BO***CKS I've just put a hole in the (new) bath

[selpats]

I was cleaning something heavy (condenser unit thingy from tumble dryer) dropped it and it's put a hole in the bath!

It's fairly new too

OMG

You have my sympathy. You'd be covered on your house insurance if you have accidental damage cover on your policy.

I could be wrong but is the bath not covered by your buildings insurance?

I had to claim for a bath years and years ago and I'm sure it went through the buildings insurance as the factors (managing agents) took care of it. If it was contents insurance I would have done it.

Thanks, I didn't think of that, when I remember who we are insured with I will ring and ask.
Would it be house or contents insurance do you think?

I did same thing 2 years ago with a massive bar of soap (yes I'm not kidding) I live in a private rent, and as its in the conditions of my letting agreement that I fix anything that I break, I claimed on my contents insurance. This maybe different if you own the house.

Oh my goodness!

I know it's not much help now, but when you replace it go for a metal one if possible.

We replaced our bathroom a year and a half ago and I had to do all the shopping - I wanted metal and didn't know why, until someone told me they would never fit acrylic in a rented house, they are just so easy to damage and they also have more movement in them I think - so more likely to need resealing round etc.?

Anyway I hope you are covered.

I like acrylic baths, but they don't have a long lifetime as they get scratched and chipped even if you don't break them.

I wouln't have a cast iron one again as they suck a lot of heat from the bathwater.
You can get pressed steel in a thicker grade that is more rigid than standard. A white suite is easy to match whatever the maker.

Enamel is a pain in the neck if you've got hard water as you can't use limescale removers on it, ours builds up round the tap no matter how often I clean it. Otherwise definitely prefer metal to plastic.

Piglet just reminded me about when it happened to me, my bathroom suite at the time was pink, the insurance company said they understood we wouldn't get a pink replacement bath, and won't want white bath and the rest pink, so they
paid in full for the bath and met us 50% of the way on cost for sink and toilet which wasn't bad as there was nothing wrong with them.