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"Sacha" wrote
Hope all those urglers in or near the area of the flooding are okay and NOT flooded! We keep hearing how sandbags are being delivered, well we got a delivery of sand to a local church by "The Sun" newspaper, saving the day as they will say, and it was a free-for-all getting some to make your own bags with no-one in charge. Useful only if you had anything to put it in, most seem to be using their wheelie bins to collect it but what do they put it in when they get it home. Carrier bags have holes. A friend from across the road evacuated her disabled Dad down to Yeovil, Somerset last night (another daughter) and is about to be on her way back with lots of waders and sheet plastic. It hasn't reached any further up our road since yesterday although it's now coming up out of the ground in some back gardens opposite. Our biggest fear is that it floods over the A30 at Egham from Runnymede meadow (now lake), if that happens the whole of Egham will be gone with no way of road escape from this whole area except through Staines which has water fountaining out of the drains along the London Road, one of only two roads out of the town still open. I can actually smell the sewage in the water now when I walk down the road every couple of hours to see how far it's got! If anyone mentions drought later this year they will rightly be lynched! -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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"Martin" wrote in message
... On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:14:18 -0000, "Bob Hobden" wrote: "Sacha" wrote Hope all those urglers in or near the area of the flooding are okay and NOT flooded! We keep hearing how sandbags are being delivered, well we got a delivery of sand to a local church by "The Sun" newspaper, saving the day as they will say, and it was a free-for-all getting some to make your own bags with no-one in charge. Useful only if you had anything to put it in, most seem to be using their wheelie bins to collect it but what do they put it in when they get it home. Carrier bags have holes. A friend from across the road evacuated her disabled Dad down to Yeovil, Somerset last night (another daughter) and is about to be on her way back with lots of waders and sheet plastic. It hasn't reached any further up our road since yesterday although it's now coming up out of the ground in some back gardens opposite. Our biggest fear is that it floods over the A30 at Egham from Runnymede meadow (now lake), if that happens the whole of Egham will be gone with no way of road escape from this whole area except through Staines which has water fountaining out of the drains along the London Road, one of only two roads out of the town still open. I can actually smell the sewage in the water now when I walk down the road every couple of hours to see how far it's got! If anyone mentions drought later this year they will rightly be lynched! If you do use sandbags put them on a plastic membrane with the rest of the plastic on the side facing the flood. On TV I've seen some being done like this, but most aren't. You can use black PVC sheeting. I shall be using pond liner and sealing it against the house with silicon sealer, I'll worry about getting that stuff off the house and woodwork later. So far it's not advancing up our road but with this storm over the coming weekend due to dump a months rain, the Thames will rise more next week which may be when we go under. As you say, some precautions I've seen are worse than useless, some with just sandbags and others with gaps around the edge or the plastic the wrong side of the sandbags or just loose and not against boards for strength and some have forgotten their air bricks. I think genuine panic has caused some non-thinking and there has been no sign of anyone advising the residents except one policeman saying we were next to go under. Some sand bags and a knowledgeable official adviser with a few army helpers would be nice! -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 19:03:27 -0000, Janet wrote:
From childhood experience of living in a house on mains sewer services in a flood area; one of the worst effects is sewage backing up through toilet bowls especially in ground floor lavs. Apart from building on land that floods being a bit daft, having a 4" dia hole to the outside world only 18" or so above floor level seems even dafter. Planning regs, eh? With luck you can prevent this by plugging the U-bend . Double up some waterproof soft plastic carrier bags and stuff them with rags, then ram the plug down the flush hole of the toilet. I wouldn't like to be near by when it let go... you can get one way flood valves for the drains but to be honest most is a waste of time. Bricks are pourus, after a week the water will just be coming through the walls. Deeper than about 600 mm and a non-flooded building may collapse due to the weight of water pushing on the walls, so you have to let the water in. Don't build in flood risk areas is the answer or if you do take precautions like no power, no timber, no gypsum plaster less than 1 m above the floor level. Have a plan of action, shifting everything upstairs, backup cooking, heat and light. Trouble is these days everyone is so used to all the services always being present most people haven't even thought of a backup plan let alone equpiment. More fool them IMHO likewise those that wine "we didn't know it was a flood risk area when we bought". Didn't their solicitor check? It's not difficult the maps are on the EA website FFS! Wouldn't insurers refusing flood cover be a bit of a clue. Maybe not for the clueless... -- Cheers Dave. |
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Tom Gardner wrote:
People could do worse than look at how the "professional" flood barriers are constructed, e.g. Or read the official pamphlet, available he http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...ods/31644.aspx Sandbags and how to use them properly for flood protection (PDF, 390KB) Chris -- Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK Plant amazing Acers. |
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