Frozen Pipes Causing Water Damage in Harrow – This new build house in Harrow is highly insulated however the owner went away for two weeks over the freezing weather and came back to a burst pipe.
Luckily for them that turned the water off before they went however on there return they turned the water supply on and the burst pipe flooded the bathroom.
We had only been back for 2o minuets or so and I went into the bathroom to find water all over the place.
The problem we have with water damage and new build properties is the way they are built. This floor is a floating floor meeting that the timber decking is not fixed to the substructure of the building only gravity holds it down, it probably sits on some sort of insulation or even sheets of plasterboard the reasoning behind this is to stop the transfer of sound and to insulate against heat loss.
Unfortunately internal walls start to sag into the floor once water has deteriorated the flooring and the internal walls need to be removed to replace the floor.
All of this works out to be a big insurance claim, however on this occasion it looks as if the owner has been lucky and the water has been contained to the bathroom area only.
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