yamin
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Funny, but not for the insurance company. We recently had a leak in our kitchen - a copper pipe in the screed under the tiled floor had gradually developed a small hole. Goodness knows how long it had been seeping out, but by the time it found its way up, out and visible on the floor, it had done a lot of damage. We discovered the leak, had to destroy part of the tiled floor to discover its origin, and on the way found the gypsum plaster soaked to 2 feet up the walls,behind the kitchen units. Furthermore, the damp people found the floor is between 80 and 100% saturation or whatever. This is great news for us as (HOPEFULLY!) we are covered by the insurance company, albeit over a 12 week period that it will take to de humidify! The irony? The kitchen floor, complete with concrete base and DPM, abuts an original flagstone floor laid to earth. The 'damp man' (!) agreed that had this been concrete too then the damp would have continued to spread, but the earth provided a natural soakaway, and the flags did their job with breathing and drying out!! A huge vote for old methods, and a huge thumbs down for concrete and DPM, which in this case is (AGAIN HOPEFULLY) going to cost the insurance cmpany, not us. Maybe the insurance companies should think a little about what they recommend to replace floors in flood areas!