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Flood Damaged Property

Flood Damaged Property

Order Code: WY158
ISBN Number: 9781405116169
Publisher: Wiley
No. of Pages: 240
Date of Publication: 2004

Price: £49.99


With climate change and the development of property on flood plains, the flooding of buildings has become a considerable problem, both for property owners and their insurers. This book, based on extensive research, provides guidance on how to assess and repair flood damaged properties.

Special Features:
  • Huge financial sums involved for repair of flood damaged properties in England and Wales alone, 2 million homes and 185,000 business properties are at risk from flooding
  • Existing methods for assessing damage and repair work are unreliable - this book provides benchmarks
  • This book reduces variations in repair recommendations, improves level of service offered by insurers and surveyors and reduces the time and cost of dealing with the problem
  • Endorsed by Lloyds TSB, one of the UK's largest insureres of domestic properties

Contents:
  • Introduction to flooding
  • Preparing for a flood
  • Flood characteristic
  • Drying out flooded building
  • Reinstatement of flood-damaged floors
  • Reinstatement of flood-damaged walls
  • Reinstatement of flood-damaged doors and windows
  • Reinstatement of flood-damaged utilities and fittings
  • Conclusions and summary

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