Flooding

[Tank]

Hello all,

A frightening wake up call for myself and Mrs Tank.  Running water at 1.30am.  At first it sounded like the water tank in the loft was filling up, but much louder....  I looked on our CCTV and there was a river flowing into our front garden.     I shot downstairs to open the door to the porch (inner door) and water came pouring in, with water jetting through the gaps of the front door!

I ran out of the back door, down our alley (between the house and garage), and had to force the gate open.  The other side of it was 70cm of water, floating wheelie bins and the garden bench.  Water then flowed down the alley, relieving the front garden, but flooding the back garden.

Long story short, after a three hour battle (which I lost!), we had water in the porch, hallway, garage, workshop and 2 sheds.  Losing 2 freezers full of food, lawnmower, and £5000 worth of power tools.  Everything in those areas up to 80cm is covered in water, mud, and petrol....which must have come out of my late fathers WW2 motorbike. 

The insurance assessor will be coming round tomorrow to survey the damage.  No N gauge was harmed, though, my dads OO gauge collection was underwater, along with many model cars and buses.

I hope nobody else is suffering same issue.  Heartbreaking!  Now I need to see if I can get a grant for flood barriers.

[Moonglum]

OMG Tank, that's awful for you and your family. At least it looks like the water level has receded.

Tim

[Nbodger]

Sorry to hear about your rising water problems, unfortunately it can be a long drawn out affair to get back to normal, the worse being when it hits the living quarters.

Hope you get sorted quickly with the insurance.

[Newportnobby]

So sorry to hear this, Boss, and hope you can get sorted as soon as possible

[port perran]

Oh that is terrible news Chris.
I hope it can get sorted quickly and without too much bother.

[crewearpley40]

Hi Chris
Please let us know if anything we can help with

Keep positive

[Train Waiting]

What a horrid thing to happen.

With all good wishes.

John

[Trainfish]

That's pretty  news Chris. I hope it gets sorted as soon as possible and you can replace all the De Walt stuff.

[Bob Tidbury]

Sorry to hear about your predicament  Chris  thats one benefit of living on a hill .I doubt if we will ever experience any thing like that ,
The whole of High Wycombe including the Church would have to be totally under water before it reached us ,
You have my deapest sympathy especialy loosing your Fathers OO stock The DeWalt tools can be replaced by the insurance company but personal things like that can never be replaced .
Bob

[Papyrus]

Bloody hell, Chris, that's just awful. Like Bob, we are fortunate to live on top of a hill, so flooding like yours should never affect us. Burst pipes can be annoying but nothing compared to what you have got. Blanche and I send very best wishes to you and hope you get quickly back to normal.

All the best,

Chris

[Greygreaser]

Awful news Chris, i was living next to the Yare in Norfolk till January and my phone still has the floodline warnings coming through. We never quite had a complete disaster but the outside areas got flooded several times leaving a sludge which is abhorrent.
I really do understand what you face and can only wish you all the help possible from those closer. Keep the updates coming if you feel it helps, Chris

[cornish yorkie]

     Sorry to hear your terrible news Chris, hope all is sorted quickly
   stay safe regards Derek.

[Bealman]

Sorry to hear about this, boss. We live next to a creek and have had our fair share of scares over the years, but nothing like that.

Hope you get it all sorted relatively quickly and hassle free.

[cmason]

That's terrible - hope you get sorted quickly.

( do you live in an area known historically for flooding and there has been much more water than usual? or have they made changes to the protection /constructed new roads etc. (removing natural sumps &c. ) recently?)

Best, Colin.

[njee20]

Sorry to hear that Chris, awful for you all. hope you manage to get everything sorted.