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Should I turn water off in empty house?
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Really worried about asbestos in ceiling following a leak
I have had the week from hell with Dynorod, with a few simple jobs taking ages when they shouldn't have etc. and culminating in water pouring through my ceiling on Thursday. I'd had to call them out again because whatever they'd done had resulted in the bath cold tap dripping & as I'm on a water meter I thought I'd better…
Dispute with roofer
Afternoon, I'm new on here and would really appreciate some advice. I have had a new roof on a side extension. It was paid for in three installments totalling £3875. The roofer arrived to day for the remaining balance and was shocked that it wasn't more. He was expecting £1000 more. My DH explained and showed him the…
Help our garden is flooded!!
Hello, I really need some advice on what to do next. Over this summer (starting being of July) we started noticing water pooling in the border in our garden, we put it down to it being a wet summer and it was just rainwater. We do have very clay like soil. However, it got progressively worse and by August we had water…
Flooding property from drain on road - please help!
The road outside my property has a drain in place. When it rains the surface water from the road goes into the drain but a large amount of water also runs off the large hill my house is at the foot of. Increasingly a huge amount of water pours through our garden wall and we have to use sand bags to divert the water away…
Live in DFW area and need home flooding or storm damage tips?
If you live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and have time to research home flooding or storm damage tips visit my water damage help blog regentrestoration.com/news. Visit our website if you don't have time to research and need emergency water damage restoration help now (regentrestoration.com) We're available 24/7 to help…
Information needed re buying house in flood risk area
Hi all, We're helping my parents to move to a bungalow, and their favourite is in a flood risk area - in terms of being zone 1, 2, 3 with 1 being the highest, it's zone 1. Now I know this doesn't mean it will flood, but I also know that near to me in December 2015 certain areas that had never flooded before, did, given the…
TW flooding / ruining my property - advice sought
I would appreciate any help/advice on this horrible saga that has taken over my life. At my request Thames Water (using their subcontractor) installed a water meter into my property (under kitchen sink). Whilst doing so the 'technician' managed to severely flood my entire property for the best part of an hour as the…
Free Flood warnings - sign up!
What's it about? If you're concerned about flooding in your area sign up to the Environment Agency's Flood warning alerts. How? Just head to its Flood Warnings page. Related MSE Guides: Home Insurance
Ground floor bedroom extension with skylights (Help!)
Good evening all! I am new to this forum so apologies for my rambling! We cannot afford a 2-storey side extension unfortunately so we are looking at a more affordable alternative. This would be a ground floor side extension along with ensuite shower room/wc and a garage store to the front. Because we have had to amend our…
Flat roof damage
Hi, Hope someone can advise.....during storm Doris, the flat roof of our dorma bungalow extension was damaged. We called a local roofer to secure and waterproof to stop any further damage. After contacting our insurance company, they got a claims adjustor to look into things and they arranged for a local company to come…
Significant water damage to rear extension - need advice please
We’ve lived in our house for about 18 years, it’s an end terrace built in the early 1900s and is our first house. At some point a previous owner combined what was the outside loo, and coal shed into a single storey extension that extends the kitchen, creates a utility area and downstairs shower room. We think this happened…
Who to claim from?
This is my first forum post so here gos. My cellar has been flooded (fortunately not to seriously) due to a burst water main under the main road outside our house. UU (United Utilities) have now fixed the leak and sent some chaps and equipment round to dry out and clean the cellar (all ok so far). A UU loss adjuster has…
Driveway design and surface water flooding
We moved into our house recently and local knowledge meant I knew surface water would be present in heavy rain, but the house has never flooded etc and no flood maps show this. Our drive is a bit of an odd design that we would like to change anyway, but I am aware you need to use permeable materials and such now. Most of…
New faulty washer from argos floods downstairs
Hello im trying to get any advice .i bougjt a washing machine it was delivered tuesday and over nigjt flooded my downstairs .they sent service man oit friday and he took my carpet up and put on front im left with cold hard concrete living room floor in minus tempetures i have appointment for service man to write report on…
Bathroom Flood
Hi All Looking for some help. The flat above us had some work done in the bathroom that leaked into our bathroom. The leak is now fixed but there was water pouring in rather than just dripping. I think the roof will need plastering but my question is, although it's all dried out now, how do I now if the plaster behind the…
Flat flood - can I claim?
I live on the ground floor of an 8 story flat. On August 2nd my flat started to flood, I couldn't find out where the water was coming from even after turning off all the pipes. It turned out that there is a 4 inch cast iron drain pipe that runs down the inside of my flat, that goes from the roof all the way down to the…
Sandbags or...Hydro Snakes?!?!?
Has anyone come across these before? They look great and just the thing to help be protect my home in advance of floods hitting again: https://www.fireandwatersupplies.com/flood-products/hydrosacks-hydrosnakes/
Leak in house (bathroom)
Evening In the past month we have had five pipe bursts in our road, it now looks like a patchwork quilt with all the repairs as the pavements have literally lifted so high. So after the last one and yet another day without water, quite an occurrence no water on a Sunday in our Road, the water finally came back on at 7pm, I…
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