u/According_Grape5790

I have terrible I-plex pipes, but that’s a whole other story. I’ve had 8 leaks in the past few years and have now bypassed all the iplex pipes with copper ones. But I did have one last leak 6 months ago that I’m still having restored.

What’s happened is all the carpentry was removed to dry out the wall, and a sink was removed to allow the cabinets to come out. So the copper pipes were capped to stop waterflow to that sink.

Months later, new cabinets were put in and the sink reinstalled. The pipes needed to be reconnected to the sink. However the plumber reconnected the leaking iplex pipes, and not the new copper ones. This has of course caused a new leak, which was discovered about 48 hours later once the walls started leaking out and the carpets were soaked, which has undone all the restoration work that was done in the 4 months prior. The building company stated this was a new leak and swore their plumber had done a pressure test, but was not been able to provide timestamped photos confirming this.

After a lot of back and forth and the opinion of an independent plumber, they’ve acknowledged it was their fault. There was no communication between the plumber that capped the copper pipes initially, and the only that uncapped them, and he’s not done a pressure test. However - this new leak has caused significant damage and I’ve been living in a construction zone for 2 months longer (with the restoration work yet to be complete, so it’ll be even longer). Am I entitled to any compensation for this, or is it just too bad so sad and they need to do the restoration work for free?

My ex and I are in family court and he hasn’t seen our child in over a year due to domestic violence and child protection intervention.

We have a case assessment conference next week and I’m so stressed I’m not sleeping. My son’s safety is my top priority and I really want to get it right. Can anyone tell me what to expect? I was limited in my affidavit to a small number of pages and evidence but have a decade of examples of physical and verbal abuse, emotional blackmail, financial control, drug fuelled rages etc. The court already has videos and police reports and he’s admitted the abuse I have evidence of.

Any tips or advice? How long will they speak to me for? Is it better to avoid emotion and stick to facts? I know I should keep it child focused and stay on track about things my son has seen and heard, how it’s impacted him etc and not about me.

I’m having issues with a major building company in Perth that was tasked to do some restoration works through my insurance company. One of their tradies did not do his due diligence and has caused further damage to my house. The builder and the insurance assessor insisted I put in a new insurance claim and said it was the fault of a tradie I’d hired previously.

I didn’t agree but put in a new claim anyway to get the work started. I’ve now found photos proving the builder wrong. No one at the building company responds to any of my calls or emails. If I call, reception tells me that the person I need is out and will call me back, or puts me through to someone who says it’s sitting with another team and they don’t know what’s happening.

I have complained to the insurance company, provided the time stamped photos, quoted the building code that hasn’t been followed, and asked for a refund of the excess of my second insurance claim. Is there anyone I can complain to about the building company though? I probably have 5 or 6 unanswered emails I’ve sent them over the past month, and as mentioned, calling at least weekly which goes nowhere. I’d like to escalate it further but don’t know who to speak to.