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Anyone without water in Limk?

  • 25-12-2010 05:50PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,243 ✭✭✭


    I have no water from my cold tap since midday.
    The hot tap has normal supply but I believe that's from the attic tank?

    I'm not sure if it's a frozen pipe or if the water's off in the area (Northside)

    Anyone else affected?

    John.


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  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,059 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    tippman1 wrote: »
    I have no water from my cold tap since midday.
    The hot tap has normal supply but I believe that's from the attic tank?

    I'm not sure if it's a frozen pipe or if the water's off in the area (Northside)

    Anyone else affected?

    John.

    We've had no water upstairs since yesterday. The taps in the kitchen still work though. I'm in Caherdavin. My brother has friends near Ashbrook and Clareview who have had similar problems since last week.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭RonMexico


    Lots of places without water on the northside.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 272 ✭✭aspasp1


    no water from afternoon,i am in castletroy


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,713 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    No water in Cois Ghruda since yesterday afternoon.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,612 ✭✭✭bullets


    no electricity around lunch time out Fr. Russell Rd, back now thankfully before dark.
    (Weird its happened every Christmas day for the last few years for a few mins at a time,
    cant complain it could be far worse though)

    My Hot tap downstairs wont work and the Rads upstairs wont work, The Rads downstairs all work fine, No problems with the tank in the attic (maybe there is but its still topping itself when running the taps upstairs) or the cold taps though. everything was working fine up until last night.

    ~B


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭A2LUE42


    Mains water supply gone in Corbally


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 604 ✭✭✭DemoniK


    water and leccy here in raheen.
    Got up this morning and was taking a shower and noticed very little pressure from cold tap - tank in attic was half empty and mains pipe to it frozen.
    Inspected a little further (removed insulation on some pipes) only to find one pipe (a mains pipe) split from the frozen water.
    replaced that
    and thankfully having heating on all day and the attic door open defrosted it and we're back on track - just the electric shower out of commission now which has been offline since Monday - but I can live with that.

    Was outside just a few mins ago and it's definitely warmer out there... cold, but not as bad.
    hope this thaw is coming..
    Sounds like a few of ye have some frozen pipes - would recommend checking them out before it does thaw out so that you can turn off any water before it becomes an issue.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,175 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    Newport. I know, I know.

    Water gone since this morning. Only working off the upstairs tank right now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 414 ✭✭brousuka


    No water in Clarina all day, well at least in my house!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    im in dromard, rhebogue road, we've no water since last night, now the gas burner wont heat the radiators because the pressure is gone ? whats going on, everything was fine, even during the really cold the last week or so ? i have a small 2 yr old in the house and all we can do is heat the sitting room ....any word on a fix ? havent found any mention or word from the council on any websites, ffs would have to happen christmas day !


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,466 ✭✭✭h3000


    I've water alright. It started to pour down through my ceiling at 3 o'clock today :mad:

    0118 999 881 999 119 725 3



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭LB6


    Whatever ye do - make sure that there's water in the tank in the attic's - otherwise you could do serious damage to the tank in the hot-press!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,630 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    No water out here in Caherconlish since Thursday, being using bottled water and rationing it from the tank since. Electricity was out for 2 hours yesterday evening too. Thaw cannot arrive too soon.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,206 ✭✭✭zig


    water in corbally, but our pipes in the attic froze so no hot water or showers:mad:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,571 ✭✭✭Builderfromhell


    If your water main to house is frozen or the water main in the area is frozen resulting in no water supply then there is little you can do except ;
    - Open stop cock outside house.
    - Pour kettle after kettle of near boiling water into stop cock enclosure.
    - You may need to do this 5 to ten times.
    The hot water flows along the mains pipe top your house and along the council mains. It only needs to defrost the ice a little and the water will begin to flow. The de-icing may not happen immediately so be aware if you have taps on inside.

    If your pipes are frozen inside your property then things are more serious. When the thaw comes burst pipes and fittings will start to leak. It is essential that you have water turned off at the mains and from the water tank until such time as you can check for leaks. Once leaks are located you can mend and then turn water back on.

    I fear a huge amount of people are going to be flooded when the thaw comes next week.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,680 ✭✭✭Chong


    Is anyone without water in Caherdaving this morning?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 522 ✭✭✭Gneez


    No water on ground floor a pipe might have burst as there's small flooding in the kitchen but water upstairs works.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,680 ✭✭✭Chong


    Gneez wrote: »
    No water on ground floor a pipe might have burst as there's small flooding in the kitchen but water upstairs works.
    No flooding but downstairs cold doesnt work, have no idea how to unfreeze the mains pipe especially if its not exposed anywhere and its under ground?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,243 ✭✭✭Comhrá


    Is anyone without water in Caherdavin this morning?

    I'm in Caherdavin Heights and have no water since yesterday.

    Same as Cleese....no cold water downstairs. Tank in attic is nearly empty so I'm guessing the outside mains supply is frozen and we'll just have to wait it out till the thaw takes effect.

    John.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,680 ✭✭✭Chong


    tippman1 wrote: »
    I'm in Caherdavin Heights and have no water since yesterday.

    Same as Cleese....no cold water downstairs. Tank in attic is nearly empty so I'm guessing the outside mains supply is frozen and we'll just have to wait it out till the thaw takes effect.

    John.
    See this is the thing I rang the Emergency water board and they said nothing was reported as being wrong from Caherdavin so I am not sure what to do .


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,243 ✭✭✭Comhrá


    I rang the Emergency water board

    Do you have a no. for them? Maybe if a few people rang, they'd do something?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,680 ✭✭✭Chong


    tippman1 wrote: »
    Do you have a no. for them? Maybe if a few people rang, they'd do something?
    Here it is :

    061-417833.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,680 ✭✭✭Chong


    Cleese wrote: »
    Here it is :

    061-417833.
    They have seemingly started hanging up on people.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,243 ✭✭✭Comhrá


    They have seemingly started hanging up on people.

    Yeah......engaged. I reckon the floodgates of phonecalls have overwhelmed them! Pardon my pun..:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 272 ✭✭aspasp1


    YFlyer wrote: »
    No water in Cois Ghruda since yesterday afternoon.
    did you got the water yet???

    I am in cois ghruda too, still no sign of water...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 677 ✭✭✭Champ


    Reporting from Caherdavin.

    Yes water completely gone for the entire area. Confirmed with neighbours etc.

    My sister went to mass and unconfirmed news is that the council have turned off water supplies since there's bursted pipes everywhere.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,630 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Despite the thaw today, the ground is still very cold. It could be another day or two before the mains really thaws out. :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4 Limk_Lad


    Anyone know about the water supply in the dublin road area, have hot water, and from the tank, no mains supply ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 414 ✭✭brousuka


    I'm still without water in the Clarina area since yesterday morning, anyone else near or in this area in the same predicament?? have tried to ring Limk Co. Council but ringing engaged all the time.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,863 ✭✭✭seachto7


    same in Mungret, still no water....


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