"Ophelia" wrote in message
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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:04:40 GMT, Baz wrote:

The house is sodden. Everything was new from the last episode. Knacked
now.

That wasn't that long ago was it, month or two? Doesn't sound like you
were "properly flooded"(*), you're back in too quick. Properly flooed
would mean all timber floors out, plaster off the walls a couple of feet
above the water line, all wiring and plumbing strippped, then a couple of
weeks with dehumidifiers runing 24/7 to dry the place out before putting
the floor back, first fix, replastering, decorating etc. 6 months plus...
B-(

Don't get me wrong even a 1/4" of water through the ground floor is 1/4"
too much requiring new carpets at the minimum. Surprised insurers haven't
insisted on flood barriers at doors and air bricks, anti back flow valves
in drains etc.

I'd *never* buy a place that was less than 15' above the normal water
level of a beck. 30' for a large river, even if said river was miles
away. Of course these days it's easy to look on the EA's web site and see
the flood zones and even monitor river levels in almost real time.

So damn depressing to be dependent on others.

At least you have Hotel in Law and the Son Inn.

But he wasn't talking about rivers. He mentioned "Drain covers bursting
up and out and flooding the roads"

Which I experienced last week.