Hi - help please.
Too cut a long story short, wooden subfloor became wet, located a major leak under a 1930s house due to blue poly pipe joint failing. Homeserve have fixed the leak, I called out home insurance (they are trying to wiggle out of paying up, thats another issue for another forum).
When an access hole was made in the subfloor to get to the leak, it was gushing out, water was running away from the exterior wall and towards the middle of the house.
We first noticed a damp patch on the sub floor in the corner of the kitchen furthest away from the exterior wall.
What we can see:
Visible damage is a damp wooden subfloor, which sits on underlay , which sits chipboard (or similar) which sits on the joists, which possible sits on some kind of wall in the centre of the house.
The soil in the crawlspace was saturated and I am asusming that the water has collected in the middle of the house and has risen up a wall that has been built in the middle of the house, that runs in the opposite direction of the joists.
What I need to know is what action needs to be taken to prevent rot, mold or worse will my foundations need remedial action?
Will I need a dehumidefyer and/or should I leave the access hole open to allow ventilation?
My insurance company want me to create a further access hatch to prove to them that the damp floor is related to the water leak as its over a metre away from where the leak was. Clearly the loss adhustor doesnt know that water has a mind of its own and will find a natural level, not even sure he knew that damp rises.
A confused woman, with a rubbish insurance company who want to wiggle out of their liability.
Too cut a long story short, wooden subfloor became wet, located a major leak under a 1930s house due to blue poly pipe joint failing. Homeserve have fixed the leak, I called out home insurance (they are trying to wiggle out of paying up, thats another issue for another forum).
When an access hole was made in the subfloor to get to the leak, it was gushing out, water was running away from the exterior wall and towards the middle of the house.
We first noticed a damp patch on the sub floor in the corner of the kitchen furthest away from the exterior wall.
What we can see:
Visible damage is a damp wooden subfloor, which sits on underlay , which sits chipboard (or similar) which sits on the joists, which possible sits on some kind of wall in the centre of the house.
The soil in the crawlspace was saturated and I am asusming that the water has collected in the middle of the house and has risen up a wall that has been built in the middle of the house, that runs in the opposite direction of the joists.
What I need to know is what action needs to be taken to prevent rot, mold or worse will my foundations need remedial action?
Will I need a dehumidefyer and/or should I leave the access hole open to allow ventilation?
My insurance company want me to create a further access hatch to prove to them that the damp floor is related to the water leak as its over a metre away from where the leak was. Clearly the loss adhustor doesnt know that water has a mind of its own and will find a natural level, not even sure he knew that damp rises.
A confused woman, with a rubbish insurance company who want to wiggle out of their liability.