8 Feb 10
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Britons Face A Freezing Weather Bill Of £2bn
As a result of the repairs required to their homes, which they must pay themselves, due to the freezing weather, millions of Britons will be forced out of their homes. With millions of homes being uninsured and the cost of the repair bills as a result of freezing weather that occurred last month which devastated households and topped an amazing £2 billion, most have little choice but to leave their homes.
It is estimated that as many as 5.9 million homes were given an average repair bill of £343, a home emergency and repair firm, revealed.
The research further suggested that only 21%, or one in five of those households, were insured for the emergency. This means that approximately 4,779,000 households were uninsured. This means that about 472,000 of those who were hit by the disastrous weather cannot afford the repair costs.
The average cost for a boiler repair service, of which there were an astonishing 2.2 million during the freezing weather, was approximately £351.
That headline grabbing figure represents that approximately 9%, or one in ten, UK households which was the most common problem.
Approximately 1.24 million households lost their central heat, which represents about 5% of all homes in the UK, and had an average repair bill of £294. Similarly, a total of nearly 1.24 million households also had to deal with serious water leaks, and the cost to repair them was approximately as an average of £242.
Approximately 4%, or nearly one million households, also had pipes that burst, which cost the average homeowner an average of £31 to repair.
The most expensive repair was the result of damage to their roofs which also caught approximately 4%, or 999,000 households, off guard damage and resulted in a cost an average of about £546 to repair. .
About 42% of the people living in the North East suffered home emergencies during the freezing weather.
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8 Feb 10
How Green Is Your Skip Hire Company?
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Lothian Skip Hire Ltd is a family run business and are very proud of the fact that we can deal with multinational companies with a tailored solution to their waste management needs which allows them to concentrate on their core business and with individual householders who wish to hire a skip for a few days. Whatever your requirements may be, Lothian Skip Hire Ltd, can save you time and money.
Lothian Skip Hire Ltd is also environmentally friendly. The modern skip hire simply doesn’t quite fit with our modern understanding of waste management. The large majority of homes in the UK now have an assortment of boxes and bags bins in both pastel and lurid colors, each of which represent what a different council’s interpretation of recycling. Apparently, bold colors make a positive statement about recycling while natural and pastel shades indicate that our waste fits in with nature discreetly.
Although each of these colorful containers serve to turn our homes into self contained mini recycling centers but somehow the skip hire confounds our modern thinking. The good news is that Lothian Skip Hire Ltd does have your waste recycled on your behalf. This is accomplished in our own dedicated waste recovery centers where as much as 80% of waste is properly recycled. All this is without any particular effort on your part beyond filling the skip.
Obviously some skip hire companies do a better job of recycling than others. Lothian Ltd is a reputable is a reputable skip hire firm who can ensure that when you use us, your waste will be properly recycled and not simply just be dumped in landfill somewhere.
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