My neighbours have had an extension built and due to the builders not being clever they managed to flood the ground floor.
We removed the carpet, and left the concrete floor to dry, it's now three weeks since the flooding and although 75% of the floor is dry in certain areas the floor keeps on getting damp especially after it rains.
The builder had to dig a metre deep foundation inspection hole which is just next to my front door. This was exposed for about a week while waiting for building control, until they concrete filled it, this was about the time of the flooding and it rained hard that week.
Firstly, how long should I wait for the floor to dry out?
And secondly how do I go about resolving this, do I contact building control, their insurance company or my insurance company?
The reason I ask is that I made the claim for the carpet on my contents insurance (first time ever) and have found out to my cost that it's not like car insurance were someone else might be to blame, so I'm already £100 down.
Any pointers?
Dave
We removed the carpet, and left the concrete floor to dry, it's now three weeks since the flooding and although 75% of the floor is dry in certain areas the floor keeps on getting damp especially after it rains.
The builder had to dig a metre deep foundation inspection hole which is just next to my front door. This was exposed for about a week while waiting for building control, until they concrete filled it, this was about the time of the flooding and it rained hard that week.
Firstly, how long should I wait for the floor to dry out?
And secondly how do I go about resolving this, do I contact building control, their insurance company or my insurance company?
The reason I ask is that I made the claim for the carpet on my contents insurance (first time ever) and have found out to my cost that it's not like car insurance were someone else might be to blame, so I'm already £100 down.
Any pointers?
Dave