Recent content by Shawki

Living room floor is also gone as the water has seeped into the concrete .. So the whole downstairs has to be off limits for her... Concrete floor does get cold as well. Plus its completely unrealistic to expect a child not to stay downstairs while we prepare meals....Thanks for your advice...

Maybe up to 5k coverage all told. Local rent in the area is over 1,200 per month plus utilities. Will using it policy make my property uninsurable later.

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Hi. I own the house.

Hi. Severn water installed a water meter in our kitchen a year ago. The meter is in the cabinet under the taps. For a year it was apparently dripping. We went on holiday and come back to discover the dripping had made matters worse. The water leaked into the cabinets and ruined them. The floor...

Thanks.. I should have done better due diligence. I can see now why the previous owner sold and moved . Is there any chance to make a case for a lower depth of foundation. Failing that.. Is it really possible to do a 2 m deep foundation... Will digging so deep cause my own current house to...

It's a public one.. My waste as well as other households connect to it.

I once heard someone tell me that he got away with a 1.2 meter foundation for a 3m manhole. The manhole is concrete lined with steps... Not positive at all and i paid the builder a big advance.. Do I have a case against the council.. Maybe a lawyer is the next port of call?

Hi. Thanks in advance. I was recently granted a planning permission to build a front porch. We called building control after preliminary excavation. Building control tells me we needed to run our application past Thames Water as there is a manhole in the front porch 1600 mm away from the front...