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Advice for a family renting via estate agents, who have had no drinking water for nearly two weeks.

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  • Sunsaru
    Sunsaru Posts: 737 Forumite
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    edited 19 July 2021 at 12:28PM
    Do you have a combi boiler? (i.e. do you get hot water almost instantly from any hot tap at any time of the day?)

    If the answer is yes then every  cold tap will be fed direct from the mains and you're good to go.
    Nothing is foolproof to a talented fool.
  • caprikid1
    caprikid1 Posts: 2,494 Forumite
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    So you have one tap not working correctly and you want compensation for that ? Really.
  • dil1976
    dil1976 Posts: 486 Forumite
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    caprikid1 said:
    So you have one tap not working correctly and you want compensation for that ? Really.
    Well if as they have been told there is no other drinking water in the house then the time going out to buy bottled water would need to be compensated accordingly.
  • TG_2021
    TG_2021 Posts: 5 Forumite
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    caprikid1 said:
    So you have one tap not working correctly and you want compensation for that ? Really.
    After two weeks, yes really!
    Out of the two taps we have, the Kitchen one is not working correctly and we were told the bathroom one was not suitable to drink from. And when you have a baby and a four year old in this heat it isn't an ideal situation having a cold drinkable tap that isn't working. Anyway, thanks for well thought out reply though, it really helped me a lot.
  • pinkshoes
    pinkshoes Posts: 20,607 Forumite
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    How old is the house??

    We assumed our upstairs sinks were fed from the tank in the loft, but when we recently had a new heating system installed, we did some initial investigative work to see what would need doing, and discovered they were both mains connected and not from the tank that just fed the shower. Our house was built early 1980s.

    I would go and have a look in the loft to see where the pipes go! Also, check with the neighbours. If they have similar houses they might know if it is drinkable. 

    In the mean time, get a supermarket delivery of water. It's only £1.20 for a 5L container. You could then re-fil it somewhere. I'm sure your neighbour won't mind.
    Should've = Should HAVE (not 'of')
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  • TG_2021
    TG_2021 Posts: 5 Forumite
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    Thanks to everyone who replied to my post with all your help and advice, with the exception of caprikid1, who I can only assume is related to my landlords plumber with his view on things.
    Take care and thanks again.

  • FindMyWayBack
    FindMyWayBack Posts: 342 Forumite
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    edited 19 July 2021 at 1:39PM
    Finding all this very strange. Nowadays all cold taps should be drinking water.
    OP, is the house very old, what is your heating system?
    Old enough to know better...........




  • unforeseen
    unforeseen Posts: 7,413 Forumite
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    the landlord replied saying she didn't think the water from the bathroom sink was ok to drink, 
    So landlord wasn't sure and you didn't follow it up? 


  • WoozieSioux_tse
    WoozieSioux_tse Posts: 52 Forumite
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    A lot of the time in a rental, access and use of the loft is not included in the tenancy, so checking pipes in the loft could be tricky....
  • Marvel1
    Marvel1 Posts: 7,461 Forumite
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    edited 19 July 2021 at 2:01PM
    Hot water out of tap only = then fridge it to cool it down?
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