Water Leak, Megaflo, Worcester Bosch Boiler - Insurance or HomeCare

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Hi all,

Hoping you can help!
Realised just now that our Megaflo in the loft conversion is leaking water, I believe drips from the cold water inlet... see image:







The water has dripped through the ceiling to the bathroom below, and both the floor in the loft by the boiler, and the bathroom ceiling are damaged. A few times we have lost hot water pressure, and renewed the air gap via the temperature pressure relief valve. When doing this realised there was a very minute leak at the main stop !!!! in the kitchen under the sink, and also this megaflo !!!!.

We had a new Worcester Bosch Greenstar 30i System ERP installed by British Gas in August 2017, with 5 years warranty.

On a separate issue, the plumbing in the wall to the en-suite was turned off before this, by inserting isolators, as that was leaking into the kitchen downstairs.
See pics:




What is the best solution to

fix the water leak from Megaflo

[LIST=2]fix the water leak from the shower pipe and bring back to life
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[LIST=3]fix the damage to the walls and ceilings [/LIST]

I have Home Insurance via British Gas, which states they fix the property that is damaged and not the pipes themselves. My excess is £350 though!

So is this where I need to get HomeCare Plumbing cover, with fixed cost of £69, and then £8.45 per month...?
Or what would you advise please??

https://www.britishgas.co.uk/home-services/plumbing-and-drains-repairs.html

RedFraggle

Personally I would just get a local plumber in.

G_M

I doubt getting BG Homecare will help - Buying insurance after getting a problem is usually not possible.

That would be like getting sick on holiday in America, realising the US hospital bill will be huge, so taking out travel insurance for £55 to cover the medical bill!

Call a local plumber.

Zandoni

The stopcock is a very simple fix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9b1AxSxbgw