Accidental Damage

Just when I thought it we were over all the burst pipes and floods of the severe weather of the winter another similar emergency crops up. This was accidental damage rather than ice damage. An alarm installer was drilling through a wall to route one of his cables when disaster struck. Two plastic heating pipes had been installed behind the skirting board. There was nothing to indicate pipes were hidden there and plastic pipes like these cannot be picked up like copper ones, with a metal detecting tool. On the new build houses we recently completed all of the hidden plastic pipes had to be wrapped with a foil like metalic tape so they could be traced before drilling into walls. This is a good idea as a lot of accidents like this could be prevented. Luckily for my friend the alarm installer this one didn't cause too much damage and was an easy repair.