BristolUK

I'm this close to putting the AC on. Last week we still had heating on about half the time.

withabix

Its the other way round over here.

AC has been on regularly since April (having a SW facing back of the house with a lot of window and full exposure has something to do with that though!!!).

Barbecues on the deck started in March.

Heating went back on last week!

Former Lancastrian

Depending where you live its those 3 or 4 days from Winter ending to Summer starting

MillieF

I'm with you Bristol....Monday before last it snowed in Fredericton then this Monday I put the electric fan in the window in our bedroom...the sort that fits in the window and brings the cold air in (I'd never seen those prior to coming to Canada) but last night we got that out and installed the AC! The weather has gone nuts!

scrubbedexpat133

We had a huge downpour/thunder storms here yesterday lunchtime, the road was running like a river with the drains unable to cope. I am sitting here waiting for builder to come over and inspect the basement as there was a small flood. It would seem the minimum will be replacing the floor, skirting and lower half of the plaster board.

withabix

Hope that's insured....

MillieF

Me too...poor you Alex That was forecast for us, it's horrid today, dark and overcast and sticky!

MillieF

Yes Alex, Riverview was just on the news...you had 50 mm in 90 minutes

plasticcanuck

A friend lives at bottom of a hill. Heavy rain caused what Alex described. His insurance didn't cover what's known as overland water flooding. Supposedly no insurance for such water damage.

from broker link.ca
There is currently no insurance coverage available in Canada for overland flooding. According to the Insurance Bureau of Canada, this is because only a small percentage of the population is at risk for overland flooding. Those who are most vulnerable are those living in areas prone to flooding, such as flood plains or near lakes and rivers. Since the majority of homeowners aren’t exposed to this risk and would not share in the cost of the coverage, it becomes too expensive to provide flood insurance for homeowners who would need it.

withabix

That information is out of date - although only just.

Square One Insurance started including Inland Flood Protection (ie not from the sea or tide) in April this year.

https://www.squareoneinsurance.ca/ref/JYTUGY

Atlantic Xpat

Rather different than the original thrust of this thread but spring seems to have taken a step backwards in Newfoundland. Temps of 20C+ earlier this week have been replaced by single digits forecast well into next week and risk of SN** in some places over the weekend. Which makes having put away the kids winter clothes a possibly premature decision!

I'm currently in our nations capital, where it's been high 20's all week. Going back to the Rock tomorrow will be a bit of a shock I fear.

BristolUK

Having succumbed and put the AC on yesterday for the evening, just to cool things down for bedtime, today I've had to shut the windows. The feels like has kept it in single digits since 11.00 am.

Currently it's 7, feels like 4.

MillieF

.....are you tempted to abandon your family, turn left and carry on going until you get to warmer weather?

dbd33

Aviva and the Co-operators also offer this coverage. I expect there are lots of other companies too. It became feasible to start offering this type of insurance after changes to the disaster bail out legislation in the wake (dyswidt) of last year's High River AB floods. Companies are rolling out support for the coverage so the more lucrative markets will be first.

Here, in ON, it was cold enough a fortnight ago to light the log fire in the evenings. Now it's 88F in the day. Spring was last week. Wednesday, I think.

plasticcanuck

Well that's good to know. My friend had one hell of a mess to cleanup at considerable cost. I'm going to check with my insurer now.