BIBA: Get accidental damage cover before trying DIY by Finance News Bulletin

Published: 08/12/07

Homeowners should ensure they have the correct insurance cover before undertaking DIY work in their possessions, it has been suggestedSteve Foulsham, technical armed forces officer for the British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA), commented that accidental damage cover on both structure and inside insurance policies is often an optional extraProperty owners should make sure their home insurance policies to ensure that they have accidental injure cover and also ensure that their DIY work is within the law, Mr Foulsham saidunintentional damage through DIY work, such as drilling through a wall and drumming a irrigate pipe causing irrigate damage to a person's property, would be among the claims that could be made under the suitable insurance scheme, he indicated

"Most people will do a certain amount of work; so most family policies would cover that injure – assuming that you do have accidental injure cover," Mr Foulsham affirmedClose to one in five people who try to cut corners when doing house renovation work have to pay an average of £280 to a expert to fix

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