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My colleague has just asked me a generic question about plumbing
costs.. Quite why he thinks I will know I have no idea, but I am sure
that someone here would be able to help.

It turns out that his Mums loft header tanks is 'split'.. Water is
pouring out and she has called someone in to take a look.

The first nightmare is that apparantly, this is NOT covered by her
house insurance? Does that sound right?

Yes/no.
I expect the damage to be covered, not the actual tank.

But more imporantly, the costs.. She has been quoted £450, which seems
an awful lot....

That depends on what they are going to fix.. if its just putting a plastic
tank, with easy access then its a lot (one man, a couple of hours, £40 of
bits).
If its fixing the damage it sounds cheap.



I wonder why people don't fit a tank above a tank, so the one tank catches
the leaks and puts it out the overflow?
It would be cheap enough to do.