Calling all plumbers or DIYers! SOS!

1 Dec 2005

Quote by piercedJon
Hey dark hun,
Did you get your hole pluged or did they first dig around looking for that elusive spot and then fill it?
I think we should be told, and were they very hunky and if so do you have any numbers you can pass my way ;-)

:lol: :lol: Jon
they've had a damn good dig around for the elusive spot, found it eventually, done a temporary filling of the hole, enough to give short-term relief anyway .... and are coming back to do the proper job on Monday! biggrin

:happy:
Unfortunatly they were not hunky, or even particularly skilled...but i do have their phone number, on the invoice, if you'd like me to send it over? :twisted:

1 Dec 2005

if you do start to get water inside the house, a carpet cleaner can use his machine to help pump it out. You can get pro dehumidifiers from hire shops, or some carpet cleaners have them.
Look in the yellow pages for someone who deals in fire damage, and they'll be able to help you dry your house out and claim.
Alternatively, if you know anybody with a wet-Vax, they can also pump out water, but if you have carpets, it won't be as efficient as a pro.
Just do it as soon as possible with carpet, because if it gets too wet, the hessian dye can stain the pile, or if they are acrylic, they can shrink.
Good luck.

1 Dec 2005

Quote by burnie
if you do start to get water inside the house, a carpet cleaner can use his machine to help pump it out. You can get pro dehumidifiers from hire shops, or some carpet cleaners have them.
Look in the yellow pages for someone who deals in fire damage, and they'll be able to help you dry your house out and claim.
Alternatively, if you know anybody with a wet-Vax, they can also pump out water, but if you have carpets, it won't be as efficient as a pro.
Just do it as soon as possible with carpet, because if it gets too wet, the hessian dye can stain the pile, or if they are acrylic, they can shrink.
Good luck.

Thanks Burnie - but.........

As a little extra, I have now blown up my carpet shampoo machine. It did go pop.
wonder what's next? these things come in 3's dont they??
Dark, going back to bed for rest of the day and bloody well staying there!

I think I might have exhausted that option!! redface

I tell ya, its been one bastard of a week! Roll on the Munch cos Dark's in full on 'need to de-stress mode' :twisted:

1 Dec 2005

Oh you are having a bad week, aren't you?
I think you would need something more powerful than a home carpet shampooer anyway. We worked in carpet cleaning for afew years, and the industrial machines are often called out to fix home carpet machine messes.
They're just have a zillion times more powerful suction and a big holding tank.
I'm glad to know you got the problem somewhat sorted anyway.