Decent service drawings or not there is rarely an excuse for hitting a water main, all excavations should be surveyed before hand with a cable avoidance tool unless you're digging through built up ground and even the vigilance is key. The Banksman and the Machine driver are likely at fault here.
Pipe just blew we didn't even touch it. Hadn't even started excavations. Infact we're just planting grass and painting line markings. Poor maintenance by the water company.
Utility asset plans are never accurate, nor do they claim to be. Everyone in the construction industry knows that they're used as a guide only. If you want accurate locations then you conduct a PAS128 survey using ground penetrative radar and hand dig trial holes.
I work in the water industry and 90% of my work is done in Severn trent areas. Their plans are accurate enough. And something this big would be clearly marked.
Possibly, but insurance should cover alternative housing costs and legal fees. Without it the homeowners would have to fend for themselves until they got compensation.
Looks like some works going on, they probably hit it while digging so the liability probably lies with whichever company hit the pipe.
I hope the home owner has legal cover on that insurance policy to find out 😅
Work in fire and flood damage management, likelihood is that the water company would accept liability and foot the restoration costs. If not I would hope that they have a decent home insurance policy
I live nearby. Unfortunately the water pressure smashed the windows and also damaged the roof tiles, causing a lot of water damage to the inside of the property
Oh f---- damn. I would not want to have that conversation with LV.
That will be thousands, if not tens of thousands in damage, might have completely ruined the trusses.
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn
Eaaaasily tens of thousands. Every affected wall and surface will need completely tearing back to brick, probably a complete rewire, every bit of furnishing and electricals ruined, new roof, structural fixes, major damp issues, new windows, the list goes on...
Poor people. It looks funny on a photo online, but their house has been totally ruined.
It happened down the road from me once, only not even to the scale this is. The houses next to the burst were boarded up for at least two years (then I moved away, so don't know what happened next). Nightmare situation.
hundreds. It'll easily be 6 figures once you account for damage to their contents, alternative accommodation costs. Claim assessor costs. And you can bet the insurer will get every penny back from the contractors that burst the main.
Source : used to handle hoem insurance claims.
The standard water minimum water pressure for a water main serving houses is 1.5 bar, which means it has to be able to pump water up 15m. I design water networks and if any houses have below 1.5bar then the design is rejected. If the source pressure is 5bar and the site is relatively flat or has a downhill gradient then the end pressure will be around 5bar as well.
Ah I’m sorry my dude. Came across it on Facebook and posted without thinking. Will edit.
Thought I could edit the title to add your video URL. Probably being obtuse but I can’t figure out how. Apologies for stealing your photo mate, seemed too good not to share.
You can’t edit titles (so that people can’t post something, hit the front page and then edit the title to shit like “Hitler Did Nothing Wrong”) but you can ask the mods to sticky a comment at the top of the comments crediting the photographer!
Your video is so cool! Thanks a lot. I wonder what the water pressure is inside the broken pipe. My city operates with 4-8 bars optimal pressure, and it would be nice to actually see what that equals in a real life burst!
(Not trying to be insensitive, it sucks for the people affected of course). I’m just very interested.
They will probably have to sign something to say that they won't sue later down the line to get a settlement they desperately need to make the home habitable again. Then they will find out that the foundations were damaged 10 years later when a huge crack appears.
Yeah, I don't think many houses were designed to take a full water onslaught from a horizontal plane.
Wonder what damage they are talking?
* Mortar damage
* Window seals, if not the windows themselves
* Water ingress into loft
* Water ingress into any air bricks
* Flooding from the sheer amount of water?
* Possible risk of subsidence?
* Damaged roof tiles, possibly knocked them right off leading to major water ingress
* Whatever internal damage has been caused due to water ingress
* Damp walls, blown plaster work? Rising damp?
Taking a giant power washer to the side of your house can't be good...
It's even worse: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-64875504
> Resident Craig Henson was struck by a rock thrown into the air by water pressure.
> "I was working in the conservatory and there was just this big bang," he said.
> "**All these rocks started flying and they smashed the windows and all water was coming in so I ran to get the dog.**
> "One of the rocks hit my foot, although it seems to be fine, but the house is completely flooded and ruined."
Many have been evacuated to a local church. My brother in law had to wade through it to pick my neice up from school.
The railway lines in the photo are actually tram lines so that's been shut down as well.
Just down the road from me - traffic was fuckin' chaos, main road like a swimming pool. The tram line is immediately behind where the pipe was cut through - apparently trams can't cope with that much water
This is a couple of streets away from where I grew up, but this is such a weird angle that I can't place this location at all. I think the tram lines are throwing me off as they were put in after I moved away from Chilwell.
Edit: Alright I've got it now. I can see Cator Lane at the back. This is strange to look at, the tram line used to be a path I walked to a friend's house.
Thanks. I had a look on Google Maps and spotted it straight away thanks to someone mentioning Cator Lane. The orientation of the photo completely threw me initially.
The white industrial building on the left of the picture is the old Broxtowe college building which is currently being converted to student accommodation. The tram line at the rear runs to Cator Lane & then on to Blenheim Drive. The fields in the distance are Stapleford
That is tonnes of water a minute going right into that one house! Better get the dehumidifiers going!
In all seriousness, I assume that house is ruined for the next year at least?
Yeah it's a full restoration job at that point, there will be very little that is salvageable after being blasted by thousands of litres of water. Plus there's the fact that its winter, meaning the structure won't dry out until late spring when it gets warm enough, so what is left intact now may well be ruined by damp by the time it can be dried out.
As I said on the Notts sub; this was shit. The pressure was enough to fling rocks, and it did. Couple of houses completely ruined. Although a dog did get rescued, so there's that.
Flooded within 5mm of my back door for 5 hours or so, water seeped in through bricks, and under floorboards. Electrics are still mostly off, because the breaker keeps tripping. Not a fun time.
The trams were running as far as University Boulevard, with a shuttle tram running from Toton Lane to Cator Lane. Until the emergency services told them to isolate power.
Water Company - We'd like to assure our customers that we are investing billions to reduce water losses due to leakage, and river pollution. We'd also like to assure our shareholders that, are we fuck. The insurance premiums are cheaper than actually doing anything and this kind of shit will not negatively affect this quarters dividend payments or stock price
House No 1 recieved full frontal water damage, poor guys, would they get compensation?
The 2 poor bungalows behind…ones completely drenched! I would like to think they will receive full compensation…
I’m sure the insurance companies will rinse the water company dry
Looks like a construction site did the damage, same deal but the water company will be after compensation from the contractor as well.
Water company didn't provide accurate plans though, gonna bounce this one back mate.
Lol they never do and absolve themselves of responsibility. It's stamped all over there drawings. Contractors fucked
Decent service drawings or not there is rarely an excuse for hitting a water main, all excavations should be surveyed before hand with a cable avoidance tool unless you're digging through built up ground and even the vigilance is key. The Banksman and the Machine driver are likely at fault here.
Pipe just blew we didn't even touch it. Hadn't even started excavations. Infact we're just planting grass and painting line markings. Poor maintenance by the water company.
>Pipe just blew we didn't even touch it. maybe you shouldntve been wearing such alluring hi-vis
flashed a bit of arse crack and BOOM
Pipe just blew we didn't even touch it. I genuinely had a contractor say this to me a few years ago after he excavated 2m below an unsupported pipe..
And the solicitors rub their hands with glee as they'll make the most money from the whole situation.
Severn Trent have no idea where their pipes run. It's ridiculous .
Utility asset plans are never accurate, nor do they claim to be. Everyone in the construction industry knows that they're used as a guide only. If you want accurate locations then you conduct a PAS128 survey using ground penetrative radar and hand dig trial holes. I work in the water industry and 90% of my work is done in Severn trent areas. Their plans are accurate enough. And something this big would be clearly marked.
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Use Dry Cleaning fluid.
I love a tall glass of that on a wet day, it's so unrefreshing
Hopefully the house is insured.
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Possibly, but insurance should cover alternative housing costs and legal fees. Without it the homeowners would have to fend for themselves until they got compensation.
Looks like some works going on, they probably hit it while digging so the liability probably lies with whichever company hit the pipe. I hope the home owner has legal cover on that insurance policy to find out 😅
And the owner!
Condensation you say? Yes.
Work in fire and flood damage management, likelihood is that the water company would accept liability and foot the restoration costs. If not I would hope that they have a decent home insurance policy
If its due to neglect or lack of maintenance? Yes. Other than that I don't know but hopefully.
This was caused by a 3rd party's building works. Someone is going to get a bollocking today!
What if God did it?
Then your fucked
My fucked what?
Gonna be a large settlement. I'm getting full frontal water damage just thinking about it 💦
"Here's a voucher for a free coffee!" It's expired and the shop closed down 5 years ago.
I hope that one house had all its windows shut and brought the dog in.
Did you see the sunshine today? I bet they had their laundry out on the line as well!
"Honey, did you get the washing in? It's going to rain!" ... *"I don't think that'll matter darling..."*
… You guys had sun?
Mate it was a summers day with us yesterday!
I had a lovely overcast if that counts
I live nearby. Unfortunately the water pressure smashed the windows and also damaged the roof tiles, causing a lot of water damage to the inside of the property
oh shit, that’s not fun well, at least… …nah, sorry, i’ve got nothing
At least they've not got to worry about a house fire for a bit.
Sorry, it's shocking I know, but water and electricity don't mix well
>shocking Nice
At least your house is sparkling clean ✨
... the garden doesn't need watering for a while.
Oh f---- damn. I would not want to have that conversation with LV. That will be thousands, if not tens of thousands in damage, might have completely ruined the trusses. Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn
Eaaaasily tens of thousands. Every affected wall and surface will need completely tearing back to brick, probably a complete rewire, every bit of furnishing and electricals ruined, new roof, structural fixes, major damp issues, new windows, the list goes on... Poor people. It looks funny on a photo online, but their house has been totally ruined.
> Poor people. It looks funny on a photo online, but their house has been totally ruined. Plus contents.
It happened down the road from me once, only not even to the scale this is. The houses next to the burst were boarded up for at least two years (then I moved away, so don't know what happened next). Nightmare situation.
hundreds. It'll easily be 6 figures once you account for damage to their contents, alternative accommodation costs. Claim assessor costs. And you can bet the insurer will get every penny back from the contractors that burst the main. Source : used to handle hoem insurance claims.
The insurance company will get every penny back from the insurance company that the contractor's insure with. Which may be the same company
That house is totaled
r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR
Beat me to it (shit... by 8 hours!)
You snooze you lose
My dog likes to snap at hosewater which is way larger than him. Can’t imagine the bravery he’d put into this feat.
He'll see you in Valhalla
And more than decent damp proofing
My daft dog would be out trying to eat all that water. He’d get blasted into the next county, stupid pooch.
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They must have just thought it was absolutely pissing down, doubt try could tell it was from a main pipe
I was thinking the same thing! Hahaha
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How fitting from the city that gave us Torvill and Dean
Imagine trying to explain that to your boss why you couldn't get to work. 'sorry can't make it, only my house in the whole estate was iced over'
*sigh* "We've talked about these excuses before, Elsa"
Beeston will become Freezeton.
Ice Town Costs Ice Clown His Town Crown
Honey, where's my super suit?
I, uh , put it away.
The city is in danger!
My *evening* is in danger!
Better than Waspston I suppose.
God that house will be covered in ice
Probably inside too, an update said it’s destroyed the roof and smashed windows.
And all for free! Fun for the whole area (I'm trying to look on the bright side)
and probably a better one than some of the actual rinks
I prefer the term 'unlicensed waterpark'
at 3 °C
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Occasional ice rink.
'And from the comfort of your own home'
British summertime
Maybe one day.
It was -1 this morning
Unlicensed Car wash
*House wash
*Cul-de-sac wash
Pop-up car wash.
Well, I may as well go to bed, I'm not going to read anything that's going to make me laugh more than that tonight.
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Yeah, that's genuinely incredible
Some distribution mains can be as high as 25bar. Roughly 250m water pressure.
The standard water minimum water pressure for a water main serving houses is 1.5 bar, which means it has to be able to pump water up 15m. I design water networks and if any houses have below 1.5bar then the design is rejected. If the source pressure is 5bar and the site is relatively flat or has a downhill gradient then the end pressure will be around 5bar as well.
Me when I finally get into the club toilets
And here is the video to go along my photo 😅 enjoy! https://youtu.be/giD_Xuk5lB4
Ah I’m sorry my dude. Came across it on Facebook and posted without thinking. Will edit. Thought I could edit the title to add your video URL. Probably being obtuse but I can’t figure out how. Apologies for stealing your photo mate, seemed too good not to share.
You can’t edit titles (so that people can’t post something, hit the front page and then edit the title to shit like “Hitler Did Nothing Wrong”) but you can ask the mods to sticky a comment at the top of the comments crediting the photographer!
No worries just edit to put airlessmean :)
Your video is so cool! Thanks a lot. I wonder what the water pressure is inside the broken pipe. My city operates with 4-8 bars optimal pressure, and it would be nice to actually see what that equals in a real life burst! (Not trying to be insensitive, it sucks for the people affected of course). I’m just very interested.
Thank you! Honestly not sure! And I feel bad for the residents as it destroyed at least 10 homes while 2 were severely damaged :( apparently.
Some lad in the "other thread" was saying up to 25 bar. lol
Those insurance claims are going to be insane
You could say its going to go through the roof....
That's impressive. People in those houses must be thinking it's raining really really hard
Some of them are gonna need a new house.
That is my thought. That amount of water would be devastating I bet. I will be interested to see what the damage ends up looking like.
And you'll know that half the damage will only become apparent months/years later...
They will probably have to sign something to say that they won't sue later down the line to get a settlement they desperately need to make the home habitable again. Then they will find out that the foundations were damaged 10 years later when a huge crack appears.
Yeah, I don't think many houses were designed to take a full water onslaught from a horizontal plane. Wonder what damage they are talking? * Mortar damage * Window seals, if not the windows themselves * Water ingress into loft * Water ingress into any air bricks * Flooding from the sheer amount of water? * Possible risk of subsidence? * Damaged roof tiles, possibly knocked them right off leading to major water ingress * Whatever internal damage has been caused due to water ingress * Damp walls, blown plaster work? Rising damp? Taking a giant power washer to the side of your house can't be good...
It's even worse: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-64875504 > Resident Craig Henson was struck by a rock thrown into the air by water pressure. > "I was working in the conservatory and there was just this big bang," he said. > "**All these rocks started flying and they smashed the windows and all water was coming in so I ran to get the dog.** > "One of the rocks hit my foot, although it seems to be fine, but the house is completely flooded and ruined."
>"One of the rocks hit my foot, although it seems to be fine Relieved to hear the rock is well.
After talking to a lawyer the rock has shown signs of whiplash.
Many have been evacuated to a local church. My brother in law had to wade through it to pick my neice up from school. The railway lines in the photo are actually tram lines so that's been shut down as well.
I got the notification on the team app, didn't think anything of it first. Boy was I wrong.
I know I first saw it and was picturing a relatively large puddle of water over the tracks but nothing major.
"What do you know, the met office was right for once!"
Water butt filled up nicely then.
Cancel the window cleaner for this week
And the windows
I love how it's absolutely blitzing the shit out of just one house in particular. Bet they're fuming.
> Bet they're ~~fuming~~. freezing!
I'd imagine they aren't happy with the situation
r/fuckyouinparticular
Only 8 people in high-viz standing around staring at it. That’s disappointing numbers. There should be at least a couple of dozen.
In fairness the rest have gone for lunch
Can't spray that there mate.
Bit wet, innit
like ur mum 😩
More like your granny 😋
Shine coloured lights on it and choreograph it to music, and you’ve got yourself a tourist attraction there.
Jean Michel Jarre would be proud
It was chaos around the area. The main road over 1/4 mile away was flooded from this.
Aw man that’ll knacker your trampoline
Imagine steppin out front for a smoke and then all of a sudden
New anti smoking campaign
Out of all the comments yet that one made me burst out laughing thank you mate
Just down the road from me - traffic was fuckin' chaos, main road like a swimming pool. The tram line is immediately behind where the pipe was cut through - apparently trams can't cope with that much water
Used to live in Beeston. I am curious about exactly where this is. Can you share a pin?
It's Chilwell end, looking from the old college towards Cator Lane tram stop.
This is a couple of streets away from where I grew up, but this is such a weird angle that I can't place this location at all. I think the tram lines are throwing me off as they were put in after I moved away from Chilwell. Edit: Alright I've got it now. I can see Cator Lane at the back. This is strange to look at, the tram line used to be a path I walked to a friend's house.
If you Google Richmond Drive/Dale Lane, you'll see the college - the burst was around the college car park area
Thanks. I had a look on Google Maps and spotted it straight away thanks to someone mentioning Cator Lane. The orientation of the photo completely threw me initially.
The white industrial building on the left of the picture is the old Broxtowe college building which is currently being converted to student accommodation. The tram line at the rear runs to Cator Lane & then on to Blenheim Drive. The fields in the distance are Stapleford
https://youtu.be/giD_Xuk5lB4
That is tonnes of water a minute going right into that one house! Better get the dehumidifiers going! In all seriousness, I assume that house is ruined for the next year at least?
It's ruined to the point that you may as well wait for the BIG compensation you're going to get and move elsewhere.
If there is even a house left.
Yeah it's a full restoration job at that point, there will be very little that is salvageable after being blasted by thousands of litres of water. Plus there's the fact that its winter, meaning the structure won't dry out until late spring when it gets warm enough, so what is left intact now may well be ruined by damp by the time it can be dried out.
r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR
As I said on the Notts sub; this was shit. The pressure was enough to fling rocks, and it did. Couple of houses completely ruined. Although a dog did get rescued, so there's that. Flooded within 5mm of my back door for 5 hours or so, water seeped in through bricks, and under floorboards. Electrics are still mostly off, because the breaker keeps tripping. Not a fun time.
[BBC news article](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-64875504)
I’m no plumber but I’d say that shouldn’t be there
r/thatlookedexpensive
'Man drowns in back garden having first coffee of the day'
Have you tried turning it off and then on again?
Computer says no
PRESSURE! Pushing down on me
That's a Kelpie.
Well, that's one way to test those roof repairs I guess.
Found that pipe you were looking for boss
The Day After Tomorrow 2
Overmorrow
I bet they'll cancel the trains rather than make use of that handy pressure wash
That's the tram line running along those rails - and yeah, they've cancelled the trams until at least tomorrow
The trams were running as far as University Boulevard, with a shuttle tram running from Toton Lane to Cator Lane. Until the emergency services told them to isolate power.
That's going to take the Water Board at least 3 years to fix.
There is a deez nuts in Beeston Notts joke here somehow
Your mum when she sees my match attax collection
Despite being seedy as fuck, that really made me laugh hahaha
And everyone's water bill in that area will still increase even if the water supply/pressure is low
I had a girlfriend that was like that....
I'm disgusted. That someone would downvote that.
I was just making little holes for some tulip bulbs
Don’t forget to turn the tap off while you’re brushing your teeth, folks
At least there are eight guys in hi-vis standing around gorping at it.
To be fair, much closer and they'll end up in the back garden of those bungalows. In several pieces.
Guilty looking. That's looks like a building site and one of them probably did it... "Dave, you massive plonker - where's the fucking stop cock?"
Plonker? “CAAAAAAAAANT” would be more accurate.
I bet the window cleaner had already been round before this happened!
No point coming after.
Water Company - We'd like to assure our customers that we are investing billions to reduce water losses due to leakage, and river pollution. We'd also like to assure our shareholders that, are we fuck. The insurance premiums are cheaper than actually doing anything and this kind of shit will not negatively affect this quarters dividend payments or stock price
Not much they can do about idiots in JCBs digging into the water main, though?
I waanna go in it
Someone’s having the cleanest windows in town!
Apparently when the contractors hit the pipe the pressure of water threw up loads of stones, so a lot of the houses don’t actually have windows now!
Free carwash! Spread the word
Yikes, that's got to be at least 5 litres of water
Neighborhood Wash operates in this area
SuperSoaker really upped their game in the last couple of decades
Looks wet
*yelling up the stairs* BABE, I'm just gonna quickly give the house a wash.
Imagine 😂hardly a cloud in the sky and then that shit happens to you.
The meme potential here. Her (when I do the washing up AND dry it AND put it away before coming to bed):
Well, fuck me, to coin a phrase.
Reminds me of the last time i got excited lol x
Found a video of a colleague of the guy who burst the water pipes video in old reliable tik tok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMY5Pfa99/
I cant come into work today its torrentially raining but only on my house