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Given that the flats are about a year old having a bad flood isn't to be expected. I've lived in flats for 30 years - one ex council and one ex housing association - and never been flooded. The issue here is that the "flats" being fed via mine aren't really flats at all, they are single storey...

Yes we have contacted the freeholders. The contractor came round on the day of the flood and turned off the feed for the pipe that was leaking, using the stopcock in the footway. He has now disappeared. The Freeholder's secretary told us on Friday that the pipe was our problem. She has contacted...

Thanks Agile/Tony. I think that the freeholders are wide boys as well as solicitors. I've looked again in the roofspace above my bedrooms and bathroom. A mess of pipes for water, gas and the sprinklers. Also there is some exposed wiring in the attic for a light fitting in the small hallway...

I found this info at this link https://www.culkinplumbingandheating.co.uk/copy-of-vaillant-boiler-spesificati "If a gas pipe were to pass through another flat or property, a communal area or any area classified as a "Protected Area" is must be installed in a gas/air tight fire proof continuous...

Yes you are correct. A seal in a joint popped with two loud bangs. I'm in Wales, by the way. No one has repaired the damage. The water was turned off at the footway stopcock. The flat that the pipe was feeding was unsold at the time (10 days ago). It has now sold but has no water supply. The...

Yes it is challenging to say the least

Thanks. We are having a gas safe engineer out tomorrow to have a look. I want to cap the water pipe and the gas pipe too if possible. The fact that the water pipe failed after less than a year doesn't fill me with confidence regarding the gas supply. I think that the place is a death trap. I...

There's a separate meter but it's in the cellar - which the flat in question has no access to. According to these regulations: British Standard (BS) 6891(1), IGEM/UP/7 Edition 2(2) any pipes passing through my property must be steel, must be installed in a gas/air tight fire proof continuous...

Hi. New member here. I bought a flat last year, in a converted pub on a very long lease. The developer went bust and the conversion was finished by contractors working for the new freeholders - a firm of solicitors. The development began in 2015. The main pub building has been split into three...