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To feel totally alone with this issue in my home and to ask for help as a lone parent

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Htoo · 03/11/2024 08:07

I am so exhausted and stressed. On my own with dd 1. Last night noticed a tiny bit of water under the skirting board downstairs, next to pipe connecting to radiator. The wall above skirting board is a shoe size mess of crumbling plaster and is wet. I assume a pipe is leaking in the wall. Do I call insurance? Will insurance go up massively if I do this? Is this a huge and horrendous job? Does it mean the structure of my home is now ruined? Why is it not gushing water? It’s not any worse this morning but clearly there is a problem. Who do I call for this, a plumber or plasterer or both? I have no money and feel so alone

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Flangeosaurus · 03/11/2024 08:16

I’d leave it until tomorrow so you’re not paying emergency call out rates. They should be able to cut out a patch if they need to get behind the plasterboard, it won’t mean the whole wall needs to be ripped apart. Once the leak is fixed a plasterer can come and patch up any damage

DaisyCottonClock · 03/11/2024 08:15

I'd call a plumber, find a recommendation for one on a local Facebook group. Ask him if he thinks it should be an insurance job. But I'd imagine not, you'd have the excess to pay (which might be around the same as what the plumber would charge) and your premiums next year would increase. The plumber will have a plaster he knows to make the wall right once everything has dried out

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Htoo · 03/11/2024 08:15

@Phineyj is the leaking water dangerous? It’s only teaspoon amount but I’m worried

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Phineyj · 03/11/2024 08:14

Have a look on Checkatrade if you can't get a personal recommendation.

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Htoo · 03/11/2024 08:14

@letmego24 thanks I think it is but as it’s behind the wall and part of it is now crumbling, how will it be accessed? Is that not really difficult to fix?

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Phineyj · 03/11/2024 08:13

Plumber and don't panic!

letmego24 · 03/11/2024 08:13

A plumber first J think. See if friends / family/ fb can recommend a local one who will call and assess without a call out fee. It's probably just a leaking radiator pipe.

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Htoo · 03/11/2024 08:08

*shoe BOX size

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