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Title: Burst water pipe
Post by: alfie on 01 December 2010, 11:36:22
The water pipe in my garage burst yesterday,what a mess,about 4 inches of water over everything took some drying out.
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Post by: Welung666 on 01 December 2010, 11:39:26
You're lucky it wasn't 4 inches of ice ;D ;D
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Post by: millwall on 01 December 2010, 11:44:47
i did 3 emergency call outs last night for burst pipes  luckily all very local  so i walked to them with my toolbox on the kids sledge
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Post by: mantahatch on 01 December 2010, 11:48:14
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The water pipe in my garage burst yesterday,what a mess,about 4 inches of water over everything took some drying out.


I would be checking why the water did not drain out through the bottom of the garage door. At one point many years back all garage floors had to have a run on them to allow spilled fluids like petrol to run outside and not build up, they may have been only for garages attached to houses. It was pre 1990.

 ;D ;D
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Post by: Andy B on 01 December 2010, 11:56:22
My sister-in-law phoned me for help with a burst pipe to the outside tap, she couldn't find her stop cock ...... no titering at the back. I've just removed the burst bit for the time being and used a spare ball valve till the weather gets warmer.  :y :y :y
Title: Re: Burst water pipe
Post by: alfie on 01 December 2010, 14:35:09
HI Mantahatch,its a compton sectional type garage,so it needs a fillet of cement along the bottom of the walls to stop water coming in(usually),and theres a lip on the bottom of the door to stop it being forced.
So its a bit of a bugger to drain.
Title: Re: Burst water pipe
Post by: alfie on 01 December 2010, 14:37:10
Forgot to say,the cars tyres were frozen to the garage floor this morning.
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Post by: mantahatch on 01 December 2010, 15:00:01
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HI Mantahatch,its a compton sectional type garage,so it needs a fillet of cement along the bottom of the walls to stop water coming in(usually),and theres a lip on the bottom of the door to stop it being forced.
So its a bit of a bugger to drain.


Fair enough, they need a reasonable level floor and would have been exempt from those rules.

Hope you get it sorted ok.  :y
Title: Re: Burst water pipe
Post by: Richie London on 01 December 2010, 15:11:58
my mate run a copper pipe 2" from the ground all along the side of the house. its totally bare. hes gonna regret it when it snows.