I've sprung a leak

[Maia]

And... they're back. The water has been turned off again, as of a few minutes ago.

This is where I'd like to see an imaginative story.

The water was turned off. The mole people who live under my house have become ornery. They've come up to see what the problem is, because they're drying out and they would rather not move.

Actually, I'm more concerned about the very real threat of giant, mutant rats, since their existence, it turns out, is not mere hyperbole, at least according to some reports. They're apparently infesting the entire city. Not that I have anything against rats, of course. They're highly intelligent and sociable creatures, and other than the odd civilisation ending plague or two, what harm have they ever done?

[Maia]

Anyway, when I got back from the shops a bunch of workmen were chatting outside my front garden, including the first guy I spoke to. So I flashed them my most ingratiating smile and asked them to give it to me straight. Apparently they finally found the leak, next door, and fixed it, the problem having being caused by a previous shoddy repair job. They also said that there are no other leaks in any of the other houses, as far as they could tell from the water pressure, though for the moment, it's probably best to take that with a pinch of salt, I think.

[Phil8659]

On Friday the water on the whole street was shut off, they did their thing, up and down the road. Cleaned up and left. Believing they had fixed the problem
Sat, I noticed water running down the street, and flooding the side street as they do not keep the storm drain clean. Seems that in fixing one pipe, another blew out.
Sun, They came very early, and did not get the job done, which was at an old fire hydrant down the street. They had to remove quite a large chunk of pipe and replace it, until about 7 at night.

It was done by about 7 at night, i.e., it took longer than the three holes they dug on Friday, but water is back again.

They told me the hydrant was installed in 1931. I said I did not think anything around was older than I was. They guy said, yea, hard to imagine that.

So, I was walking to the gas station to buy some drinking water, but found out I did not have to.

[Maia]

On Friday the water on the whole street was shut off, they did their thing, up and down the road. Cleaned up and left. Believing they had fixed the problem
Sat, I noticed water running down the street, and flooding the side street as they do not keep the storm drain clean. Seems that in fixing one pipe, another blew out.
Sun, They came very early, and did not get the job done, which was at an old fire hydrant down the street. They had to remove quite a large chunk of pipe and replace it, until about 7 at night.

It was done by about 7 at night, i.e., it took longer than the three holes they dug on Friday, but water is back again.

They told me the hydrant was installed in 1931. I said I did not think anything around was older than I was. They guy said, yea, hard to imagine that.

So, I was walking to the gas station to buy some drinking water, but found out I did not have to.

We don't have fire hydrants in the UK, at least, not as an item of street furniture. They're all underground, as far as I know.

We had a flood a few months back when it had been raining for days. Not on my road, thankfully, but on a road I walk down next to the park to get to the shops, which I found out the hard way, by getting my feet wet. I presume the drain was blocked, or something like that.

[Phil8659]

On Friday the water on the whole street was shut off, they did their thing, up and down the road. Cleaned up and left. Believing they had fixed the problem
Sat, I noticed water running down the street, and flooding the side street as they do not keep the storm drain clean. Seems that in fixing one pipe, another blew out.
Sun, They came very early, and did not get the job done, which was at an old fire hydrant down the street. They had to remove quite a large chunk of pipe and replace it, until about 7 at night.

It was done by about 7 at night, i.e., it took longer than the three holes they dug on Friday, but water is back again.

They told me the hydrant was installed in 1931. I said I did not think anything around was older than I was. They guy said, yea, hard to imagine that.

So, I was walking to the gas station to buy some drinking water, but found out I did not have to.

We don't have fire hydrants in the UK, at least, not as an item of street furniture. They're all underground, as far as I know.

We had a flood a few months back when it had been raining for days. Not on my road, thankfully, but on a road I walk down next to the park to get to the shops, which I found out the hard way, by getting my feet wet. I presume the drain was blocked, or something like that.

Oh, they are not street furniture, dogs use them to mark their territory. Anyway, being in the U.K. you are among people who have the sense not to elect a president that has issues. America, has more disadvantages except for places to walk our dogs.
I don't worry about where they are placed, I own a cat.
The storm drain on my side street has flooded my driveway apron for decades, but I do not worry much about that as I quit driving. At my age, i do not trust the lives of other people, so I do not get behind the wheel. People here are allowed to drive with medical conditions, which, ,like most things our government allows, is not a sign of overwhelming intelligence. But for walking the dog, we got plenty of different shoes to wear.
I spend, so much time, trying to learn my own work, since I retired, that it has adversely affected my physical health. But, at least I will not catch on fire and need a dog to tell me where to wait for someone to put me out.

[Maia]

On Friday the water on the whole street was shut off, they did their thing, up and down the road. Cleaned up and left. Believing they had fixed the problem
Sat, I noticed water running down the street, and flooding the side street as they do not keep the storm drain clean. Seems that in fixing one pipe, another blew out.
Sun, They came very early, and did not get the job done, which was at an old fire hydrant down the street. They had to remove quite a large chunk of pipe and replace it, until about 7 at night.

It was done by about 7 at night, i.e., it took longer than the three holes they dug on Friday, but water is back again.

They told me the hydrant was installed in 1931. I said I did not think anything around was older than I was. They guy said, yea, hard to imagine that.

So, I was walking to the gas station to buy some drinking water, but found out I did not have to.

We don't have fire hydrants in the UK, at least, not as an item of street furniture. They're all underground, as far as I know.

We had a flood a few months back when it had been raining for days. Not on my road, thankfully, but on a road I walk down next to the park to get to the shops, which I found out the hard way, by getting my feet wet. I presume the drain was blocked, or something like that.

Oh, they are not street furniture, dogs use them to mark their territory. Anyway, being in the U.K. you are among people who have the sense not to elect a president that has issues. America, has more disadvantages except for places to walk our dogs.
I don't worry about where they are placed, I own a cat.
The storm drain on my side street has flooded my driveway apron for decades, but I do not worry much about that as I quit driving. At my age, i do not trust the lives of other people, so I do not get behind the wheel. People here are allowed to drive with medical conditions, which, ,like most things our government allows, is not a sign of overwhelming intelligence. But for walking the dog, we got plenty of different shoes to wear.
I spend, so much time, trying to learn my own work, since I retired, that it has adversely affected my physical health. But, at least I will not catch on fire and need a dog to tell me where to wait for someone to put me out.

Perhaps I should have said street hazard, rather than furniture, though it amounts to the same thing.

I don't drive either, and definitely wouldn't trust myself behind the wheel.

[LuckyR]

Anyway, when I got back from the shops a bunch of workmen were chatting outside my front garden, including the first guy I spoke to. So I flashed them my most ingratiating smile and asked them to give it to me straight. Apparently they finally found the leak, next door, and fixed it, the problem having being caused by a previous shoddy repair job. They also said that there are no other leaks in any of the other houses, as far as they could tell from the water pressure, though for the moment, it's probably best to take that with a pinch of salt, I think.

When were the homes in your neighborhood built (approximately)?

[Maia]

Anyway, when I got back from the shops a bunch of workmen were chatting outside my front garden, including the first guy I spoke to. So I flashed them my most ingratiating smile and asked them to give it to me straight. Apparently they finally found the leak, next door, and fixed it, the problem having being caused by a previous shoddy repair job. They also said that there are no other leaks in any of the other houses, as far as they could tell from the water pressure, though for the moment, it's probably best to take that with a pinch of salt, I think.

When were the homes in your neighborhood built (approximately)?

1929.

[accelafine]

Wow. Birmingham has really gone to hell in recent decades. I wonder why that would be?

[LuckyR]

Anyway, when I got back from the shops a bunch of workmen were chatting outside my front garden, including the first guy I spoke to. So I flashed them my most ingratiating smile and asked them to give it to me straight. Apparently they finally found the leak, next door, and fixed it, the problem having being caused by a previous shoddy repair job. They also said that there are no other leaks in any of the other houses, as far as they could tell from the water pressure, though for the moment, it's probably best to take that with a pinch of salt, I think.

When were the homes in your neighborhood built (approximately)?

1929.

Lead containing water mains were replaced with cast iron in many locales in the 1920s. Cast iron has a maximum lifespan of about 100 years (under optimal conditions). So it sounds like this may happen repeatedly.

[Maia]

Wow. Birmingham has really gone to hell in recent decades. I wonder why that would be?

It could be a sudden rise in the number of seagulls. We're nowhere near the sea, but we still get them.

[Maia]

When were the homes in your neighborhood built (approximately)?

1929.

Lead containing water mains were replaced with cast iron in many locales in the 1920s. Cast iron has a maximum lifespan of about 100 years (under optimal conditions). So it sounds like this may happen repeatedly.

I don't know if the pipes have ever been replaced. All they said was that the pipe under next door's back garden had had a previous botched repair done on it. Fortunately, that house is "downstream" from me.

[LuckyR]

1929.

Lead containing water mains were replaced with cast iron in many locales in the 1920s. Cast iron has a maximum lifespan of about 100 years (under optimal conditions). So it sounds like this may happen repeatedly.

I don't know if the pipes have ever been replaced. All they said was that the pipe under next door's back garden had had a previous botched repair done on it. Fortunately, that house is "downstream" from me.

Hhhmmm... maybe get a lead testing kit from the hardware store?

[Maia]

Lead containing water mains were replaced with cast iron in many locales in the 1920s. Cast iron has a maximum lifespan of about 100 years (under optimal conditions). So it sounds like this may happen repeatedly.

I don't know if the pipes have ever been replaced. All they said was that the pipe under next door's back garden had had a previous botched repair done on it. Fortunately, that house is "downstream" from me.

Hhhmmm... maybe get a lead testing kit from the hardware store?

Is it really likely that the pipes might still be lead? Wouldn't that be illegal?

[LuckyR]

I don't know if the pipes have ever been replaced. All they said was that the pipe under next door's back garden had had a previous botched repair done on it. Fortunately, that house is "downstream" from me.

Hhhmmm... maybe get a lead testing kit from the hardware store?

Is it really likely that the pipes might still be lead? Wouldn't that be illegal?

Well, you're the one whose opinion is the mains have never been replaced...

Is it worth 13 bucks to know for sure?