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Looking ahead, would it be worth fitting a solenoid valve as a stop cock and switch it remotely using Lightwave for example
Insurance conditions for burst pipe in unoccupied home
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You may be lucky with your Insurance Claim ( but I doubt it )
Knowing that the Main Stop Cock is outside the building and that anyone could have interfered with it , A simple solution would have been fitting an internal stop cock
Knowing that the Main Stop Cock is outside the building and that anyone could have interfered with it , A simple solution would have been fitting an internal stop cock
I repair bursts for insurance companies.
I don't know the ins and outs of the policies but generally:
If the leak is between the boundary and the internal stop tap it's covered and we repair it.
If it's inside past the internal stoptap then we report it as a plumbing issue and refer it back to the insurance.
If it's outside the boundary it goes back to the waterboard.
I'm yet to repair a pipe that was damaged by frost because frost doesn't penetrate the ground so much.
I don't know the ins and outs of the policies but generally:
If the leak is between the boundary and the internal stop tap it's covered and we repair it.
If it's inside past the internal stoptap then we report it as a plumbing issue and refer it back to the insurance.
If it's outside the boundary it goes back to the waterboard.
I'm yet to repair a pipe that was damaged by frost because frost doesn't penetrate the ground so much.
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