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Roof Leaks
I have had a leak on my bedroom wall and a leak on the side of the chimney breast in the attic for a while. I put an ad on MyBuilder in Sept 2018 and got a few quoted around £900. Another man rang me, rather than putting a quote, undercut the rest and i agreed on £600. My son told me (I was at work) that the main guy was…
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Neighbours roof leaking into my property
Hey everyone, I live in a terrace house and recently noticed a damp patch on my bedroom ceiling, and followed it up to a leak which is coming from somewhere in the roof. Called insurance and roofers went up, they told me that it’s long term damage so not covered. Then the roofer said that the problem is coming from the…
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Side Lean /Drains Flooding
Hi All, I own a property with a side lean within the side lean there is a manhole cover and 2 drains, each time there is heavy rain one of the drains floods into my side lean. The drain is not blocked and I have asked Severn Trent to see if they can redirect the pipes and told no. I've tired to use sand bags and they are…
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Alternative accommodation and out of pocket costs.
Hi. Over 5 weeks ago now we had a flood under the floorboards. A loss adjuster was sent by the insurance and we’ve been put into alternative accommodation some 12 miles from home. At first we were just grateful to be somewhere habitable and whilst we still are the travel costs are now adding up. We’ve asked the loss…
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Kitchen fitter not accepting liability for burst pipe
Got a new kitchen installed 11 months ago. On Friday we found it flooded because the hot water pipe under the sink burst at one joint. Kitchen fitter isn’t accepting liability. He can’t say what happened exactly but isn’t accepting blame. Our plumber took one look at the photos and said that the kitchen fitter didn’t…
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Water under floorboards - high water table?
We've recently discovered approx 2 inches of water under our suspended wooden floor, following the very heavy rain a few weeks ago. (Lived there only 15 months, 1930s detached). We vax'd out most of it and it has all since disappated into the ground. We've had a broken rainwater gully fixed, had the drains checked and the…
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RSJ or extend floor joists
Hi We have a differing view of what to do for a kitchen-dining knock through. The surveyor has drawn up plans for removing a wall. The wall supports three joints in the floor above and the plans involve replacing these with closer spaced 5 joists which are longer, and therefore reach the support of another wall. The second…
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Carbon Monoxide Detector placement
Okay folks hubby and I disagree over placement of new carbon monoxide detector. Gas boiler in bathroom hot press cupboard. No other gas appliances in house (2 storey house). Original detector placed in cupboard on ledge about 12” to side and same distance below boiler by installer. New detector instructions are confusing…
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RDB Central heating boiler
Does anyone know why I have to push the reset button on the boiler. Runs fine with the timer for a day or two and then cuts out. Thanks in advance
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Pop up sink plug jammed in bath...help!
0:beer:G/F away so decided on a nice bath (I get nagged if when she's here as I s End a long time in it lol!). Turned the metal dial to lock plughole (anti clockwise if I remember).. Seemed a bit stiff then. Had to resort to using a bucket to empty water into sink as WOULD NOT open despite all my turning! There is a little…
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Garden boundaries
Hi A new neighbour just moved in next door,he wants to move his garden fence into my garden, he recons they are not parallel but the fence has been in the same place for twenty years, checked the deeds but no mention in regards of the garden boundary Thanks
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A few millimeters of water after rain.
Hi all, Recently bought my first house with my partner. The weather has been wonderful and sunny, but we've had a couple of rainy days. We went into the cellar after said rain and noticed that there was a puddle of water, around 2 or 3 mm deep at the front of the cellar, which hadn't spread across the whole floor. Having…
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Artificial Grass
Hi guys, Need a little advise. I've been thinking about laying Artificial Grass in my garden. Have looked at a fair videos and it seems laying the grass is easy but the prep is difficult. My garden has very patchy grass and weedy, so it needs to go. Anyway all the videos I've seen, they create a perimeter, sub-base,…
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Insurance claims on building only taking ages
Hello we need some advice or opinions, we recently had a leak due to the last cold weather, we put a claim to the insurers (MoreThan) and we haven't heard anything for about 2 weeks we tried calling took over 1/2 hr then we had to give up taking ages then tried on they're web site, they're chat has disappeared it seems we…
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Bath Leak/Flood damage Estimate in my flat
Unfortunately, there's been a couple of accidents with water leaks in my flat - a flooded bathroom and a long term undetected slow leak in the kitchen in the last year. This has affected the 1st floor flat below me. I'm trying to avoid landlord involvement and so want to get an assessment from a surveyor. If the problems…
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Flooded house-advice on loss adjuster
Our home was flooded nearly 2 weeks ago, that resulted in the downstairs being ruined. We got in contact with the insurance company straight away and the have been great. But yesterday as my husband and I were leaving our home yesterday, a man came to our house knowing everything about what had happened. Well he is an…
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Rotten joists not identified on survey.
Recently purchased our first home. We had the homestart survey done which said some dampness to wall. Had damp specialist go in and assess/quote for work needed. All done before exchanging contract. Some damp identified on second survey, partial damp course recommended. So, went ahead with purchase and work for damp course…
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Compensation for time and inconvenience
The week before Christmas a pipe under the main road by our house burst and the first we knew of it was when we had 4ft of water in our cellar and utility and kitchen floor flooded. Yorkshire Water came out closed the road and repaired the break. They then sent their agents in to dry the house out and rip the flooring up.…
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Found open drain inside house
Hi. After having my cellar flood several times over 2 years (and neither the local council or the water board taking responsibility) I decided to pay for my cellar to be fully tanked out. As the builder was completing the work, they dug the floor to find an open drain in the middle of the cellar which looked to be taking…
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Plastic plumbing
We had to leave our 4 bedroom home in South Wales and it wasn't the right time to sell so we rented it out to a friend's daughter. She's been in it for several years now cos I can't quite bring myself to say we want to sell up (at least until her children are a bit older). 4 years ago a pipe apparently 'popped' in the wall…
