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Re: Flooded house

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Originally Posted by RhythmJunkie (Post 1243597)

I suppose global warming will be blamed again...instead of the real reason. Local councils neglecting maintenance and upgrading of the drainage systems for 90+ years. All the road building and housing thats gone up over that time lessens the drainage quality of the land so it all runs off. The old system just can't cope. Add to that the fact that housing is very often built on river flood-plains and you've got a recipe for disaster.
You have our sympathies Daryl...hope you get sorted soon.

You can't keep blaming councils for everything. One thing is they don't own the sewers and have very little involvement with them for many many years because of that. It is the water authorities. It isn't sewers at fault anyway. Neither can you predict such events that we have had. If everything was designed to cover unimaginable situations people simply wouldn't and won't pay for it
Every business, every service, in fact everything has a finite resource

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All the best getting everything back together. Daryl.

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Hey - in a couple of months time will be suffering from a week long heatwave and having hosepipe bans because it was the wrong type of rain or something. ;)

Hope things get sorted as soon as possible though.

Re: Flooded house

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Originally Posted by the_runt69 (Post 1243519)

Times like these makes me glad I live halfway up a hill

I live halfway up a hill, It was like a river running down my drive until I did major work to improve my own drainage. Now the river is directed when it rains.

Makes me wish I lived on top of the hill.

Daryl. I hope all goes ok with the assessors/insurance, being flooded is horrid as the house will take forever to dry out, there can be a lingering stink. you wonder about damage/rot to flooring and joists etc. I sympathise big style as I had a family friend who suffered it 3 times. 2 weeks after he sold his house it happened again.

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Unlucky Darylb! I am close to being flooded, I really hope it doesn't happen. Best of luck for you to get a good insurance payout so you can get a nice newly redecorated house.

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Sorry to hear you were affected, good job you have insurance. Keep us up to date with how you get along and if you are stuck temporarily for furniture I am sure things can be found for you as a temporary measure from folks of the forum within your area.

I will certainly help if I can, you are not a million miles away from me.

Chin up dude x
Shell

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Bad news Daryl I hope you can get back to some sort of normality asap, still, at least you can claim for the 50 inch samsung HDTI telly and the italian leather made to order suite and dont forget the two Nikon diX cameras... ;)
good luck mate hope all is well soon
stew

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Really sorry to hear of your plight daryl. Lots of love to you and the family.