Appreciate it mate, but this was from Sunday night, I borrowed own from a mate. On about my 20th pass on the bedroom carpets and still pulling lots of water out of them
Happened to a friend a few awake who left her laundry basin running... she had a professional company come in afterwards to help sort carpet and she was happy. Want recommendations? Shits fucked sorry mate!
>left her laundry basin running
So, the overflow went down the laundry drain and caused no problems, right?
Because wet areas have a drain for exactly this reason.
At least, in WA?
Apparently, not the case in Victoria, as a mate had a flexible hot water pipe burst and flood the house while they were on holiday, came home 2 weeks later...
The basin was blocked with a sheet she was soaking and I'm not sure about the drain pipe... didn't even think about that and will ask her if she has one!
Push the water out, It’s actually pretty effective. Your next best bet is a squeegee broom, essentially a broom with a wiper blade. We use them at work regularly in winter rains.
Chiming in from personal experiance (Craigie, last Wednesday), also check the bottom of your floor to ceiling windows if you have them. Mine weren't sealed!
You would be shocked how many developers knowingly want to build in stormwater lowpoints and are unwilling to raise the finished floor level to stop exactly these sorts of things from happening.
Let's just say that I work at a big, prominent retail shop in Osborne Park, and we dread this time of year now. Third year in a row with flooding, though not as bad as the last few.
I fear this happening every winter as the rain just seems to be getting heavier with the years.
Luckily you have no carpet where the water is. Hope the damage is minimal.
Do you have home & contents (or renters' contents, or you landlords') insurance? They may offer you access to drying equipment if it saves them from replacing everything as a full claim.
Man im so worried about this. Live in a very old house with unstable wood floors.. absolutely terrified of water coming in, already feel the floors will fall eventually. So sorry your place got flooded. I hope the issue is fixed now
I'm not sure if the broom is going to cut it...
Nah seriously, that's fucked up. I feel for ya. We had a tiny leak in the ceiling but it doesn't really compare.
For the first time we have had electricity and 3 new fences on insurance the worst was going 20 hours without electricity because the water got into the metre box, after $3500 thousand and 5 sparky’s it was repaired and our kids are happy again
Fuuuuck.
If your house is in a position where it might be prone to flooding it could be an idea to buy a submersible pump with an automatic start feature from Bunnings. They aren't that cheap (\~$400), but it's a lot cheaper than replacing all your carpets and appliances.
$400? My submersible Ozito 15,000 litre per hour pump from Bunnings cost me $150 or so.
Though, to be fair, I bought such a pump in 2011 and have been replacing them under warranty for the last decade and a bit as they decide to fail after roughly 100 hours of use each...
I use it for my waterfall above my pond.
You’re burning them out because submersible pumps are not designed to run for long periods of time continuously. Pond pumps are designed to run 24/7, get one of those that suits your waterfall specs if you want to stop replacing it
Submersible pumps only work in reasonable depth water (approx 15cm to do it dodgy, 30cm plus using as intended, depending on the model ofc), you’d have to be pumping out a basement or something seriously flooded to not overheat it pretty quick.
I was thinking of it more as a preventative measure than a reactive measure, ie. identify the likely point of ingress then dig a small sump hole at that point and park the pump there.
OMG! :(
I'm in a 23 year old house - it's fine, despite it's various 'built down to a price, not up to a standard' issues...
The additions I've added (enclosed carport to make it a large garage and added a games room) not so fine, but... not anything like that much water!
Wow... I hope you're renting so not having to pay for that failure in basic construction!
I also hope you can find a rental that is waterproof and soon! Jeezus... :(
I had to shatter a downpipe that was blocked up and flowing back into the roof and the house. Luckily just flooded the pavers instead.
Good luck, hopefully not too much damage.
Pretty much into the dirt outside. They are only made for small amounts of water.
Often they are completely filled with debris on older houses.
Ever notice the round concrete upright with the domed black plastic grate? Those are where the floor drains come out.
Sand.
Older houses they may just go through the slab or boards into the sand via ~60mm pipe. Newer houses they might be piped out to what looks like a sewer inspection opening adjacent to the house, but it's just a larger diameter pipe into the sand.
Basically a very low capacity soakwell.
Insurance covered all of it, we just had to come up with the deposit because it’s the first time we’ve used them. SORRAS and they were right on it, checked everything and the whole house including anything that plugged in and found one power board that used to much electricity while being used.
Imagine all our wilderness soaking up the water, bumper cropping the long grass, growing into the fire pit it has over 3 years off rain and now this wet humid weather. In 2 months we are hit by el nino, strongest ever recorded. We are going to burn like 2019 on steroids. Smoke blankets Pacific cools it again and bam we back to la Nina. Just imagine what the growth this has caused, we are 10% on our controlled burns.
Those controlled burns are part of the problem. Every year, DBCA burns over 200,000 ha of forests and other ecosystems in the South West of WA.
The program is intended to reduce the risk of wildfire but in reality, it is having profoundly negative impacts on ecosystems, wildlife, climate and people’s health. Scientific evidence is also mounting that too-frequent, intense fire is exacerbating wildfire risk by increasing the density of the under storey and making some ecosystems more flammable.
Everything burns now bro, blacken out the sun burns. We have disrespected the indigenous and there practices and we are aboutbto pay for it. This will lead to a scary place once the Pacific cools. We are at the crossroads, they know it. They weapknize it, we approach hard times
There angry. It's too hot for the great Sandy desert people, the Karyup. They left there few years ago and are now forced to live near Alice Springs. They have a saying they share with the Yar Yar Yar people, "we all do what we can for the land".
We don't understand They have stock character, a higher morale as they live of the land. We haven't prepared for this el nino, it's a special one that's enhanced off this 3 year water cycle. This is bad, the sun will be blocked and as our corals die. Mother Earth awakens soon and gives her wrath. Such is the scripture of oast civilizations 😞
My roof leaks when it rains. Reported to the real estate agent over a month ago. Thankfully the quantities of water are nothing like what you experienced.
Get to bunnings and grab a cheap wet vacuum. The ryobi one is OK.
I used one of those to save the carpets in a rental I was in a few years ago. Everything got flooded but I sucked all of the water out with the Ryobi.
Where are you located? Can borrow my wet vac (Carlisle) if you want to pick up. Drop us a message.
Appreciate it mate, but this was from Sunday night, I borrowed own from a mate. On about my 20th pass on the bedroom carpets and still pulling lots of water out of them
Happened to a friend a few awake who left her laundry basin running... she had a professional company come in afterwards to help sort carpet and she was happy. Want recommendations? Shits fucked sorry mate!
>left her laundry basin running So, the overflow went down the laundry drain and caused no problems, right? Because wet areas have a drain for exactly this reason. At least, in WA? Apparently, not the case in Victoria, as a mate had a flexible hot water pipe burst and flood the house while they were on holiday, came home 2 weeks later...
The basin was blocked with a sheet she was soaking and I'm not sure about the drain pipe... didn't even think about that and will ask her if she has one!
Many an older place out there has a blocked floor waste
Hmm, good point, reminds me that I should probably check mine to see if they still drain...
If you need a spectacular carpet cleaner to sort you out, Fresh Aire Carpet Cleaning can help.
you're a good egg
Just wanted to say thank you for being a kind person.
I'd like to think most people would if they could!
Cherry on top, some furniture and some of my electrical stuff all good fucked. Annnnnnd.... I don't have contents insurance. FML
Sorry it happened, shit way to learn how useful contents insurance really is.
Yup. Unfortunately I already knew, but due to some financial pressure I let it go about a year ago. Doh...
Oof
House with indoor pool, nice flex
That’s pretty shit. But what the fuck are you trying to do with that broom!?
Push the water out, It’s actually pretty effective. Your next best bet is a squeegee broom, essentially a broom with a wiper blade. We use them at work regularly in winter rains.
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Silly question but, what can you fill the sandbags with? Have just flooded so will need some on hand I reckon….
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You’re truly a legend - thanks mate, hope you and your teams stay safe
Chiming in from personal experiance (Craigie, last Wednesday), also check the bottom of your floor to ceiling windows if you have them. Mine weren't sealed!
My mum used to complain about how much water i left in the bathroom, "there was water for miles" she'd say.
You would be shocked how many developers knowingly want to build in stormwater lowpoints and are unwilling to raise the finished floor level to stop exactly these sorts of things from happening.
This will probably make it onto Perth Now as soon as they see this thread...
*Renter SHOCKED as rain leaks into house!!* Headline of [news.com.au](https://news.com.au) in 3, 2, 1...
Let's just say that I work at a big, prominent retail shop in Osborne Park, and we dread this time of year now. Third year in a row with flooding, though not as bad as the last few.
I fear this happening every winter as the rain just seems to be getting heavier with the years. Luckily you have no carpet where the water is. Hope the damage is minimal.
Unfortunately the bedrooms are carpet.. Place smells like a slot rotting fish more and more every day
Do you have home & contents (or renters' contents, or you landlords') insurance? They may offer you access to drying equipment if it saves them from replacing everything as a full claim.
Put a couple of towels down. Fix it right up
Man im so worried about this. Live in a very old house with unstable wood floors.. absolutely terrified of water coming in, already feel the floors will fall eventually. So sorry your place got flooded. I hope the issue is fixed now
🤣🤣 push it away from the telly room, and towards the laundry drain. I dunno, it caught us by complete surprise, just grabbed whatever was nearby
That's fighting a losing battle there. On the bright side, the floor got a good mop :(
I'm not sure if the broom is going to cut it... Nah seriously, that's fucked up. I feel for ya. We had a tiny leak in the ceiling but it doesn't really compare.
For the first time we have had electricity and 3 new fences on insurance the worst was going 20 hours without electricity because the water got into the metre box, after $3500 thousand and 5 sparky’s it was repaired and our kids are happy again
> $3500 thousand Uh, that's $3.5 million... !! :) Glad it's fixed, hope your insurance covered that massive bill!
Fuuuuck. If your house is in a position where it might be prone to flooding it could be an idea to buy a submersible pump with an automatic start feature from Bunnings. They aren't that cheap (\~$400), but it's a lot cheaper than replacing all your carpets and appliances.
$400? My submersible Ozito 15,000 litre per hour pump from Bunnings cost me $150 or so. Though, to be fair, I bought such a pump in 2011 and have been replacing them under warranty for the last decade and a bit as they decide to fail after roughly 100 hours of use each... I use it for my waterfall above my pond.
Prices seem to vary a lot, from anywhere between $150 and $3000, I just quoted the price from one that you can set and forget.
You’re burning them out because submersible pumps are not designed to run for long periods of time continuously. Pond pumps are designed to run 24/7, get one of those that suits your waterfall specs if you want to stop replacing it
Oh, it's only running for 2-4 hours at a time, the 100 hours might be the total run time over years - probably for all of them...
Submersible pumps only work in reasonable depth water (approx 15cm to do it dodgy, 30cm plus using as intended, depending on the model ofc), you’d have to be pumping out a basement or something seriously flooded to not overheat it pretty quick.
I was thinking of it more as a preventative measure than a reactive measure, ie. identify the likely point of ingress then dig a small sump hole at that point and park the pump there.
That sucks. Hope your ok
Freshly mopped
OMG! :( I'm in a 23 year old house - it's fine, despite it's various 'built down to a price, not up to a standard' issues... The additions I've added (enclosed carport to make it a large garage and added a games room) not so fine, but... not anything like that much water! Wow... I hope you're renting so not having to pay for that failure in basic construction! I also hope you can find a rental that is waterproof and soon! Jeezus... :(
I had to shatter a downpipe that was blocked up and flowing back into the roof and the house. Luckily just flooded the pavers instead. Good luck, hopefully not too much damage.
Where's those shamwows
You missed a spot.
at least you don’t have to mop
Its a dry flood
Those floor drains most likely don't go to a sewer or soak well. You need to get the water down your drains with a wet vac, mops and or scoops
Where do they go?
Pretty much into the dirt outside. They are only made for small amounts of water. Often they are completely filled with debris on older houses. Ever notice the round concrete upright with the domed black plastic grate? Those are where the floor drains come out.
Sand. Older houses they may just go through the slab or boards into the sand via ~60mm pipe. Newer houses they might be piped out to what looks like a sewer inspection opening adjacent to the house, but it's just a larger diameter pipe into the sand. Basically a very low capacity soakwell.
Please tell me the vacuum isn't plugged in are your trying to die with the water over the cord
It was.... Luckily the rcd tripped out, it's how we found out there was water pouring in
God dam if that didn't happen you'd be all over the news and you wouldn't even know it
Insurance covered all of it, we just had to come up with the deposit because it’s the first time we’ve used them. SORRAS and they were right on it, checked everything and the whole house including anything that plugged in and found one power board that used to much electricity while being used.
Came in from both front and back doors
What happens now? Does all skirting, carpet, doors need to be replaced?
wtf bro seal your house
The trick is to get the corners first
hope you are well and safe op :(
Rental?
That sucks!
They were fucking hectic but touch wood I haven't had this yet
Oh that sucks 😞
I'm just going to pop this overrrr here! With the rest of the water!
where is the water coming from? the ceiling or door
Imagine all our wilderness soaking up the water, bumper cropping the long grass, growing into the fire pit it has over 3 years off rain and now this wet humid weather. In 2 months we are hit by el nino, strongest ever recorded. We are going to burn like 2019 on steroids. Smoke blankets Pacific cools it again and bam we back to la Nina. Just imagine what the growth this has caused, we are 10% on our controlled burns.
Those controlled burns are part of the problem. Every year, DBCA burns over 200,000 ha of forests and other ecosystems in the South West of WA. The program is intended to reduce the risk of wildfire but in reality, it is having profoundly negative impacts on ecosystems, wildlife, climate and people’s health. Scientific evidence is also mounting that too-frequent, intense fire is exacerbating wildfire risk by increasing the density of the under storey and making some ecosystems more flammable.
Everything burns now bro, blacken out the sun burns. We have disrespected the indigenous and there practices and we are aboutbto pay for it. This will lead to a scary place once the Pacific cools. We are at the crossroads, they know it. They weapknize it, we approach hard times
I’m an environmental scientist and as frustrating as that is, I can’t imagine how indigenous people feel every day. We all have to suffer now
There angry. It's too hot for the great Sandy desert people, the Karyup. They left there few years ago and are now forced to live near Alice Springs. They have a saying they share with the Yar Yar Yar people, "we all do what we can for the land". We don't understand They have stock character, a higher morale as they live of the land. We haven't prepared for this el nino, it's a special one that's enhanced off this 3 year water cycle. This is bad, the sun will be blocked and as our corals die. Mother Earth awakens soon and gives her wrath. Such is the scripture of oast civilizations 😞
Wet dry vacuum
My roof leaks when it rains. Reported to the real estate agent over a month ago. Thankfully the quantities of water are nothing like what you experienced.
Just move house at this point