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Title: water pipe just burst
Post by: nick v6 on 16 May 2009, 22:00:10
sat in the front room watching tv
got the kids to bed nice and quiet
till i herd a pop and a hsssssss sound
i thought the washing machine had broke as that was on
but as i went into the kitchen water was gushing from under the cupboard
i turned the stop tap that is at the back of the cupboard and it still gushed out
i called the council and they said 3 hours :o
i called the water board and they wanted £53 plus the vat just to turn the water off :o


the council finaly turned up and ripped the kitchen apart to get to the pipe that had burst and took it out and changed the pipe and went

left me in a right mess to clean up
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Post by: Andy B on 16 May 2009, 22:02:40
Bugger!!! Just what you want on a Sat night! .... NOT!   :(  :y  :y
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Post by: miggcddave on 16 May 2009, 22:05:02
typical council >:(
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Post by: Jimbob on 16 May 2009, 22:06:38
times like that you want the key to turn it off in the road  :'(
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Post by: cem_devecioglu on 16 May 2009, 22:07:21
if there were carpets dry them as quick as possible or they will start smell :-/
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Post by: nick v6 on 16 May 2009, 22:07:49
looks like ill be up all night cleaning the mess up
cant beleave they grabbed and snapped the wood round the cupboard
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Post by: nick v6 on 16 May 2009, 22:08:58
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if there were carpets dry them as quick as possible or they will start smell :-/

i managed to stop the water from getting to the carpet in the hall way and back room by useing a quilt
it was the easiest thing i could grab at the time
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Post by: cem_devecioglu on 16 May 2009, 22:09:13
at least tomorrow is sunday you can sleep..
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Post by: nick v6 on 16 May 2009, 22:11:02
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Post by: nick v6 on 16 May 2009, 22:13:03
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they trashed the kitchen took all the carrier bags out the cupboard and just chucked everything everywhere >:(
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Post by: cem_devecioglu on 16 May 2009, 22:21:16
I know what disaster is that flooding..Many years ago when I was in fathers home, they cut the waters irregularly and open it at midnight ..I remember how many times I wake up in water  and try to clean home with sleepy eyes.. :(
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Post by: nick v6 on 16 May 2009, 22:23:54
im going up the council monday morning to see if they are going to replace the cupboards
the bloke that came out said that they will not replace anything >:(
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Post by: Mr Skrunts on 16 May 2009, 22:35:37
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im going up the council monday morning to see if they are going to replace the cupboards
the bloke that came out said that they will not replace anything >:(

If they damaged it, then they replace it, end of story.   Tossers.
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Post by: nick v6 on 16 May 2009, 22:36:31
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im going up the council monday morning to see if they are going to replace the cupboards
the bloke that came out said that they will not replace anything >:(

If they damaged it, then they replace it, end of story.   Tossers.

ill see what the council says on monday morning when i go up to see them
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Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 16 May 2009, 23:09:52
That was bad news then Nick! :o :o  :'( :'(

Things like that always happen at the worst possible time. :( :(
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Post by: willyboy on 17 May 2009, 10:04:35
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times like that you want the key to turn it off in the road  :'(

You should be able to shut it off outside your drive/gate  , If you recall i had similar not a massive leak but a leak & they had tarmaced over the stop tap so just put a pick through rough area that it was found it after a couple of goes they came & sorted that later but I managed to then sort out my leak in the house ! :y
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Post by: nick v6 on 17 May 2009, 12:33:04
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times like that you want the key to turn it off in the road  :'(

You should be able to shut it off outside your drive/gate  , If you recall i had similar not a massive leak but a leak & they had tarmaced over the stop tap so just put a pick through rough area that it was found it after a couple of goes they came & sorted that later but I managed to then sort out my leak in the house ! :y

ive looked at the bottom of my drive and all around my drive and couldn't find anything
there is a water tap cover in my back garden but when i opened it up it was full of soil and worms
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Post by: tmx on 17 May 2009, 13:12:45
in my old estate the water taps were in one central point they had a big drain cover over them but the drain had water cut off or summat stamped on it

also had water meters in it too

a water key can be obtained from B&Q for £13 very useful!

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Post by: JesterRT on 17 May 2009, 13:19:12
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times like that you want the key to turn it off in the road  :'(

You should be able to shut it off outside your drive/gate  , If you recall i had similar not a massive leak but a leak & they had tarmaced over the stop tap so just put a pick through rough area that it was found it after a couple of goes they came & sorted that later but I managed to then sort out my leak in the house ! :y

ive looked at the bottom of my drive and all around my drive and couldn't find anything
there is a water tap cover in my back garden but when i opened it up it was full of soil and worms

been in a similar situation - but I dug the soil & worms out with hands and eventually I got to a stop-cock.  kept removing the earth around it and eventually managed to turn it off.
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Post by: nick v6 on 17 May 2009, 13:28:30
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times like that you want the key to turn it off in the road  :'(

You should be able to shut it off outside your drive/gate  , If you recall i had similar not a massive leak but a leak & they had tarmaced over the stop tap so just put a pick through rough area that it was found it after a couple of goes they came & sorted that later but I managed to then sort out my leak in the house ! :y

ive looked at the bottom of my drive and all around my drive and couldn't find anything
there is a water tap cover in my back garden but when i opened it up it was full of soil and worms

been in a similar situation - but I dug the soil & worms out with hands and eventually I got to a stop-thingy.  kept removing the earth around it and eventually managed to turn it off.

ill have a dig round later or get the kids to and see if there is a tap down there
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Post by: willyboy on 17 May 2009, 16:41:55
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times like that you want the key to turn it off in the road  :'(

You should be able to shut it off outside your drive/gate  , If you recall i had similar not a massive leak but a leak & they had tarmaced over the stop tap so just put a pick through rough area that it was found it after a couple of goes they came & sorted that later but I managed to then sort out my leak in the house ! :y

ive looked at the bottom of my drive and all around my drive and couldn't find anything
there is a water tap cover in my back garden but when i opened it up it was full of soil and worms

been in a similar situation - but I dug the soil & worms out with hands and eventually I got to a stop-thingy.  kept removing the earth around it and eventually managed to turn it off.

ill have a dig round later or get the kids to and see if there is a tap down there

Its very likely to be tap there Nick , I didnt need a special key it was a std Brass type water shut off & the hole was full of crud worrrrms & the like, you need a rubber glove on & tape it to shirt sleeve or whatever if its that muddy let the kids ladel it out a new game  ::) :y