That was a bit rough yesterday afternoon and evening with rain, wind and in our case a flying fence panel :worried: but we survived and didn`t loose power so were far better off than some.
This morning we woke about 7-30 and commented that the storm had abated and it was just a normal quiet morning.
:scowl: Over quiet in fact................there was no traffic :help:
Looking out the bedroom window at the back we discovered we had gained a lake :help: about 1/4 of a mile across the flat fields.
Its not a static lake its getting bigger by the hour . Time to see if the canoe is still watertight and usable.
Checking out the front showed a stream/rivulet flowing happily along the road outside our front hedge. By 9AM it had gone and traffic was once more able to use the road
That was the good news......
Its raining again :'( :'( and the roads decidedly iffey.
Nerrer mind its Christmas tomorrow :-\
Have a great few days break
Thanks Jon,
In the local area we seemed to have missed both storms but my sympathies lie with those who are being clobbered :(
Coming home from working in Bristol to home in Swindon last night - the journey usually takes 40-45 minutes. Most of the journey was fine, until we left Chippenham - it took an hour to get from there to Swindon, when it usually takes just over 10 minutes! They said that the track was flooded... :veryangry:
This morning, I looked at the First Great Western website to see if my train was OK - it said that the 7.30 was 'delayed' but that the 8.00 was OK, so I went to Swindon station to see how delayed the 7.30 was...
At the station they said that both the 7.30 AND the 8.00 were cancelled! They also didn't know when they would be starting to run OK. :veryangry: :veryangry: When I got home again I checked the website - this showed the same as earlier! FGW got a Mr Angry type e-mail straight away (although they haven't replied yet...)
By 8.30 I was still unsure what trains were going, but it looked like they weren't going to start running until 10-ish. so I rang my manager. She said that she would be worried that if I got in to work I wouldn't be able to leave - and so told me to stay home, and wished me a good Christmas! :claphappy: I may need to take the day off from my annual leave, but at least I don't have to go to work today!
The wind driven rain managed to find a way in above the lounge window, for a time it was about half a gallon an hour, frequent emptying of half litre ice cream tubs was not viable after the firsthalf dozen, so a large (20L) plastic storage box tppk their place which soon had about3 or 4 incehs in the bottom, luckily things eazed off after we went to bed so we didn't have a paddling pool this morning.
There was a smaller leak in the window in the bay behind my work bench, so I hurriedly removed a ten way 13A socket strrip from the window cill, puta temporary seal on thatone this morning,butthe other one is a bit beyond that so emailed for a quote from a recommended tradesman.
Your night sounds like it was more action-packed than mine, Mike. Between 2.00am and 3.00am the wind took three tiles off the roof, sending them crashing down into the front garden, and I was seriously concerned that the rest of the roof might go with it, given the level of noise and the pounding it was taking. Finally got to sleep at 4.00am, and this morning revealed several fallen or wilting fence panels. A few neighbours also lost roof tiles and fence panels, but overall the house is still in good shape. No leaks, thank goodness.
Apparently Friday could see a repeat performance. :worried:
Bit rough but not that much beyond the usual worst weather being right on the coast. It's picking up again now and we've had ice cold hail (while out shopping - brrr) and a rumble of thunder.
Christmas visitors have all arrived successfully so hopefully the next lot this evening won't be too bad.
Did have to chuckle when the BBC interviewer asked someone whose house had been flooded if their neighbours were in the same boat... slightly tactless phrasing.
Does look like it got a bit wet in the South East
"Kenley Airfield GREATER LONDON 53.6"mm
I hope Tank is not a water tank 8)
Alan
We spent a couple of hours moving stuff that had got damp due to apparent failures to the flat roof on out attached storeroom-annex. Fortunately all the important Christmas foodstuffs were in sealed/lidded boxes. A mess but nothing ruined.
Not sure if the running machine in the annexe will work but will wait till things dry out a bit first.
Our nextdoor neighbours have suffered the same. I hate flat roofs!
Wishing you all a happy and dry (externally!) holiday. :beers:
Dave G
We seem to have weathered the storm completely unscathed over here at Foxy towers ;) ;)
Had to do a job in Moreton-in-Marsh yesterday and it was a bit hairy driving home yesterday afternoon, wish I'd had an amphibious vehicle on parts of the Fosse Way and the Spine Road, but made it safely home.
Mrs Calnefoxile had a bit of a hairy drive from Melksham as well, and this morning received some pictures of the flooding on the A365 to Bath, outside the Nursing Home where she works. Apparently the Nursing Staff there were looking after some stranded motorists all night, as well as their usual residents.
Anyway, hope there isn't too much damage to anyone's house and more importantly, their layouts ;) ;) to spoil Christmas.
Regards
Neal.
Drove from Wiltshire home to Cornwall last evening.
A bit rough and a bit wet but the roads were reasonably quiet.
Very, very wet here between about 8-00 and midnight last evening though.
Just had a look at the garage roof, lost quite a bit of the roofing felt, exposing chipboard which looks more than somewhat soggy!
More expense!
Two ridge tiles off the roof, one hit the car making a small hole in the roof. Many phone calls & e-mails to local trades persons in the roofing trade - "especially emergencies" - elicited one response to come & look at the damage. Back garden fence looks a bit unhappy as well. Will continue staying under the duvet.
Bit bumpy down on the Sussex coast. 5 fence panels gone with corresponding posts snapped off at ground level. The tiles stayed on the roof but how I don't know. The racket they made all night rattling about was horrendous but not the first time they've done this!
Another storm Friday but the Met Office website is indicating top gusts of around 55 so quite a bit less than last night where we had one of 82mph!
Gareth
Hope everyone is ok.....You've certainly seen your share of storms in the UK this year.....
At the Scotsoft Sanctuary for the Bemused and Bewildered, it has been a few bitterly cold showers and very lazy winds. Apart from that it has been blue skies and sunshine. I delivered a few presents today, I am now home and will not be venturing out till the weekend ;)
cheers John.
Looks like the whole garden fence here will have to be replaced too. It has three panels loose and the rest are on their way. I spent an hour or so propping then up with old poles and broom handles and a few nails. I really hope that Friday's winds aren't any more than the 55mph mark. We might just survive further damage.
Got away lightly this time, just one downpipe detached from gutter - I think the wind lifted the gutter off it. Need someone with a long ladder now - at Christmas!
Also, my Spaniel's ears are slowly returning from horizontal to vertical - she does not like the wind.
Thought I had got away with no damage. Did'nt know until this morning (large damp patch on ceiling) that water had got in loft somewhere! Can't see any damage outside, so it's up the loft tomorrow!
Quote from: Plainline. on December 25, 2013, 05:12:17 PM
Thought I had got away with no damage. Did'nt know until this morning (large damp patch on ceiling) that water had got in loft somewhere! Can't see any damage outside, so it's up the loft tomorrow!
I can sympathise. Found the same thing this morning after last night's rain. Spent some time in the loft plugging the gaps in a very makeshift fashion. Hopefully it'll be enough to survive Friday's storm.
Tank hasn't looking at Facebook :(
We lost our power for 15 hours but the fridge and freezer were OK.
Lost one fence panel and I'll be ripping another one out in the new year as it's on it's way. The good news is that I have concrete panels so it's just a case of smashing out the old ones (Kindling for the log burner once dry) and sliding in the replacements.
I spent Christmas Eve on the K&ESR where we were trying to run the Santa Specials. Flooding, power cuts, trees down and losing the block made for a very "interesting" day and we ran VERY late. While some people got angry, most were appreciative of the fact that we even tried. I lost my voice answering questions. It always surprises me how many people don't know that we are volunteers.
We've been a bit luckier than others up here in Fife. Some heavy winds and rain but everything is ok. All sheds are still intact, although I was a bit worried about the solar panels but they came through ok.
Alex :wave:
Spoke to friends in Guildford today - not a good Christmas as flooded, after losing power (which they thought was bad enough). They decided to cancel the whole thing (not much choice), and will have their Christmas later in the year, when dried out and re-furnished.
:veryangry: I believe round two is heading our way for tonight and tomorrow morning
Take care everyone and be safe
Round two has arrived here !!
Very windy and pretty wet for the last hour or so.
Quote from: port perran on December 26, 2013, 08:48:07 PM
Round two has arrived here !!
Very windy and pretty wet for the last hour or so.
Hold onto your hat. It's supposed to reach here in the early hours of the morning, while we're caught off guard.
Been pouring with rain here for about three hours and it's forecast to rain for another 12 hours. Can here the wind blowing hard even through the double glazing which means it is very loud outside - I imagine.
Our town has three rivers and the other end of town (where they are building new houses does flood - old street names like Watery Lane are a dead giveaway but new purchasers in the summer don't seem to spot them.
We are up a hill about 100 metres above sea level where the "local" people have there houses. We have only been here 27 years so we are "incomers" but we don't get our feet wet at times like this.
Getting quite windy but so far the really bad stuff seems to be North of us 109mph gusts in north wales 114 in Scotland.
Had a bashing with the winds all night and the same this morning very windy.
Yup - here in Leyland it is extremely windy with many unusual noises causing constant excursions outside to check fence panels etc. So far all is OK although one or two of the neighbours have suffered panel damage. It's meant to die down a bit this afternoon.
Quote from: newportnobby on December 27, 2013, 08:15:05 AM
Yup - here in Leyland it is extremely windy with many unusual noises
Are you sure its not the effects of the left over Turkey ?
Petersfield to Haslemere line closed for 7 days because of issues with embankments at four different places. Never known anything like that happen before.
Yesterday southern parts of A3 (the Portsmouth end) closed all morning because of ice :o There were also accidents on the A27 towards Chichester caused by what has been described as a wall of hailstones descending from the skies.
I'm lucky because it is believed that we are on the same 'electrics' as the nearby hospital so tend to get sorted out quicker but friends in the locality have not had power for days.
Another sleepless night here spent waiting for the roof to take off, but apart from a shifted roof tile, the damage is no worse than it was this time yesterday. A couple of the hastily-repaired fence panels have given up the ghost and I had to mop up pools of water in the loft that had missed the buckets and pooled on the sheeting, but that's about it. Could have been worse.
Quote from: Pengi on December 27, 2013, 10:10:15 AM
Petersfield to Haslemere line closed for 7 days because of issues with embankments at four different places. Never known anything like that happen before.
Ouch that's not nice
Quote
I'm lucky because it is believed that we are on the same 'electrics' as the nearby hospital so tend to get sorted out quicker but friends in the locality have not had power for days.
That doesn't always mean anything. A nursing home near us lost power for 4 days. The electrical powers supplied them with a generator at the start but hadn't any engineers to connect it.
All the patients were kept in bed for the whole Christmas period to keep them warm
Quote from: Jerry Howlett on December 27, 2013, 09:20:01 AM
Quote from: newportnobby on December 27, 2013, 08:15:05 AM
Yup - here in Leyland it is extremely windy with many unusual noises
Are you sure its not the effects of the left over Turkey ?
:laughabovepost: :-[
That's why I kept venturing outside, Jerry :worried:
weathered the storms pre christmas then suffered power cut last night :thumbsdown:thankfully in full working order now :thumbsup:
Bit breezy here in Dublin... If you want to see the weather here - go watch the racing from Leopardstown its just across the road from me...
It does mean that I cant go fly the RC Helicopter that Santa bought me... :unimpressed:
Here's a link to a picture of the work going on to repair the embankments between Haslemere and Petersfield (from SWT twitter)
Goodness knows how they are managing to continue working with the rain that has been falling and the storms to come :worried:
http://ow.ly/i/4bqDU (http://ow.ly/i/4bqDU)
Braced again this evening. Very windy but glad we're not on the coast where they are expecting floods with gales and high spring tides.
Hope everyone stays safe.
Quote from: Pengi on January 02, 2014, 07:18:11 PM
Here's a link to a picture of the work going on to repair the embankments between Haslemere and Petersfield (from SWT twitter)
Goodness knows how they are managing to continue working with the rain that has been falling and the storms to come :worried:
http://ow.ly/i/4bqDU (http://ow.ly/i/4bqDU)
Similar thing on the Isle of Wight, Ryde tunnel under water & ballast washed away!
http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/news/operation-to-restore-storm-damaged-rail-network-52285.aspx (http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/news/operation-to-restore-storm-damaged-rail-network-52285.aspx)
Cheers, Stu.
One of the national papers is reporting that the Thames Barrier is fully raised due to expected very high tidal surges.
Here in Cornwall the Environmental Agency warnings have been not to go any where near coastal paths or sea walls. Every coastal village is on full flood warnings.
Our local line
http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Track-and-signalling/ockley-landslip-causes-sussex-disruption (http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Track-and-signalling/ockley-landslip-causes-sussex-disruption)
guess who has to organise getting "monkey" to school as the trains are not running.
It's the End of Days, I tells ya!!! Only a matter of time before it starts raining fish. :angel:
We've even got a few flood warnings around Peterborough - if the Nene bursts it's bank it's going to play hob with my commute to work, which involves crossing Ferry Meadows.
I hope it doesn't start raining fish, can you imagine all the EU quota paperwork 8)
Very wet here again - and looks like we could be getting storm after storm until spring. Oh the joys of global warming.
Alan
The same stay-away-from-the-coast warning is in place here in Somerset, and the winds have already picked up noticeably since this afternoon. I saw a sea of flooded fields from the train as I passed the edges of the Somerset Levels today. Sunday could be bad, too, with gusts of 30-50mph forecast. Hold on to your hats, chaps and chapesses.
Location 1 has had damage to fencing (minor) and conservatory (twice in a week, not so minor, but luckily without damage to contents).
Location 2 is unknown (and coastal)
I have had a thumping head and very bad painful chest for days now.
Did get some railway gear for XMAS though, including buying myself my fourth "GEM" Fowler 2-6-4T restoration project (can't possibly have too many parallel boiler tanks!).
Welcome to 2014.......................
Sorry to hear that, Dave :(
Hope all damage to property and yourself get sorted quickly :thumbsup:
We lost roof tiles back in the late October storm. Took ages to get it fixed but luckily got it done just in time for Christmas. Luckily all tiles stayed in place over Christmas.
We did loose a few fence panels this time though so need to replace them when we get a dry day over a weekend.
Ian
Blowing over 60 mph here, Tay Bridge is shut to all but cars, it will close completely if it hits over 80 mph which it did in the last storm, pretty bloomin damp too :worried:
Hi Gang,
Decided to stay in the breezy South today instead of the stormy North as we were due in Prestwick later today.....will try again tomorrow.
Now, St Johns in Canada tomorrow night may be another story...3 days of snow forecast!! What could possibly go wrong?..
Later,
Stu from EGDL.
So far so good (fingers crossed). A lot messier down the coast in both directions - pretty much no train service
Fine examples of daftness however - they had to call the police to remove sightseers at Burry Port.
I lost about £1200 worth of power tools in my workshop due to flooding on Christmas Eve morning. :thumbsdown:
Seems too early to ask this question now that's it' going on at this intensity for at least another week.
On a lighter note, I have had to make some alterations to the Devon Belle to beat the bad weather...
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7460/11736880305_46d5b02e31_c.jpg)
http://www.nwemail.co.uk/home/update-7-50pm-no-train-services-running-along-cumbria-coast-line-1.1107888 (http://www.nwemail.co.uk/home/update-7-50pm-no-train-services-running-along-cumbria-coast-line-1.1107888)
Looks the perfect station to moor it
Quote from: EtchedPixels on January 03, 2014, 08:15:27 PM
http://www.nwemail.co.uk/home/update-7-50pm-no-train-services-running-along-cumbria-coast-line-1.1107888 (http://www.nwemail.co.uk/home/update-7-50pm-no-train-services-running-along-cumbria-coast-line-1.1107888)
Looks the perfect station to moor it
I'm disappointed with photo No 2. If that had been taken by a Victorian, both platforms and the footbridge would be packed with people looking on. There might even be a train approaching through the water.
Quote from: EtchedPixels on January 03, 2014, 08:15:27 PM
http://www.nwemail.co.uk/home/update-7-50pm-no-train-services-running-along-cumbria-coast-line-1.1107888 (http://www.nwemail.co.uk/home/update-7-50pm-no-train-services-running-along-cumbria-coast-line-1.1107888)
Looks the perfect station to moor it
Jeepers! Pictures 2 and 3 look more like canals :goggleeyes:
Here we go again.
Reallly, really horrible here this evening with 70-80mph winds and heavy rain (after rain all day yesterday).
In fact Met Office has issued severe weather warnings for 5 consecutive days (Tues-Saturday) for Cornwall. Ugh !!
My daughter was aiming to travel back from Liskeard to Falmouth. The train hit a fallen tree not far into her journey, but everyone is O.K She's now aiming to get back to her boyfriends in Liskeard as there is no telling what will happen on the (eventual) resumed journey. I agree with Port Perran the winds are really strong and I witnessed the largest and strongest waves ever today hitting the Falmouth coastline. Truly a batten down the hatches night... it's even too windy to go into my train shed for fear of the door be taken off by the wind!
They've actually had to pull out from even trying to repair the line at Dawlish the weather got so bad. So much for their swearing they had done the work to proof it against global warming. Time to re-open the LSWR route ;-)
Very windy here too - but thankfully I'm staying put (I just hope the roof is). Didn't dare put some of the lighter rubbish out for collection as it would have been somewhere in Llanelli by now (actually... >:D )
The pressure is dropping over in Peterborough as the wind gets up. Tomorrow's bike ride to work will be fun. :help:
Very windy overnight here but calm at the mo - found stuff in the garden that's not ours!
Flat roof still leaking but not as bad since a quick bodge during a 'dry' spell at the weekend.
Hope everyone is coping OK.
Dave G
Very windy in the Wye Valley and rain hitting the house from the opposite direction from normal (no - not up instead of down). In the end us retired folk are going to have to put the proper clothes on and just get out and get on with it. Like that current TV ad themed on enjoying this grey and pleasant land.
Well that's been positive for a while - still darned raining. By the way I hear the flooding has been caused by you people who have spent the summer and about 2500 screws installing decking in your gardens.
High winds and rain during the night :(
drier now but water is rising as it washes down to our levelso the roads getting very damp and the meadow/field behind us is sprouting its lake again. :help:
Guessing that we still have 1.5 to 2 metres above water level, but that could vanish in an hour or so.
The sooner the environmental Agency is disbanded and we can get back to proper dredging and water management the under people who know what to do the better it will be for everybody.
(edit) Above sounds bad but I better point out that in 39 years of living here we have never yet had the water rise enough to come into the house
But the Environment Agency is so useful. All those thousands of yellow and amber warnings have reduced flooding dramatically.
An Environment Agency spokesman when asked what they had done to alleviate last years level of flood misery in Devon said " We have employed hundreds of additional managers and put out several thousand amber warnings through the night". Only kidding.
Just seen that the sea wall at Dawlish has gone and the famous railway line along the coast there has been washed away.
Well a chunk of it has gone for a walk. Makes all those climate deniers in government who said there was no need to re-instate the other Exeter-Plymouth route look complete twits given they were told this would happen some years ago.
The work on the Cambrian Coast is going to take four months to fix - so presumably Dawlish is going to take a few weeks as well.
Network Railk posted pictures of the station damage here
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.727521370600075.1073741825.156995514319333&type=1&l=22eaad75f7 (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.727521370600075.1073741825.156995514319333&type=1&l=22eaad75f7)
and here
https://twitter.com/networkrail/status/430992590117158912/photo/1 (https://twitter.com/networkrail/status/430992590117158912/photo/1)
it's not entirely clear from the second photo but there is a chunk of missing seawall and nothing under the tracks or the road next to it right close to the buildings.
We thought it was pretty bad here in Sussex, but I feel really sorry for you guys in the SW.
Has there ever been a winter like it? I've lost count of how many storms we've had - it must be at least a dozen since mid-December. You get the feeling that this must be what Cape Horn is like.
My sympathies to everyone who's been affected and I hope life gets back to normal soon.
Chris
Later shot here showing the wall has just gone and the huge hole in the road beyond it.
https://twitter.com/Mrs_Karen_Jones/status/431015178277105664/photo/1
SWMBO just came in from her craft morning ... apparently there are 900 homes without power up the hill & the electric peeps don't know where the break is ... and they don't think they can re-route either ...
It looks like the "Iron Horses" to Plymouth & Cornwall are going to be very few are far between for a very long time! I doubt that will be fixed completely within two to three months in readiness for the start of the holiday season.
That's another knocking for this years holiday/tourist season for Cornwall. While a lot come by road there is still many who come by rail. When you add to the main line damage all the flood damage to the local lines which are well used, and even more so during the holiday times..... :help:
I have even less windows to clean in St Mawes since the last storms and that's without the ones still to come tonight and at the weekend. One of the main high end hotels, for instances (just re-opened after a very major refit) has had most of it seaward glass smashed through, another one has major flooding in the basement and ground floor.
They were already operating a bus service between Taunton and Exeter until Sunday for tunnel repairs. Now there's likely to be a much longer bus service operating between Exeter and Plymouth after all that damage.
It's been noisy in western Somerset overnight, with winds battering the house and rain lashing against the windows. Fortunately there seems not to have been any further damage after the last high winds (a week ago last Sunday). Next door's flappy, half-collapsed fence hasn't got any worse. I feel for the people on the Levels, though, just 15km or so up the road.
Not a lot going on 'up norf' apart from high winds and driving rain (although we've been threatened with 60mph gusts :worried:)
My heart goes out to those in the SW though
https://twitter.com/stevepriday/status/431027120345989120/photo/1
has a photo from the other end of Dawlish. Wondering what the old trainspotters bit of wall at Teignmouth is looking like
Oakhampton-Tavistock is a bit over 20 miles, looks a lot more useful than HS2 8)
And FGW have just cancelled the sleeper service... until March
£420 later I still have leaks in the flat roof (I HATE flat roofs!). No chance to try and fix it till all of this is over.
Yes, really sad for the folk that have lost so much so that's my last whinge.
Hope with all the mess people stay safe.
Dave G
It was certainly very,very wild down here last night .I'm just glad we have so few rivers because if we did the flooding in Cornwall would be absolutely horrendous.
Porthleven has had the huge wooden barrier that protects the inner harbour smashed to pieces leaving at least 6 boats sunk and many more seriously damaged. Well over 600 tress down throughout Cornwall !
And yes, what a brilliant idea to close the "alternative" rail route into Cornwall. Very forward thinking !
Back in the day GWR used to regularly traverse the Southern route (and vice versa) for routr training/route knowledge to cover just the sort of disaster that has just befallen the Dawlish route.
Hope everyone is ok over there.....saw the storms when I looked at the news this morning. We got about a foot of snow here today but nothing the snowblower won't handle.....
Again hope you are all safe......Croxy.
:wave:
:worried: time to break out the wellies here in my part of sunny Hampshire.
A strange new wake up sensation here for the last few weeks has been ..wake (partially), listen (intently) then try and work out whether the traffic is going through the village normally or kicking up a *ell of a spray as it hits the flooded road outside our place.
Today is mega spray morning :hmmm:
Quote from: jonclox on February 07, 2014, 08:41:37 AM
:worried: time to break out the willies here in my part of sunny Hampshire.
You can get arrested for that... :)
Quote from: Papyrus on February 07, 2014, 08:59:07 AM
You can get arrested for that... :)
Quite. Floods or no floods, there's only so much 'up periscope' you can get away with :goggleeyes:
Quote from: tutenkhamunsleeping on February 07, 2014, 09:28:01 AM
Quote from: Papyrus on February 07, 2014, 08:59:07 AM
You can get arrested for that... :)
Quite. Floods or no floods, there's only so much 'up periscope' you can get away with :goggleeyes:
The damned grass is starting to grow!! Gonna need a periscope and a snorkel on the mower by end March of give in to meadow grass.
Quote from: Papyrus on February 07, 2014, 08:59:07 AM
Quote from: jonclox on February 07, 2014, 08:41:37 AM
:worried: time to break out the willies here in my part of sunny Hampshire.
You can get arrested for that... :)
Ooopsie :-[ :-[ :-[ ..... and stop peeping !
Quote from: jonclox on February 07, 2014, 10:48:09 AM
Quote from: Papyrus on February 07, 2014, 08:59:07 AM
Quote from: jonclox on February 07, 2014, 08:41:37 AM
:worried: time to break out the willies here in my part of sunny Hampshire.
You can get arrested for that... :)
Ooopsie :-[ :-[ :-[ ..... and stop peeping !
Don't worry Jon. They've gotta catch you first! :D
Dave G
Storms ? There's nae storms in Jockshire , just normal weather ! We live on a diet of whisky , porridge and
Mars Bars that makes us so tough we think Bruce Willis is a ballet dancer. :D
Quote from: daveg on February 05, 2014, 03:42:32 PM
£420 later I still have leaks in the flat roof (I HATE flat roofs!). No chance to try and fix it till all of this is over.
Dave G
We suffered the flat roof leaking syndrome for about 20 years >:( In the end we `bit the bullet` and had the flat bits re-timbered and covered with a 4mm? sheet of lead.
It cost an arm and a leg but is virtually out of sight to all lead nickers and we have never had any problems during the last 10+ years
My partner lives on top of a hill outside Bury & I live on top of a ridge just south of Warrington . So if either of us get flooded out , it's already curtains for the rest of the UK !! Mind you , there's been plenty of wind......and then there's the weather to consider . Ric
Rather windy at the moment, think I may be inspecting the roof tomorrow (says 59mph sustained/77mph peak for the local weather station)
Must say it doesn't look or sound very pretty here at the moment.
:worried:
Quote from: jonclox on February 08, 2014, 03:18:42 PM
Must say it doesn't look or sound very pretty here at the moment.
:worried:
If you stop singing whilst looking in the mirror, that might help :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
cheers John.
Quote from: scotsoft on February 08, 2014, 03:35:12 PM
Quote from: jonclox on February 08, 2014, 03:18:42 PM
Must say it doesn't look or sound very pretty here at the moment.
:worried:
If you stop singing whilst looking in the mirror, that might help :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
cheers John.
>:D Ha!! a typical modulator typo comment :laughabovepost: :laughabovepost: :laugh3:
Meh now have a leak in the roof. Waiting for the roofer to peer at it tomorrow and assure me it'll be expensive
Quote from: EtchedPixels on February 09, 2014, 08:19:38 PM
Meh now have a leak in the roof. Waiting for the roofer to peer at it tomorrow and assure me it'll be expensive
Seems that the multiplier is 400. My basic job cost 420 + 400 if I wanted X done as well. Maybe that's Home Counties rate?
Good luck!
Dave G
It depends who you use, of course. My mother's house in Kent lost five tiles during the Christmas Eve storm. A roofer was up there for about five hours or so and charged £180 for all the repairs. It could have been a lot worse.
Good luck, Alan.
Quote from: daveg on February 09, 2014, 10:13:02 PM
Seems that the multiplier is 400. My basic job cost 420 + 400 if I wanted X done as well. Maybe that's Home Counties rate?
Probably - Swansea tends to be cheaper than the South East. Some storm damage and also while he's up there going to fix some other problems that we knew would eventually need fixing. Could have been worse but still going to be a bit under 500 quid, but a lot of it probably money we'd have had to spend in a few years time.
Compared with those people who have had 3 feet of water in their house since Christmas it's minor!
Man, what's going on there?! Just saw some more stormy-wave footage on the news. Two people getting swamped by a 4 story wave. Nasty looking.
Quote from: scottmitchell74 on February 10, 2014, 02:27:15 PM
Man, what's going on there?! Just saw some more stormy-wave footage on the news. Two people getting swamped by a 4 story wave. Nasty looking.
It's not good and there's still more to come.
Tragic for the poor folk who have lost their farms and homes.
Dave G
Whilst we don't fit into the more important category of people affected by the Thames now starting to flood in the Home Counties, the Wye in our little town has burst it's banks which is really rare. The main bridge into the town from the Forest of Dean/Tintern direction has the biggest collection of washed away complete tress jammed against its arches I have ever seen. In the exact same spot in the summer I sat on my bike on the bridge and watched about 6 river carp more than two feet long lazing in the sun on the surface.
According to Sky News, FGW now have no trains leaving Paddington due to flooding at Maidenhead. So......their service to the SW is now limited to the bit between Reading & Exeter!
I can't believe what I see & hear on the news +(BBC here in NL) if they keep talking about protecting property, you can end up without a Country to put it in......
I really feel for all of you in the UK; you have a BIG problem.....
When I was living in the New Forest area, somebody asked me, where I would be looking for when house-hunting... I answered, min. 40mtr(110Ft) above sea-level & at least half-way up the local watershed.
people thought I was mad...... Here in Amsterdam, I live ±2.5mtr(9Ft) BELOW sea-level and my feet are dry.....
Gerard :wave:
P.S.: keep the faith guys;it will end...
And we had snow today in Mansfield - laying too! Soon turned back to rain, and then clear sky. Likely to freeze tonight, so slippy slidey tomorrow morning. I will stay in bed - another benefit of retirement!
Yeah , snowing now in Bury on & off , more due overnight ........but yet more rain forecast for Ric
Quote from: keerout on February 11, 2014, 03:08:27 PM
I can't believe what I see & hear on the news +(BBC here in NL) if they keep talking about protecting property, you can end up without a Country to put it in......
I really feel for all of you in the UK; you have a BIG problem.....
When I was living in the New Forest area, somebody asked me, where I would be looking for when house-hunting... I answered, min. 40mtr(110Ft) above sea-level & at least half-way up the local watershed.
people thought I was mad...... Here in Amsterdam, I live ±2.5mtr(9Ft) BELOW sea-level and my feet are dry.....
Gerard :wave:
P.S.: keep the faith guys;it will end...
Jerome Van Heck and his team have arrived from the Netherlands to help relieve the floods in Somerset (http://www.itv.com/news/2014-02-10/convoy-of-dutch-pumps-arrives-to-help-submerged-somerset/)
Am I the only one whose pile of stuff needing to be sprayed with paint is now 3 months long ? Not good modelling weather
Extremely wild in the North West today/tonight. I guess most have seen the news about what's happening on the railways and roads, but basically all the major motorways in the area have been or are closed in sections.
Crewe station has suffered roof damage and downed OHLE which caused a fire.
WCML closed between Preston & Penrith between 7 - 9pm tonight.
I have 1 fence panel gone so far and another 2 unlikely to last the night.
I have to collect my Mum from Manchester Airport tomorrow night - glad it wasn't tonight for both of us :sweat:
While in no way wishing to minimise the appalling-effects of the floods and weather currently being experienced by our British members (for whom I have sympathy because we experience them as well), I have to say that (in my ignorance), when reading the thread's title 'Everyone weathered the storms?' I honestly thought that it was either some sort of 'in-house' contest or mass-effort towards a common goal that was somehow related to a forth-coming exhibition which members were to be attending.
If it wasn't a 'collective effort' and was a question for the general membership, then my response would have been 'No, I use them straight out of the box, just as they come', followed by a time of wondering exactly how DOES one weather storms.
It's all to do with the language.......
We went to bed with a certain amount of trepidation having heard the weather forecasts last night but when we woke during the night all seemed/sounded peaceful and this morning the sun is shining and theres just a hint of frost on car roofs :bounce: :bounce:
I feel for those in areas less fortunate than us though :(
Quiet here in the Wye Valley after a mainly dry day but with raging wind. Fences are being pushed over at crazy angles because the posts are now just in saturated mud. Tomorrow it starts raining for 36 hours. The fence repair men are going to be driving Porsches by summer.
Let the dog out for a bark at 11.30 last night. The glass recycling box had been blown half way across the yard. This box usually sits in front of a green plastic shed/cupboard thing, holding the doors shut. As a result the brooms and mop had escaped and were also spread across the yard - something else for the dog to bark at. Have apologised to neighbours! :dunce:
Fortunately the roofer finished fixing various ridge tiles and bits down before it hit.
We did go down to the beach when the wind dropped a shade and the tide well out but it was really hard to walk. The blowing sand was vicious so after doing a normally humanly impossible leap up the seawall with wind assistance we decided ice creams indoors would be wiser
Alan
And after today's calm, another storm for tomorrow. Hold onto your hats again, and good luck.
Hi all
Just read in the paper about the flooding of the Thames pretty full on! Yesterday a convict pop into the wife's shop and she was telling us bad it was back home with floods
Hope everyone fairs well
No all too well about floods living in Maitland
Be safe
Bart
The wife had to unwrap her temporary greenhouse from around the back of my car last night while I was in the pub. Quite a deep scratch was all that happened, just as well it's a company car. It was time for the greenhouse to go anyway, I found it in the front garden on Wednesday evening even though it's usually in the back garden :hmmm:
Had one fence panel decide to part company with its fixings :doh:
Panel is mounted to two uprights bolted to two brick pillars and sits
on top of a 3.5' wall with the pillars each end. The two uprights are
still attached to the pillars. This so called professionally fitted fence
had the panel attached by screws that only went into the uprights by
about 1/2". The matching longer one in the other bit of wall and timber
boundary fitted by me, a total amateur is still standing and is as solid
as a rock. The panel that 'fell' out is now re-attached using screws 3"
longer. Hope it holds :)
Roger
Next door's huge eucalyptus tree fell at just after midnight Saturday morning.
It was just the other side of our one year old fence and pukka shed (in which I have been building a new layout recently) :worried: but fell the opposite way to our garden thank goodness.
Quote from: Gordon on February 16, 2014, 12:20:25 AM
Next door's huge eucalyptus tree fell at just after midnight Saturday morning.
It was just the other side of our one year old fence and pukka shed (in which I have been building a new layout recently) :worried: but fell the opposite way to our garden thank goodness.
Phew! That was close!
My neighbour's neighbours lost one of their two small trees. It's bent in half at the trunk, resting over their garden. My immediate neighbours will have to replace their entire fence where it borders me. The old one is listing worse than the Costa Concordia. Their extremely full-of-water paddling pool was punctured and is now slowly flooding parts of my garden (but don't worry, they say they will empty it today and, apart from a swampy chunk of bedding, most of it seems to be draining away).
:( We have a 50ft conifer that has tilted but not dropped, would be easier too deal with. Will chop up when I can afford an extendable chain saw or pay someone to deal with...... Also next door's 5 fence panels blown out and mashed. ( They proudly told us in summer whilst I was treating our side that they own them ). That will be their bill then. ;)
One effect of the Dawlish sea wall collapse is that Cross Country have at least 4 Voyager sets trapped in Devon/Cornwall.
Driving past Laira at the end of last week there are at least two sets on view and at Long Rock another two. FGW are using HSTs/DMUs on local (Pzance to Plymouth/N Abbot) services so the Voyagers are stuck.
No doubt this has a knock on effect on CC services Up Country.
Quote from: port perran on February 20, 2014, 02:57:11 PM
One effect of the Dawlish sea wall collapse is that Cross Country have at least 4 Voyager sets trapped in Devon/Cornwall.
Driving past Laira at the end of last week there are at least two sets on view and at Long Rock another two. FGW are using HSTs/DMUs on local (Pzance to Plymouth/N Abbot) services so the Voyagers are stuck.
No doubt this has a knock on effect on CC services Up Country.
The other effect is that the trains, particularly the down trains, are generally on time too| :D