frozen water pipes

biffoman

Yahoo,got our water back a few hours ago thank god.Hope everyone that has being without water gets sorted soon.We [me and me other half] did a little water dance in the kitchen,with our daughter jumping up and down in between us.It was a moment to behold.Cheers to anyone who gave me advice.

toadfly

anyone else got theres back yet?? no sign of ours coming back. must be a burst pipe...

Das Kitty

TillyGirl wrote: »

anyone else got theres back yet?? no sign of ours coming back. must be a burst pipe...

Ours came back yesterday afternoon and we were thinking the same up to then. Turned on the outside tap and noticed a drip, so then put on the kitchen mains tap and another one we have in our downstairs bathroom. After about 10 mins they were trickling and a minute later full pressure.

Maybe if you ring a plumber to see if they're still seeing frozen pipes in your area it could give you an idea on whether to worry about a burst pipe or not?

toadfly

going to ring the landlord this evening, plumber was out over two weeks ago but surely he can do something at this stage. will see how the neighbours are getting on as well.

thanks, glad it has come back for you!

Sniipe

Our water came back on yesterday - delighted.

galah

Ours is still gone as well...Rang the council, they said it's a problem in our house (it's not), we should call a plumber (paying for confirming that it's not a problem in the house?), and it's not their problem. Charming.

Advertiser speaks of burst pipes in the Taylor's Hill area, I'd say that affects us. Or some other burst mains....

Tedole

Rang Homebond about the depth of the mains conection to our house, was told they don't cover it so not an issue for them. Pipe outside our house only about 4 inches below surface level, block of ice finally disappeared last night, but still no water

bethm

TillyGirl wrote: »

anyone else got theres back yet?? no sign of ours coming back. must be a burst pipe...

Back last night after 10 days Salthill. No problems with burst pipes just frozen outside.

dollybird2

galah wrote: »

Ours is still gone as well...Rang the council, they said it's a problem in our house (it's not), we should call a plumber (paying for confirming that it's not a problem in the house?), and it's not their problem. Charming.

Advertiser speaks of burst pipes in the Taylor's Hill area, I'd say that affects us. Or some other burst mains....

If your neighbours have water and there is only you or a couple of houses in your area that don't have water than it is a problem in your house.

Webbs

dollybird2 wrote: »

If your neighbours have water and there is only you or a couple of houses in your area that don't have water than it is a problem in your house.

Not really the case, on our estate our next door neighbour was fine only had pipes frozen for 1 or 2 days we were out for 5 days and neighbours across the road still have no water.
It depends on where your pipes are running, is it in shade or sun, how deep are the pipes etc a few inches might make all the difference as to your pipes being frozen for days etc

galah

dollybird2 wrote: »

If your neighbours have water and there is only you or a couple of houses in your area that don't have water than it is a problem in your house.

All the neighbours didnt have water either...

But it's all good, the water came back last night. Phew. 10 days without water not so much fun.

toadfly

finally gots our back this afternoon! but only because we attached the ice around the stopcock with boiling water and a drill!

happy days anyway.