Escape of Water causes so much damage to properties and as we fast approach that time of the year when FROZEN pipes are commonplace – you should make sure you can turn your water off in an emergency.

Often property owners and landlords have empty properties and the cover on these vary widely – landlords insurance with some providers may only cover the property for 30 days when empty and some will protect the property much longer.

It is important to make sure you have FULL PERILS cover on your empty properties and also check the stop cock works – so it can be closed off in an emergency. 

A great device called SureStop – will allow you to turn the water off with a FLICK of a SWITCH – why not check it out at http://www.surestop.co.uk/ 

For those of you that have properties rented out to tenants – again it only takes a few minutes to make sure they know the location of all the main services – fuse boards, stop cocks etc – this can only help reduce any damage should the unthinkable happen.