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  • 1/4 tonne of water..
  • Surf-Mat
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    …just nearly fell on mine and my little boys head. The 60 gallon tank slipped it's stand and fell over causing a huge crash and flooding our lounge. No major damage and somehow the roof held it in place but BOY did I brick myself – it fell over just above us.

    Now drying everything out and almost feeling sorry for the guy that fitted it under five years ago…

    Posted 13 years ago
    BigDummy
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    Wowser. 😯

    Posted 13 years ago
    UrbanHiker
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    Bowser!

    Posted 13 years ago
    rickmeister
    Full Member

    Trouser!

    (filler)

    Posted 13 years ago
    midlifecrashes
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    Douser!

    Posted 13 years ago
    matt_outandabout
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    moist.

    Posted 13 years ago
    skidartist
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    Geyser

    Posted 13 years ago
    Marmoset
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    …joist?

    Posted 13 years ago
    cynic-al
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    First bp then this?

    You think you are an expert on spills or something?

    Posted 13 years ago
    Surf-Mat
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    Looks like the tank wasn't secured properly – the stand just collapsed. Carpet and sofas totalled, ceiling needs replacing but that's it – not too bad really.

    Scared the living sh1t out of me – I really thought the house was about to collapse when it happened! Luckily the joists under it are plenty enough to hold it up there but when it went, I didn't know that.

    Posted 13 years ago
    wwaswas
    Full Member

    the biggest trouble with a 1/4 tonne of water falling on your head is if it's still in the container…

    Posted 13 years ago
    Surf-Mat
    Free Member

    wwas -well I guess it was when it first fell over! It then distributed itself is a waterfall style all over the lounge floor.

    Pretty dramatic and now we aren't hurt and nothing is too damaged, pretty amusing.

    Posted 13 years ago
    ourkidsam
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    Why do you have a 60 gallon tank of water in your house?

    Posted 13 years ago
    brakes
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    maybe it was the magpies

    Posted 13 years ago
    konabunny
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    ourkidsam: why don't you?

    Posted 13 years ago
    DaveyBoyWonder
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    I don't? I have these things called pipes and they bring it to my house for me from big containers called reservoirs.

    Posted 13 years ago
    Surf-Mat
    Free Member

    Because of the size of house, it worked out better to get a traditional boiler and tank otherwise pressures would have suffered (I think).

    Anyway there's a tank there currently being replaced with another one.

    Posted 13 years ago
    ourkidsam
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    I have the pipe/reservoir setup also. Was it a hot water tank?! Could have been painful!

    Posted 13 years ago
    piha
    Free Member

    I see Thatcher's hand in all of this, I'll tell thee.

    Posted 13 years ago
    roach
    Full Member

    Could have been worse > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-506604/Water-tank-fault-scalded-baby-girl-death-known-unreliable.html

    Posted 13 years ago
    Surf-Mat
    Free Member

    No – just normal temp water – the hot water tank is on ground level (the pressure of the raised tanks makes the hot water work).

    Posted 13 years ago
    yossarian
    Free Member

    i blame the rabbits/moles/badgers, get 'em all gased just to be sure

    (serious note: glad you and yours were ok)

    Posted 13 years ago
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