Major Flood In Apartment...DOH!

[rpm]

Almost 14 minutes, why wasn't the person filming trying to help.

Already thinking about their "fame" on youtube?

 

[Paulplumb]

That's savage. I'd love to hear the plumbers side of the story.

 

[AlexGas]

The moral is that it's good to know where working stopcock is.

 

[snowhead]

That's savage. I'd love to hear the plumbers side of the story.

"Came off in me hand Guv."

Could have been worse,, Hot water.

From the evidence it looked like a tap change then when he turned the water back on the stop tap head unscrewed , 15secs in he emerges with what looks like a valve head.

He Should have opened the tap to relieve some of the pressure.

 

[jonnyswamp]

Apparently the plumber didn't want to pay $150 to turn the water off (somewhere in the states)
I did feel sorry for him when I saw it earlier, but if the above is true, what a muppet

 

[Jay The Plumber]

bugger that..

 

[johnf]

No problems with pressure and flow there then! Wonder if he got paid!

 

[mfgs]

That is some serious pressure. Hope his insurance was good.

 

[AlexGas]

Apparently the plumber didn't want to pay $150 to turn the water off (somewhere in the states)
I did feel sorry for him when I saw it earlier, but if the above is true, what a muppet

Surely the flat should have some means of water isolation in place...!?

 

[SteveWannadoGas]

Ive actually done that myself. Some years ago now. The woman told me she had turned the water off outside but she hadnt or she`d got the wrong stoptap. Then the sink taps were the wrong way round, so I thought the mains was down to low pressure, when actually what I was getting through was the hot water that was now running cold. I was trying to change the head on the stopcock in that exact same location and ended up on my side lying in freezing cold water. Fortunately I had the wit to tell the customer to call the fire brigade, who got the stopcock head back on for me. The thing is, the longer you are trying to get the head back in, the colder your hands are getting and soon they are really cold!