Kitchen klutzes cause £64million damage says halifax home insurance
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More than 250,000 UK households contain unused kitchen appliance worth more than £500 according to Halifax Home Insurance. And, while this is ground enough for Brits to require home insurance, the company suggests dangerous culinary experiments can lead to harm in the home, adding to the need for a suitable insurance policy.
According to the study, British people kitchens contain £2.6 billion of unused kitchen appliance ranging from spice mover and shaker to blenders. And, while women spend about £88 on culinary tools, men spend a third more â€" an norm of £119.
It found that toasted sandwich shaper were the most popular gadget, with 32 per cent of those owning one weakness to make use of it, while 21 per cent of households with a liquidizer had not used it in more than a year; 17 per cent of those with steamers, juicers and electric automobile carving knives said the items were lying redundant at the back of a closet.
Meanwhile, many of the kitchen tools that are in use have caused costly harm, particularly when it comes to kitchen blow torches and electric automobile carving knives. Accidents with contraption, for illustration slicing through worktops, have caused £64 million of harm, according to Halifax Home Insurance.
The study revealed that men cause one and a half times more kitchen accidents than women, often because they fail to read direction. Those life in the south east had spent the most on unused kitchen items at £119, while those in the Midlands wasted £80.
Head of underwriting at Halifax Home Insurance, David Rochester, said: "British people kitchens are turn into a cemetery of unused gadgets. While Britons have the best purpose when purchasing kitchen appliance, thousands of blenders, grills, steamers and juicers lie idle on worktops.
"Britons should ensure they ever read the direction before fire up a blow torch or electric automobile carving knife as they could cause extensive damage to their property and potentially injure the user.
"Electrical items should be checked carefully, especially if they haven’t been used for a long time to ensure the plugs, wiring and heating elements have not been damaged, which could cause a fire or electrocute the user."
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