Aaaarrrrrrgghhhhh!!!

[PsiLo]

What a start to the day! Woken up at 5.30 by my wife screaming that something is wrong downstairs. Step out the bedroom to hear what sounds like a waterfall :( Get downstairs and the kitchen and hallway are flooded with water pumping out from under the sink.

It looks like one of the push fittings popped off. The carpet in the hallway is saturated, there is water underneath the laminate in both the kitchen and the dining room, basically mess everywhere :( And to top it off insurance company say leave it alone now until claims advisor gets in touch which could be 48 hours :ack2:

On the bright side, none of my helis were damaged :)

[asomaro]

Blimey m8 - not good to wake up to that!

Still like you said at least the heli's are OK.......(I bet you didn't say that to your wife though eh....)

Good luck with the house repairs.

Cheers,

[chugga-bug]

Push fittings are a disaster waiting to happen if you ask me. Good luck with the insurance company Gerd! :)
The day can only get better mate! ;)

[Adrian]

Ah the famous push fittings strike again,....hope you get it sorted soon.
Went to look at a job like this yesterday,only the push fitting came off over the kitchen! old plaster and lath ceiling now on the floor in the kitchen and hallway .... :ack2:

[Birdie4x4]

Pleased the helies servived, the only time I have experianced the push fittings coming off is when they have not been pushed on far enough and on occasions when a DIYer has not fitted the internel sleeve.
Hope you get it sorted quickly.

[PsiLo]

Thanks all. Insurance loss adjuster called already and has a flood restoration company coming this afternoon to dry it all out, then he is coming next week to assess the damage. Hall carpet ripped out already and there is a horrible squelching sound when you walk around on the laminate from all the water underneath.

Have just been under the sink and the little metal bit that actually clamps the pipe was still in the elbow joint rather than on the pipe! Got it out and found it just slips around on the pipe so was an accident waiting to happen, just glad it happened this week and not last week when we were away on holiday! Have fitted a new push joint with ptfe tape around threads etc.

[clubb699]

I hope you put your laptop on the wet floor that was there the night before wink wink wink:)

Hope it all gets sorted:)

[Mart61]

Bummer! Hope it gets sorted to your satisfaction and in a timely manner.

[Tom Burgess]

Damn, what a PITA Gerd, hope it's sorted soon and like you say, your heli's are still dry :D

[adieuk]

hope you get sorted out gerd
that laminate needs to come up mate before it does some more damage if you need a insurance quote gerd give me a shout mate thats what i do flooring mate

[tourerjim]

pewww' glad to here heli's are okay.