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Insurer gives storm advice

March 12, 2008 by admin  
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As storms and high tides continue to affect several areas of the UK, Halifax has offered some advice to homeowners about dealing with the inclement weather.

Those who are at risk from flooding are advised to place sandbags outside doors and windows to minimise the amount of water that gets inside, move furniture upstairs and turn off the main supplies of water, gas and electricity.

Meanwhile, to protect a home from windstorm damage, Halifax recommends that owners secure outside items such as garden furniture, cut back low-hanging branches and clear drainpipes of debris to decrease the chance of blocks.

Martyn Foulds, senior claims manager at Halifax Home Insurance, claimed that the insurer is “well-prepared” for the current storms and is ready to serve customers.

“We anticipate more calls coming in as the storm worsens and we are fully prepared for this,” he added.

The average cost of damage from gales each year in the UK is £300 million, according to the Met Office.

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One Response to “Insurer gives storm advice”
  1. H C Johnson says:
    February 21, 2009 at 9:31 pm

    Hi Storm damage to one side of our roof on 15 Jan 2009 resulted in three holes in roof and ripped off roof liner this allowed water damage to loft approx 15 tiles blown off from appex and two ridge tiles. Our tiles are no longer available Builder made watertite with substitute tiles which are thicker and slitely more narrow than orgininal tiles. Inusurance Assesors says this repair it statifactory and a repalacement side of roof is not an option. We maintan that incorrect tiles which stand proud of roof and also are narrow are open to further wind damage and also take away value from our house if we need to sell. Can you advise?

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