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We got pretty lucky to be honest - there wasn't any serious damage to the floorboards and they dried pretty quickly. the Airing cupboard was a disaster zone when the tank and handwear was removed to I painted it, put laminate flooring down and converted it into a storage place for vacuums, brushes etc.

The Damp Mark on the ceiling in the living room was covered by special paint.

That's good. If the boiler is being ripped out we might decorate the cupboard, if it stays, then I'm not bothering.

dinny_g wrote: Fri Aug 21, 2026 9:57 am The Damp Mark on the ceiling in the living room was covered by special paint.

Stain Block is excellent stuff.

I remember when I brought the painter round for the quote, I was dreading it but he just went "Yeah, no worries, we'll cover that and it wont come back through - no problem"

Cue massive sign or relief

My water softener shat itself, it was stuck on the rinse mode whilst I was away. No water damage but it used 10 litres of water per minute for maybe 4 days. What you want during a hosepipe ban Don’t know what my plumber is ordering but he said Harvey’s and BWT are shit.

The manifold had split, causing the leak. And because it is a brilliant design the leak was spraying water directly onto the control board. That, as you'd expect, didn't like it and shorted out. Plumber has gone to get new one, but it is a one hour round-trip away.