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Ben G

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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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8th May 10 at 16:55

quote:
Originally posted by neoquip
They should claim off ther insurance and not yours to fix your flat.

thats what insurance is for, they had a leek and damaged someone elses falt.. it's their fault.

have you legal cover to check?

but they are both with the same insurance company so they can't exactly claim off themselves can they?

Fee

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Registered: 16th Nov 05
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8th May 10 at 17:28

F*ck knows...insurance really pisses me off

neoquip

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Registered: 12th Aug 02
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9th May 10 at 08:15

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G

quote:
Originally posted by neoquip
They should claim off ther insurance and not yours to fix your flat.

thats what insurance is for, they had a leek and damaged someone elses falt.. it's their fault.

have you legal cover to check?

but they are both with the same insurance company so they can't exactly claim off themselves can they?

No, you don't ring your insurance.. Those who had the water leak ring, they put the claim in, they pay the water excess as its the leak from them.. they get your flat fixed as it's been damaged by their water leak.

Or as you have now put the claim in with your insurance, your insurance should claim the Excess back off them upstairs.. even though its same insurance company it wasn't your leak or your doing or your fault.

failing that.. threaten them upstairs with small claims court if they don't reimburse you with the water excess.

Fee

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9th May 10 at 08:19

quote:
Originally posted by neoquip

Or as you have now put the claim in with your insurance, your insurance should claim the Excess back off them upstairs.. even though its same insurance company it wasn't your leak or your doing or your fault.

That is what they are going to do...but apparently it will only be paid back as a 'goodwill' gesture....I don't really think insurance companies have goodwill, so I'm not holding my breath!

Fee

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12th May 10 at 08:46

Woke up this morning to more water on the bathroom floor

neoquip

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12th May 10 at 20:19

think you need to speak to those upstairs.... and the freeholder

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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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12th May 10 at 22:59

we have been...

Fee

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Registered: 16th Nov 05
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4th Aug 10 at 20:01

New cornicing has arrived for the bathroom...had to wait a while for it to be delivered

Just need Adam home now so he can get it up!

neoquip

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Registered: 12th Aug 02
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4th Aug 10 at 20:55

nice proper coving, similar to ours....

keep up the good work.

Fee

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5th Aug 10 at 06:59

Yep, that was the main thing that annoyed me when the roof fell down...all the original coving got damaged.

This stuff seems pretty good though...might even get some for the master bedroom since it is the only room without fancy coving

neoquip

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Registered: 12th Aug 02
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5th Aug 10 at 17:30

why didn't you get the new stuff CAST FROM A SAMPLE OF THE OLD DAMAGED coving?
Ours was cast off a House in Peterborough..... so we were the first in Nottm with it.

Fee

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6th Aug 10 at 07:17

We did speak about doing that....but don't know why we didnt in the end.

More hassle finding someone to do that than just find one and buy it

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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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7th Aug 10 at 15:54

the coving we went for is period correct and matches what we had pretty well.

Was a lot easier to just order it and get delivered

Any tips for neat joins in the corners? Getting the angles just right and what to cut it with?

I've put up your run of the mill wee plaster coving before where you used to get the template for outside/inside corner joins.

Daniel_Corsa

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Registered: 21st Apr 04
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8th Aug 10 at 20:12

Mitre saw will get you perfect 90 degree corners.

Bead of caulk in the joints then wiped smooth as long as your painting over wont ever be seen.

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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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9th Aug 10 at 12:30

rather use joint filler for joints....

I know how to put it up and finish it, just some tips on cutting up properly without wasting heaps

jungle

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Registered: 22nd Nov 07
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10th Aug 10 at 18:06

make a coving mitre box like i have works wonders and serves me well and has done over the years can get you a cheeky pic if you like?

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10th Aug 10 at 20:59

know what you mean...

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20th Oct 10 at 14:59

eventually got round to starting the bathroom (again

)

Tiles off, bath and shower out, plaster off. Boarded walls and roof. Coving 3/4s up - need a had for the final section

Rob_Quads

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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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20th Oct 10 at 16:48

Would you not want to get all the plastering done before putting the cornice up?

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20th Oct 10 at 17:02

eh?

Why do you need to plaster perfectly flat plasterboard?

I really dont understand why folk do that.

Tape the joints, and fill.

John

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20th Oct 10 at 17:27

You need to be really really good at the taping though.

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20th Oct 10 at 18:16

really?!

Doesnt seem very hard to me.

John

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20th Oct 10 at 18:17

It's not hard to tape, it's hard to get it perfect.

Rob_Quads

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20th Oct 10 at 18:28

quote:
Originally posted by John
It's not hard to tape, it's hard to get it perfect.

This was exactly why I said. Its easy to smooth it off, think its all good, cover all the screws with a small amount of filler and think job done. Paint it, give it a few months to settle down and then often you start to see slightly different levels, slight divots where the boards have moved etc.

Plastering it off just gives you that nice perfect consistent layer that will stay level as its able to resist minor changes in the backing without affecting the surface

Daniel_Corsa

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Registered: 21st Apr 04
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21st Oct 10 at 07:30

Be getting tiled over anyways won't it?! If was being painted I'd 100% be skimming over the boards!

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