Burst Pipe

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Hi, I recently received my water bill from Irish water where it say I've used 1,694,745 million litre's of water in the past 90 days. Which they think means I might have a leak.

I had a guy come out from SDCC to check for a leak. He had a look outside where the water meter is and could see no leak there but he could see the meter spinning around very fast. He checked around the housed and has narrowed down the leak to somewhere under the kitchen skin where the water comes in. You can actually hear the water running but there's no actual sign of any water anywhere? There's no water in the drains anywhere around the house so where is the water all going? It works out at 18830 litres every day, so if it's not going back into the drains where is it going??

Also does anyone know if this is covered under their First Fix scheme or will I have to claim of the house insurance?

Rabbo

The Irish Water first fix scheme should cover the repair of the pipe itself but I would be more concerned about the damage that may be caused to the substructure of your house from the leak. If the water doesn't appear to be getting into your drains, it's probably soaking down into the watertable. This could result in localised washing away of soils and undermining of foundations. It's would be advisable to have a look at the structure and the leak when it's exposed to ensure that no damage is done

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Rabbo wrote: »

The Irish Water first fix scheme should cover the repair of the pipe itself but I would be more concerned about the damage that may be caused to the substructure of your house from the leak. If the water doesn't appear to be getting into your drains, it's probably soaking down into the watertable. This could result in localised washing away of soils and undermining of foundations. It's would be advisable to have a look at the structure and the leak when it's exposed to ensure that no damage is done

Thanks Rabbo, I've had a good look around the outside of the house and garden for any sings of cracks or any water logged ground and everything looks completely normal?

The strange thing is that this has only happened since the water metre was put in. Obviously just a coincidence which may have cause by the mains being switched of and then the sudden pressure of it being switch back on.

If it has cause any structural damage would this be cover by my house insurance?

Rabbo

There may not be any structural damage but it's definitely something to keep an eye on considering the volume of water leaking.

I would imagine most house policies would cover structural damage caused by a water leak like that but you need to be proactive once the leak is discovered

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Thanks again Rabbo.

Since I got the letter on Friday afternoon I've been onto Irish water 3 times and SDCC once. SDCC rang me back and came out to have a look. Irish Water don't seem to be to concerned that I'm leaking over 18,500 litres of water a day. They actually told me to check for any leaking taps :pac:

The man who was here from SDCC has said he will send Irish Water an email saying that there's is a problem and that it needs to get looked at asap.

The pressure has dropped to low for the tanks in the attic to fill so the toilets and shower and heating are all down.