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REDSAW
well, just had a call out at 6pm this evening.
owner had been away for 3-4 days came home to a total, and i mean total flood.
when i arrived the guy who was sitting in the car got out and re-opened the front door for me to be greeted with a rush of water over the threshold......no rush then i thought.lol.
50 gallon tank in loft with 2'' of ice on it burst,
rising main to said tank split.
feed to h/w cylinder blown an end feed off,
heating feed blown a compression off.
h/w cylinder split.
the water content in the loft was actually running along the tops of the joists.eh!
water pouring from every sq foot of ceiling in the house.
well, i capped all the pipes, left it to drain down and did what i could which should do the trick as the mains stopcock had failed and the boundary cock chamber had collapsed so unable to turn water supply off in the street and left them to call severn trent to sort it out.
the big eye opener was the custard had just recently finished refurb the house and told me he had turned the heating on to low whilst he was away and had the loft newly insulated. should of seen his face when i asked him how does the warmth of the house keep the frost of the pipes in the loft then.. next time open the loft hatch.
nice cash earner though.
happy new year.
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owner had been away for 3-4 days came home to a total, and i mean total flood.
when i arrived the guy who was sitting in the car got out and re-opened the front door for me to be greeted with a rush of water over the threshold......no rush then i thought.lol.
50 gallon tank in loft with 2'' of ice on it burst,
rising main to said tank split.
feed to h/w cylinder blown an end feed off,
heating feed blown a compression off.
h/w cylinder split.
the water content in the loft was actually running along the tops of the joists.eh!
water pouring from every sq foot of ceiling in the house.
well, i capped all the pipes, left it to drain down and did what i could which should do the trick as the mains stopcock had failed and the boundary cock chamber had collapsed so unable to turn water supply off in the street and left them to call severn trent to sort it out.
the big eye opener was the custard had just recently finished refurb the house and told me he had turned the heating on to low whilst he was away and had the loft newly insulated. should of seen his face when i asked him how does the warmth of the house keep the frost of the pipes in the loft then.. next time open the loft hatch.
nice cash earner though.
happy new year.
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