Help!!! Flooding!

[Buchanan0204]

I am at my dads house at the moment and the back yard has totally flooded. The neighbour as you can see in the photo is helping trying to put a plunger down.

The back yard is swimming. There is an extension to the house which is also flooded with 3 inches of water. I am worried the floor caves in as it is all tiled etc.

I have no idea about plumbing or drainage.

I have attached pics. Would be brilliant if anyone can offer tips. I have no idea what the drainage type is etc or any technical plumbing questions.

 

[bushmins]

Theres no way the floor will collapse. Its got to be solid to hold a car.

I guess the water is from rain fall not a burst pipe?

 

[kibblerok]

Unless you got some sandbags, I'd wait until the blockage is cleared and water stops coming in.

Then its a case of mopping, ventilation and then heaters to dry it out.

 

[Randomface74]

Call the council out.
Sweep all the water outside.
Blockade the doors with sandbags or whatever to stop it getting worse.
Dry it all out thoroughly - be proactive!

 

[Buchanan0204]

Theres no way the floor will collapse. Its got to be solid to hold a car.

Good point. Silly statement, just all in the heat of the moment. Head is all the over the place.

I have put a load of towels down at the patio. The water seems to have stopped, however it's definitely blocked and not going down the drain.

 

[stulid]

First earthquakes and now the flooding begins!!!!

 

[Buchanan0204]

Unless you got some sandbags, I'd wait until the blockage is cleared and water stops coming in.

Then its a case of mopping, ventilation and then heaters to dry it out.

It's definitely not frozen, don't think heaters will help

 

[Buchanan0204]

Theres no way the floor will collapse. Its got to be solid to hold a car.

I guess the water is from rain fall not a burst pipe?

It's definitely from a pipe. There wasn't water there earlier, all the water in the extension floor isn't rain.

 

[Ahleckz]

Where abouts is this? Glasgow is fine...
Can I borrow your Porsche one day?

 

[BloodyL]

Your head is all over the place, lol, the heaters are for drying out the water damaged areas, not for melting ice/snow.

 

[PhillyDee]

Find out where the water is coming from! Remove source of water then get a mop.

 

[stulid]

Bottle up the water and sell to the Irish?

 

[bushmins]

If its from a pipe your best bet is to get the mains in the road/outside path turned off. Can do it yourself if you have a long extention and the right socket. Else youll have to call a plumber asap.

 

[Amp34]

Why is your car inside your house?

 

[Hades]

So is the water coming from that drain? Deffo call the council. Oh and move that drill and unplug and move the fridge if you haven't already done so.

Out of interest why such a posh garage... tiled floor and patio doors??? Is it actually meant to be a garage and if not then can the floor support the car?

 

[trigger-happy]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SAVE THE WINE AND DRINKS!! That's your first priority, secondly cut power to the room, you can find the switch on your power box.

 

[BloodyL]

And properly dispose of that rusty Stanley blade that is sat on top of the radiator.

 

[2StepSteve]

I would also back the car out from the house and part it in the street.

While we are at it rescue that poor smoke alarm, it is drowning. They aren't used to water.

 

[n111ck]

Why is the top down on the car in the middle of winter? Hmmm.

Why are their curtains in the garage? Hmmm.

Oh and youre gonna need a bigger mop.

 

[Marky]

It's actually mine Wise Guy. I'm up visiting for a few days. Anyone actually got anything productive to say?

Worst I have a Porsche post ever?


In all seriousness - that is awful and I hope you get it sorted soon - but I don't know much about floods and can't help a lot - Sorry