flooded lofts

just come in from 5 hours moping out lofts, 12" water at the bottom of garden, now i know what the hebbden bridge lot have to put up with, although this is not in the house thank god, layer of thick mud covering the floors......what an effing mess

sorry to hear this rog, you can do without that .......reports of flooding all over the country, thankfully its not reached the house .

Awful news, hope it dries up soon

hopefully in for a dry few days rog ,what a nightmare ...sorry to hear

Bad news that its enough having damp in the loft let alone 12" of water hopefully that will be the end of it

Terrible news , hopefully you get it sorted...nothing nesting on floor ?

redrog wrote:

just come in from 5 hours moping out lofts, 12" water at the bottom of garden, now i know what the hebbden bridge lot have to put up with, although this is not in the house thank god, layer of thick mud covering the floors......what an effing mess

That's crap news etc Rog Best get the heaters in there maybe to just help dry things out as mould is no good for man or beast type of thing .

I feel for you mate that’s terrible

peel bros wrote:

Terrible news , hopefully you get it sorted...nothing nesting on floor ?

no lucky there. but have dug trench for time being hopefully stay dry for a couple days, not to sure what to do in long term tho, we are 600' up here and cant remember last time this happened, see what next few weeks bring

Hopefully its a one off and it doesn't happen again

Yes hopefully its all ok from now on .. I would cry i really would

Hows things going regarding the water problem, hope matters have settled down.

Water can be a real pest and ruin deep litter or keep the floor damp and open to nasties.

Were it me I would have let it get as dry as possible bought a bag of builders lime and spread it around and it would have dried up all the dampness and killed any  nasties.

You could then just brush the lime away and go back to normal nothing worse than damp.

Some condenm builders lime but if you handle anything wrongly you will have problems.

Used it for over 50 years.

Just hope everythings OK, maybe keep itin mind if you have problems.

Regards.

More rain expected this week as well

MISTY wrote:

Hows things going regarding the water problem, hope matters have settled down.

Water can be a real pest and ruin deep litter or keep the floor damp and open to nasties.

Were it me I would have let it get as dry as possible bought a bag of builders lime and spread it around and it would have dried up all the dampness and killed any  nasties.

You could then just brush the lime away and go back to normal nothing worse than damp.

Some condenm builders lime but if you handle anything wrongly you will have problems.

Used it for over 50 years.

Just hope everythings OK, maybe keep itin mind if you have problems.

Regards.

you speak much truth etc Misty I suggest. All poisons if used the wrong way can have a catastrophe type outcome. Used in a beneficial/sensible type way thou & they can have many benefits at times on average. & take care

yeah been okay, snow melt has been gradual so that helped, dug ditch infront and down the side to help get rid of water, but dont think that will do it if we get a deluge again, paired up now so fingers crossed

Well hopefully you have sorted it . It must be a nightmare lying in bed listening to the rain then getting up the next day not sure what to expect...goodluck again

I use a sump pump when basement floods.

We would be knackered on allotments if we got flooded

redrog wrote:

yeah been okay, snow melt has been gradual so that helped, dug ditch infront and down the side to help get rid of water, but dont think that will do it if we get a deluge again, paired up now so fingers crossed

Just how does the water get into the loft

Is it at the bottom of an incline or on a largs flat area, is it off the ground and why does it apparently attract water.

There are easy ways of diverting water away from an area.


But if it goes directly into the loft there must be a reason.


Cannot think of anything worse than going into your loft and finding water.


Only ever happened  to me once and destroyed deep litter I had for many years I had  even moved it from loft to loft, heartbreaking.


Both water and fire best avoided.


Regards.

peel bros wrote:

Well hopefully you have sorted it . It must be a nightmare lying in bed listening to the rain then getting up the next day not sure what to expect...goodluck again

True But worse thou Ray maybe, if you didn't have to wait till morning etc as the ceiling above your bed collapsed all around you from a heavy type downpour .

MISTY wrote:

redrog wrote:

yeah been okay, snow melt has been gradual so that helped, dug ditch infront and down the side to help get rid of water, but dont think that will do it if we get a deluge again, paired up now so fingers crossed

Just how does the water get into the loft

Is it at the bottom of an incline or on a largs flat area, is it off the ground and why does it apparently attract water.

There are easy ways of diverting water away from an area.


But if it goes directly into the loft there must be a reason.


Cannot think of anything worse than going into your loft and finding water.


Only ever happened  to me once and destroyed deep litter I had for many years I had  even moved it from loft to loft, heartbreaking.


Both water and fire best avoided.


Regards.

If I had to make a choice here etc Misty as bad as it may be I would choose a flood type moment every day over a fire. Fire     can be a mean son of a ***** when  it's angry & at it's very worst. & take care.

Yes obviously horrible if your home gets flooded...but my pigeon loft would be horrendous.  I can do something about it , poor birds could not

hope it holds out for you rog atb