350zedd Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Woken by the mrs this morning ..... to be told that there was no drinking water and sh*t everywhere outside!!!. :scare: After a trek across the field in a force 10 gale discovered water tank was empty and the spring was clogged with silt. Also the pipe to the septic tank had blocked up and the sh*t had backed up and forced its way up out of the manhole. Luckily we had 3 times more rain overnight than usual, so most of the stink has been washed away. Unblocked pipe and waited 2 hrs for water tank to fill up......the joys of living in the country... ....why does it always happen at this time of year and both at the same time? Sh*t happens I guess!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 That's not good. ....why does it always happen at this time of year and both at the same time? "Sod's Law" in full effect I'm sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Woken by the mrs this morning ..... to be told that there was no drinking water and sh*t everywhere outside!!!. :scare: After a trek across the field in a force 10 gale discovered water tank was empty and the spring was clogged with silt. Also the pipe to the septic tank had blocked up and the sh*t had backed up and forced its way up out of the manhole. Luckily we had 3 times more rain overnight than usual, so most of the stink has been washed away. Unblocked pipe and waited 2 hrs for water tank to fill up......the joys of living in the country... ....why does it always happen at this time of year and both at the same time? Sh*t happens I guess!! Aye, we have a disused quarry at the back of us and the level of water has risen to the point where there are streams of water popping up out of nowhere. We have at the moment a flood right by our back door, our septic tank is full it just can't cope with all the water so flushing the toilet means that crap comes up onto the pathway at the back of the house. I have been actively engaged in heated discussions with the council with a view to pumping some of the water out of the quarry (it's about 80 feet deep now) but the owners of the quarry have gone into liquidation so no one really knows who has responsibility for pumping it out. Currently, there is no pump in situ but most of the piping is still there. So from now on every time we get a bit of rain we have a flood right outside the back door, which takes 72 hours to clear. Our lane is a disaster with a permanent stream on each side of the road and the only drain in the lane, which belonged to a now demolished cottage, is completely blocked. Even if they started pumping tonight it's going take several weeks before they get it down to an acceptable level. Yes, the joys of living in the country indeed. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpy Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Sh*t way to start crimbo for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350zedd Posted December 24, 2013 Author Share Posted December 24, 2013 It could be a lot worse though.....we lived in 3 static vans for 8 yrs whilst building the house and suffered temperatures down to -20'c a few winters back. Everything froze solid Even the radiators & boiler I'd put in froze up when we lost power for a week. Nightmare.....glad to be in a house now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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