...and no insurance!
My brothers and myself had been working to get my mother's house up to scratch before selling it renting it out. My mother no longer lives there.
One of the biggest changes was the central heating system. New boiler in the loft and new rads around the entire house. Before the Job was signed off on, we asked if it was ok to turn the water on. He said it was, as long as someone was in the house. My brother turned it on and left the house for 8 hours. In this time, a valve broke and pushed out mains pressure. The boiler is in the loft... All ceilings out (only floorboards remain), no carpets, all walls need re-skinning, not to mention water damage to the brickwork
Depsite signing quotes etc, he had no liability insurance (something about missing a payment). Since the house was technically unoccupied while we where fixing it up it invalided our home insurance.
Before we go about alot of legal work, who would you say it as fault. My brother for turning it on or the Plumber for saying it was OK to turn it on?
Any help would be much appreicated!
My brothers and myself had been working to get my mother's house up to scratch before selling it renting it out. My mother no longer lives there.
One of the biggest changes was the central heating system. New boiler in the loft and new rads around the entire house. Before the Job was signed off on, we asked if it was ok to turn the water on. He said it was, as long as someone was in the house. My brother turned it on and left the house for 8 hours. In this time, a valve broke and pushed out mains pressure. The boiler is in the loft... All ceilings out (only floorboards remain), no carpets, all walls need re-skinning, not to mention water damage to the brickwork
Depsite signing quotes etc, he had no liability insurance (something about missing a payment). Since the house was technically unoccupied while we where fixing it up it invalided our home insurance.
Before we go about alot of legal work, who would you say it as fault. My brother for turning it on or the Plumber for saying it was OK to turn it on?
Any help would be much appreicated!