1.5 inches of rain

[solarman216]

Hi all had a very hard day today, last night and early this am we recorded 1.5 inches of rain, which has caused a lot of not so much damage but hassle, I have video but cannot put it up as running out of monthly gb, but for those of you that know my yard, (lots) let me say that it was streaming over my gate and the one foot board that runs along the bottom (10 ft wide) and then down the track running around 4 inches deep, it has done a wonderful job of washing all the mud a silt which comes down on a normal basis and now have bright exposed hard core and spotted tarmac, down side is my workshop was flooded to about 2 ft, covered my mig that was on the floor completely, remains to be seen if it is recoverable, it is not the water that is the problem but the silt that comes with it, when the water drained at about 2 pm I was left with one to 2 inches of silt on the workshop floor fortunately I had the help of two friends who worked tirelessly till 5 pm helping me clear it, the barn was also flooded but only to around 4 inches but it still has a layer of silt and as this is 45 ft by 25 ft and full mainly of stuff on the floor, it will take a lot longer to sort, the cause of all this is two fold, first the culvert under the farmers road has collapsed resulting in the stream flowing over his road and toward my gate which I had taken the precaution of fitting a 1ft board along the bottom to redirect the water back into the stream but today's deluge defeated that and it came over the top, second I have discovered a pinch point on the stream that would have redirected the water toward my workshop and barn any way, so I have some work to do to make sure this does not happen again, good news is the house was 4 foot above it all, I have had a wine or two and am now going to have a scotch or two or three as knackered, Rick

[briggie]

hells bells mate :eek: , hope you are all ok , needless to say if i can help in anyway , don't hesitate to message / ring me .

[Lazy-Ferret]

Ohhh, that's terrible Rick, if we can give you a hand any day, give us a shout, and as long as we are not booked up, we will willingly come down and help you move/lift/clean stuff up.

We only had 3/4 of an Inch here, but we are higher up, so a lot less hassle for us.

[perelaar]

Ouch, not nice to hear that! Helped clean the silt out of aunt's house a few years ago, so I have an idea on what you are dealing with.

I hope you can find a way to tackle the cause of the flooding...

[solarman216]

Thanks Clive and Pete, but we are fine, just have to take what life throws at you, silly as it sounds but I am really upset about my digital DC clamp meter that had been underwater for hours, it is most unlikely to recover and to find another as good at a reasonable price will be hard, angle grinder, jig saw, volt meter, cheap endoscope etc not so bothered about, regards Rick

[AlexD333]

Yep, if you need help message :thumb2 I will find a way of getting down! :thumb2

House is safe you say, that's good news :)

[AlexD333]

These meters?

https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=digital+dc+clamp+meter&tbm=shop

[rayf3262]

silly as it sounds but I am really upset about my digital DC clamp meter that had been underwater for hours, it is most unlikely to recover and to find another as good at a reasonable price will be hard, s Rick
Rick, take the battery out and give it a bath in clean warm water.
Then take it apart as best you can and warm air dry it.

[solarman216]

These meters?

https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=digital+dc+clamp+meter&tbm=shop

thank's Alex but none come close, my one did two ranges DC 200 amps good for charging circuits, and 1200 amps good for starters, 1000 amps is not enough as the start surge will push it out of range, rick

[solarman216]

Rick, take the battery out and give it a bath in clean warm water.
Then take it apart as best you can and warm air dry it.

exactly what I have done, thanks ray for backing up what I thought, Rick

[rayf3262]

exactly what I have done, thanks ray for backing up what I thought, Rick
fingers crossed.....

[solarman216]

fingers crossed.....

yep will let you know, same applies to disc cutter, jig saw and brand new impact drill/gun, and maybe mig welder that actually looks quite clean but I saw it up to the top in water but maybe not mud contaminated, time will tell, Rick

[AlexD333]

yep will let you know, same applies to disc cutter, jig saw and brand new impact drill/gun, and maybe mig welder that actually looks quite clean but I saw it up to the top in water but maybe not mud contaminated, time will tell, Rick

Bloody ell mate, you've been really unlucky with this :(

Hope it all works out. As mentioned if you need help do call! :)

[briggie]

Bloody ell mate, you've been really unlucky with this :(

Hope it all works out. As mentioned if you need help do call! :)

pop down anyway alex :thumb2

[bry]

Sorry to hear of your plight.Had i been closer i would been able to help.

[briggie]

if I could help physically ( which I doubt ) I would drive down there now , even though its a 6 hour plus drive for me ....... that's the kind of friends rick and maggs are :thumb2

[jonela]

Sorry to here about this Rick, water can do so much damage and the mess of all the silt must be soul destroying.:( Good news ,wine stock is growing managed to get some nice ones in after Christmas clearances, Don't know exactly when Phil is going back but at least another week or so,I will keep you informed ,John:o

[solarman216]

Good news ,wine stock is growing managed to get some nice ones in after Christmas clearances, Don't know exactly when Phil is going back but at least another week or so,I will keep you informed ,John:o

My mouth is watering already, did you get your screen in OK, Rick

[Sweety]

Bloody hell Rick really feel for you & hope your tools etc come back to life again after a good clean & dry. Glad to hear your home wasn't effected thank god.

[solarman216]

Bloody hell Rick really feel for you & hope your tools etc come back to life again after a good clean & dry. Glad to hear your home wasn't effected thank god.

thanks mate but home although in a registered floodplain is 4 mts above the low lying land below us so no chance, but got a machine and guys along tomorrow to dredge out the pinch in the stream, Rick

[solarman216]

worked all day again today, fully dredged and widened the stream no time for pics plus not wanting to handle camera while all muddy, will take some pics tomorrow of job so far, knackered now so early night, Rick

[Sweety]

Glad you've managed to sort the stream out & hopefully the work will stop it happening again:thumbs

[AlexD333]

Blimey, sound intense still.

Hopefully this work being carried out now will be a future proof preventative measure to ensure the water cannot reach your land :o

Fingers crossed it all goes well for you!

[solarman216]

this is my gate, 9.30 Thursday am the water was running 2 inches over the top of the 1ft board on the bottom of the gate, the flow was coming from the right hand side as the culvert under the farmers road was blocked, with what was coming out from each end of the gate it resulted in a 2 to 3 inch layer of water flooding down my road, you can see how clean it is, not often it is seem like this,

[solarman216]

this is the stream as seen from the orange pipe in pic 1 , after we dredged it yesterday

[solarman216]

looking back up towards the gate

[solarman216]

the water level in here covered the yellow mig welder, have not stripped it yet to see if it will recover, my DC clamp meter has survived after stripping washing and drying still got lots of other bits of kit to test and sort yet, but priority is to get a couple of loads of sub base in and laid while the road is still clean, Rick

[jonela]

My mouth is watering already, did you get your screen in OK, Rick
Yes thanks Rick , What a task ! Took me all week end ,I have just been putting the trim back on this morning. I will post it in a thread later on . John

[AlexD333]

Crap dude that's terrible news....

Possibly a terrible suggestion but get the wood burner going in the workshop to dry all the damp out perhaps? :o

[solarman216]

not something I would leave burning unattended, and it would make little difference anyway, but nice thought, Rick

[kitchenman]

Is that an Oxford arc welder I see in the workshop?
I have still got one of those, still going strong

[solarman216]

Is that an Oxford arc welder I see in the workshop?
I have still got one of those, still going strong

the blue oil filled jobbie, then yes (no name plate on it so did not know) fantastic stick welder run at high amps all day long, welded my 45ft narrow boat with that well over 200 mtrs of high amp weld, hardly used now though have little call for stick now, Rick

[kitchenman]

Sounds like the one, I will send a pic of mine later, I think it says Oxford on it. I have had it from new, not done a lot of work, I guess less than 50 hours, I bought it for a specific job, like a lot of stuff I have comes in handy now and then