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Offline sadler

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Re: House Insurance and new rules on leaving the house to go on holiday.
« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2017, 21:15:48 PM »
Accident waiting to happen!



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Re: House Insurance and new rules on leaving the house to go on holiday.
« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2017, 22:30:12 PM »
I don't turn ours off.
I don't see the point really especially the part that you can go for up to 14 days without turning it off. You only need a small leak for a couple of hours and it can cause untold damage.
Leave well alone I say.

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Re: House Insurance and new rules on leaving the house to go on holiday.
« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2017, 22:31:06 PM »
Thanks Jackie We will  :-\

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Re: House Insurance and new rules on leaving the house to go on holiday.
« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2017, 22:44:03 PM »
Patrice, better check your House Insurance before you take your next holiday.
Forgot to say, if you have gas (we don't) you have to turn that off too.

So if you go away in the winter and have to turn your gas and central heating off will they pay for any burst pipes? I know the water will be off but I guess they don't insist you drain the tanks down? There will still be water in the pipes unless you drain everything off.


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Re: House Insurance and new rules on leaving the house to go on holiday.
« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2017, 22:54:45 PM »
I don't turn ours off.
I don't see the point really especially the part that you can go for up to 14 days without turning it off. You only need a small leak for a couple of hours and it can cause untold damage.
Leave well alone I say.

Seeing your avatar image bewva I think you may have a leak already! Lol  :)

Dave.

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Re: House Insurance and new rules on leaving the house to go on holiday.
« Reply #15 on: April 03, 2017, 23:48:09 PM »
we always turn ours off after flooding the house but the insurance paid out

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Re: House Insurance and new rules on leaving the house to go on holiday.
« Reply #16 on: April 03, 2017, 23:53:52 PM »

we always turn ours off after flooding the house

You'd be better turning it off before flooding the house

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Re: House Insurance and new rules on leaving the house to go on holiday.
« Reply #17 on: April 04, 2017, 09:01:41 AM »
Just a tip, always check your pipes in the loft are lagged properly.  In the winter my son was called out to a to a property with a burst pipe, the water was dripping through the ceiling.  When he went into the loft, there was no lagging on the pipes at all.   This is really unusual, but shows it can happen.




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