance,someone else…
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Plasterboarding over mould and condensation?
Hello all, I am renovating my house and I am on to the second bedroom. The outside wall is suffering from condensation. I've have read up about this and know why it is forming. There is mould forming. I am going to treat the mould with something not sure yet, and will install this thong which regulates air in and out the…
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Drains/sewerage problem
Hi everyone Me and dh are worried sick. We share our drains with around 5 or 6 houses on our Close, and our next door neighbour keeps having a problem with sewerage flooding onto his property, which is also flooding down onto ours (his property is raised). When it first happened, he bought some rods and had a poke about,…
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Aloha!
Hey everyone! My name is Aron, just wanted to say hi to all that not feel so new here!
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Smelly water under the floor
Could someone help us please? The new kitchen was installed 4 months ago. We noticed some bad smell from the bathroom next to the kitchen about 2 months ago. We did all sorts of things for the smell, but it did not go. A plumber was called and found that the sink in the kitchen was connected to the wrong pipe that could be…
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Water under floor!
Hi, I bought a property last year. I was recently decorating and stripped the carpets back only to notice water under the floorboards. These were stripped back and I found a foot and a half of water under the boards. The water company were called out they denied a burst water pipe. There was also no blockage in the drains…
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Cellar flooded with sewerage
Please help We have been told by our local council and anglia water that we can take our claim no further as nobody is willing to accept resposibillty for our flooded cellar which ruined all my tools approx £4,000 (not covered on a home insurance policy) Our cellar was flloded with sewerage from a blocked pipe on our…
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Sewerage in our house
Hi Everyone I hope someone can shed some light on this situation. 6 weeks ago today a disaster happened in our house. My mum had a bath and let the water go ten minutes later the water was in our dining room :eek: so we went back upstairs to find that the shower tray was overflowing with water and excrement onto the floor…
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Is this suitable as a skylight?
Sorry for dumb question - but is this suitable as a skylight? (sorry no pics- but description is there ) http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=9976698&fh_view_size=30&fh_location=%2f%2fcatal!!!1%2fen_GB&fh_search=roof+window&fh_eds=%C3%9F&fh_refview=search&ts=1245790617256&isSearch=true
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cavity wall insulation
Hi I wonder if anyone can offer some advice. I live in an old house (1870) with solid walls and so it can't have cavity wall insulation, but the extension,single storey, that houses the kitchen and bathroom does have cavity walls. Ironically I'm eligible for all sorts of grants as I'm on the relevant benefits but the firms…
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'Disturbance allowance'
We were flooded in July and were meant to be rehomed, however with two large dogs and thousands of others in the same situation,we were unable to find alternative accommodation. Our insurer muttered something about financial recompense should we be unable to find somewhere else. Since then we have heard nothing from him…
