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On the subject of flooding...
OK a bit Heath Robinson I know but... A friend of mine up North told me the other week that his daughter and S-in Law were flooded near Donny. Seems the "grief" came in via the lavatory, out of that, then in under the doors. Now I know it may sound a bit daft.. I wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea if people in flood prone areas were to have some sort of bung device to block the sewage out pipe and then if they could seal or with battens screw shut the doors etc so that this would stop flood water coming in for the greater extent. Course that sounds mad but wouldn't it then be best if you deliberately flood inside of your house so that there was a bit more water in and this could equalise the pressure from the outside so that when it all goes down perhaps there won't be so much of the stinking stuff in your house so possibly less trouble all around? Mad or sad or what?... -- Tony Sayer |
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On the subject of flooding...
tony sayer wrote:
OK a bit Heath Robinson I know but... A friend of mine up North told me the other week that his daughter and S-in Law were flooded near Donny. Seems the "grief" came in via the lavatory, out of that, then in under the doors. Now I know it may sound a bit daft.. I wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea if people in flood prone areas were to have some sort of bung device to block the sewage out pipe and then if they could seal or with battens screw shut the doors etc so that this would stop flood water coming in for the greater extent. Course that sounds mad but wouldn't it then be best if you deliberately flood inside of your house so that there was a bit more water in and this could equalise the pressure from the outside so that when it all goes down perhaps there won't be so much of the stinking stuff in your house so possibly less trouble all around? Mad or sad or what?... Our local 'village idiot' was being teased in the pub the night of the flood. "Where do you live Claire?" 'Highcourt' "What floor" '16th' "And your not flooded?" 'No' "How come? My brother lives on the 17th & he is!" She promptly telephoned her b/f to ask how bad things were at home! Don. |
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On the subject of flooding...
"tony sayer" wrote in message ... OK a bit Heath Robinson I know but... A friend of mine up North told me the other week that his daughter and S-in Law were flooded near Donny. Seems the "grief" came in via the lavatory, out of that, then in under the doors. Now I know it may sound a bit daft.. I wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea if people in flood prone areas were to have some sort of bung device to block the sewage out pipe and then if they could seal or with battens screw shut the doors etc so that this would stop flood water coming in for the greater extent. Course that sounds mad but wouldn't it then be best if you deliberately flood inside of your house so that there was a bit more water in and this could equalise the pressure from the outside so that when it all goes down perhaps there won't be so much of the stinking stuff in your house so possibly less trouble all around? Mad or sad or what?... Sounds fine. May as well just move out of the flood plain. Only 6 inches is enough to cause severe damage. A dyke of raise ground (clay) could be put around the house that blends in with the landscape. A mechanism to block up the drains would be an advantage indeed. If the toilet is on the 1st floor then no probs. Have HepVO traps on all sanitary appliances, washing machine, sink, etc These act as non-return valves. If flood water was approaching my place I would turn on the taps and leave them on, and have fresh water inside the house - hopefully. |
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On the subject of flooding...
On Jul 8, 11:08 am, tony sayer wrote:
OK a bit Heath Robinson I know but... A friend of mine up North told me the other week that his daughter and S-in Law were flooded near Donny. Seems the "grief" came in via the lavatory, out of that, then in under the doors. Now I know it may sound a bit daft.. I wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea if people in flood prone areas were to have some sort of bung device to block the sewage out pipe and then if they could seal or with battens screw shut the doors etc so that this would stop flood water coming in for the greater extent. Course that sounds mad but wouldn't it then be best if you deliberately flood inside of your house so that there was a bit more water in and this could equalise the pressure from the outside so that when it all goes down perhaps there won't be so much of the stinking stuff in your house so possibly less trouble all around? Mad or sad or what?... OOP NURTH, LADDIE? Oop nurth? Theyst theyer lavs outside, oop nurth. |
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On the subject of flooding...
"Don Spumey" wrote in message ... tony sayer wrote: OK a bit Heath Robinson I know but... A friend of mine up North told me the other week that his daughter and S-in Law were flooded near Donny. Seems the "grief" came in via the lavatory, out of that, then in under the doors. Now I know it may sound a bit daft.. I wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea if people in flood prone areas were to have some sort of bung device to block the sewage out pipe and then if they could seal or with battens screw shut the doors etc so that this would stop flood water coming in for the greater extent. Course that sounds mad but wouldn't it then be best if you deliberately flood inside of your house so that there was a bit more water in and this could equalise the pressure from the outside so that when it all goes down perhaps there won't be so much of the stinking stuff in your house so possibly less trouble all around? Mad or sad or what?... Our local 'village idiot' was being teased in the pub the night of the flood. "Where do you live Claire?" 'Highcourt' "What floor" '16th' "And your not flooded?" 'No' "How come? My brother lives on the 17th & he is!" She promptly telephoned her b/f to ask how bad things were at home! Don. My conclusion is that Clair is blond, a hairdresser or a teacher. Adam |
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On the subject of flooding...
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Weatherlawyer writes On Jul 8, 11:08 am, tony sayer wrote: OK a bit Heath Robinson I know but... A friend of mine up North told me the other week that his daughter and S-in Law were flooded near Donny. Seems the "grief" came in via the lavatory, out of that, then in under the doors. Now I know it may sound a bit daft.. I wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea if people in flood prone areas were to have some sort of bung device to block the sewage out pipe and then if they could seal or with battens screw shut the doors etc so that this would stop flood water coming in for the greater extent. Course that sounds mad but wouldn't it then be best if you deliberately flood inside of your house so that there was a bit more water in and this could equalise the pressure from the outside so that when it all goes down perhaps there won't be so much of the stinking stuff in your house so possibly less trouble all around? Mad or sad or what?... OOP NURTH, LADDIE? Oop nurth? Theyst theyer lavs outside, oop nurth. Normally taken to be anywhere the other side of Watford.. Mind you he's always saying "why opp north etc etc  ....-- Tony Sayer |
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On the subject of flooding...
"Weatherlawyer" wrote in message ups.com... On Jul 8, 11:08 am, tony sayer wrote: OK a bit Heath Robinson I know but... A friend of mine up North told me the other week that his daughter and S-in Law were flooded near Donny. Seems the "grief" came in via the lavatory, out of that, then in under the doors. Now I know it may sound a bit daft.. I wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea if people in flood prone areas were to have some sort of bung device to block the sewage out pipe and then if they could seal or with battens screw shut the doors etc so that this would stop flood water coming in for the greater extent. Course that sounds mad but wouldn't it then be best if you deliberately flood inside of your house so that there was a bit more water in and this could equalise the pressure from the outside so that when it all goes down perhaps there won't be so much of the stinking stuff in your house so possibly less trouble all around? Mad or sad or what?... OOP NURTH, LADDIE? Oop nurth? Theyst theyer lavs outside, oop nurth. Is a true Northerner a Scot? It is after all UK.D-I-Y. Adam |
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On the subject of flooding...
ARWadsworth wrote:
"Weatherlawyer" wrote in message ups.com... On Jul 8, 11:08 am, tony sayer wrote: OK a bit Heath Robinson I know but... A friend of mine up North told me the other week that his daughter and S-in Law were flooded near Donny. Seems the "grief" came in via the lavatory, out of that, then in under the doors. Now I know it may sound a bit daft.. I wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea if people in flood prone areas were to have some sort of bung device to block the sewage out pipe and then if they could seal or with battens screw shut the doors etc so that this would stop flood water coming in for the greater extent. Course that sounds mad but wouldn't it then be best if you deliberately flood inside of your house so that there was a bit more water in and this could equalise the pressure from the outside so that when it all goes down perhaps there won't be so much of the stinking stuff in your house so possibly less trouble all around? Mad or sad or what?... OOP NURTH, LADDIE? Oop nurth? Theyst theyer lavs outside, oop nurth. Is a true Northerner a Scot? It is after all UK.D-I-Y. Adam I think 'up north' refers to anywhere above Watford Gap ;-) Don. |
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On the subject of flooding...
"Doctor Drivel" wrote in message reenews.net... If flood water was approaching my place I would turn on the taps and leave them on, and have fresh water inside the house - hopefully. I'd love to see the loss adjuster's face when he comes to sort out your claim: "So the flood water didn't actually reach your house, but you decided to flood it anyway" Now let's do the sums on putting, say, a foot of water into your house using the kitchen tap (assuming Drivel Towers doesn't have its own 2" hydrant). Let's say its floor area is 600 square feet. So we need 6000 cu ft of water to get a depth of one foot, assuming no leaks. With me so far? 6000 cu ft is 37,500 gallons. What does your kitchen tap manage? 3 gallons/minute? Let's call it 4, since you had the new main installed to feed the combis. So that's 9375 minutes, or 156 and a bit hours - say six and a half days. Let's hope the outside flood is rising slower than most do. -- Kevin Poole **Use current month and year to reply (e.g. )*** |
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On the subject of flooding...
"Autolycus" wrote in message
... "Doctor Drivel" wrote in message reenews.net... snip Drivel drivel Now let's do the sums on putting, say, a foot of water into your house using the kitchen tap (assuming Drivel Towers doesn't have its own 2" hydrant). Let's say its floor area is 600 square feet. So we need 6000 cu ft of water to get a depth of one foot, assuming no leaks. Oops! Surely 600 cu ft would give a depth of 1 ft over an area of 600 sq ft. |
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On the subject of flooding...
On 2007-07-08 18:52:32 +0100, "Autolycus" said:
"Doctor Drivel" wrote in message reenews.net... If flood water was approaching my place I would turn on the taps and leave them on, and have fresh water inside the house - hopefully. I'd love to see the loss adjuster's face when he comes to sort out your claim: "So the flood water didn't actually reach your house, but you decided to flood it anyway" Now let's do the sums on putting, say, a foot of water into your house using the kitchen tap (assuming Drivel Towers doesn't have its own 2" hydrant). Let's say its floor area is 600 square feet. So we need 6000 cu ft of water to get a depth of one foot, assuming no leaks. With me so far? 6000 cu ft is 37,500 gallons. What does your kitchen tap manage? 3 gallons/minute? Let's call it 4, since you had the new main installed to feed the combis. So that's 9375 minutes, or 156 and a bit hours - say six and a half days. Let's hope the outside flood is rising slower than most do. Ah but your missing two vital pieces of information from Drivel-logic: - Each tap in the house is able to deliver as much as the kitchen cold tap, so with the kitchen hot tap and the hot and cold taps in the bathroom, that will seven times the flow rate and the desired amount of water will have been delivered in under a day - Since half of the water is hot, it will be twice the volume due to expansion. |
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On the subject of flooding...
"Grumps" wrote in message ... "Autolycus" wrote in message ... "Doctor Drivel" wrote in message reenews.net... snip Drivel drivel Now let's do the sums on putting, say, a foot of water into your house using the kitchen tap (assuming Drivel Towers doesn't have its own 2" hydrant). Let's say its floor area is 600 square feet. So we need 6000 cu ft of water to get a depth of one foot, assuming no leaks. Oops! Surely 600 cu ft would give a depth of 1 ft over an area of 600 sq ft. Might be :-) |
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On the subject of flooding...
In message , Autolycus
writes "Doctor Drivel" wrote in message freenews.net... If flood water was approaching my place I would turn on the taps and leave them on, and have fresh water inside the house - hopefully. I'd love to see the loss adjuster's face when he comes to sort out your claim: "So the flood water didn't actually reach your house, but you decided to flood it anyway" Kevin, you've been here long enough to know that a) drivel doesn't need taps to flood a property, just a hacksaw, and b) it's his favourite occupation -- geoff |
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On the subject of flooding...
In message , Don Spumey
writes ARWadsworth wrote: "Weatherlawyer" wrote in message ups.com... On Jul 8, 11:08 am, tony sayer wrote: OK a bit Heath Robinson I know but... A friend of mine up North told me the other week that his daughter and S-in Law were flooded near Donny. Seems the "grief" came in via the lavatory, out of that, then in under the doors. Now I know it may sound a bit daft.. I wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea if people in flood prone areas were to have some sort of bung device to block the sewage out pipe and then if they could seal or with battens screw shut the doors etc so that this would stop flood water coming in for the greater extent. Course that sounds mad but wouldn't it then be best if you deliberately flood inside of your house so that there was a bit more water in and this could equalise the pressure from the outside so that when it all goes down perhaps there won't be so much of the stinking stuff in your house so possibly less trouble all around? Mad or sad or what?... OOP NURTH, LADDIE? Oop nurth? Theyst theyer lavs outside, oop nurth. Is a true Northerner a Scot? It is after all UK.D-I-Y. Adam I think 'up north' refers to anywhere above Watford Gap ;-) Which is 57 miles north of Watford, and well into the midlands -- geoff |
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On the subject of flooding...
On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 22:07:04 UTC, raden wrote:
In message , Autolycus writes "Doctor Drivel" wrote in message freenews.net... If flood water was approaching my place I would turn on the taps and leave them on, and have fresh water inside the house - hopefully. I'd love to see the loss adjuster's face when he comes to sort out your claim: "So the flood water didn't actually reach your house, but you decided to flood it anyway" Kevin, you've been here long enough to know that a) drivel doesn't need taps to flood a property, just a hacksaw, and b) it's his favourite occupation Taps? Taps? Hacksaw? Not even that... They don't call him Dribble for nothing... -- The information contained in this post is copyright the poster, and specifically may not be published in, or used by http://www.diybanter.com |
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On the subject of flooding...
"raden" wrote in message ... In message , Autolycus writes "Doctor Drivel" wrote in message dfreenews.net... If flood water was approaching my place I would turn on the taps and leave them on, and have fresh water inside the house - hopefully. I'd love to see the loss adjuster's face when he comes to sort out your claim: "So the flood water didn't actually reach your house, but you decided to flood it anyway" Kevin, you've been here long enough to know that a) drivel doesn't need taps to flood a property, just a hacksaw, and b) it's his favourite occupation Maxie in such a situation I would take a recip saw to the said mains pipe/ How is the flatulence Maxie? Still a problem? |
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On the subject of flooding...
"Bob Eager" wrote in message ... On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 22:07:04 UTC, raden wrote: In message , Autolycus writes "Doctor Drivel" wrote in message freenews.net... If flood water was approaching my place I would turn on the taps and leave them on, and have fresh water inside the house - hopefully. I'd love to see the loss adjuster's face when he comes to sort out your claim: "So the flood water didn't actually reach your house, but you decided to flood it anyway" Kevin, you've been here long enough to know that a) drivel doesn't need taps to flood a property, just a hacksaw, and b) it's his favourite occupation Taps? Taps? Hacksaw? Not even that... They don't call him Dribble for nothing... Such wit. Duh!!! |
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On the subject of flooding...
On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:08:19 +0100, tony sayer wrote:
Now I know it may sound a bit daft.. I wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea if people in flood prone areas were to have some sort of bung device to block the sewage out pipe A few years ago when we had flooding round here (Reading) friends whose house was at risk were all prepared with a small rubber football to shove down the WC pan. -- John Stumbles Bitwise, byte foolish |
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On the subject of flooding...
In article , Autolycus
writes "Doctor Drivel" wrote in message freenews.net... If flood water was approaching my place I would turn on the taps and leave them on, and have fresh water inside the house - hopefully. I'd love to see the loss adjuster's face when he comes to sort out your claim: "So the flood water didn't actually reach your house, but you decided to flood it anyway" Now let's do the sums on putting, say, a foot of water into your house using the kitchen tap (assuming Drivel Towers doesn't have its own 2" hydrant). Let's say its floor area is 600 square feet. So we need 6000 cu ft of water to get a depth of one foot, assuming no leaks. With me so far? 6000 cu ft is 37,500 gallons. What does your kitchen tap manage? 3 gallons/minute? Let's call it 4, since you had the new main installed to feed the combis. So that's 9375 minutes, or 156 and a bit hours - say six and a half days. Let's hope the outside flood is rising slower than most do. Well my auntie managed around 2 inches of water in her downstairs rooms around a couple of hours when she left the taps on and ruining in the bath, overflow blocked, and then forgot all about that whilst gassing round next doors whilst cadging some sugar...... -- Tony Sayer |
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