Credit Where It's Due

[bhg481]

About an hour ago we were in the front garden and happened to see water running out of the pavement (tarmac) and into a nearby grate. I went online and reported the leak to Thames Water. They're out there now looking at it.

[jno]

I suppose so, they switched off our whole street earlier in the year, to fix a slow leak. They're required to give residents 48 hours' notice but unfortunately "forgot".

[Bazile]

Are they all now leaning against their spades , looking into the hole ?

[DTCwordfan]

but will they fix it?

[jno]

they've probably just found they aren't pumping enough sewage into it, DTC

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/thames-water-wiltshire-ofwat-swindon-victoria-b2303067.html

[DTCwordfan]

lol, jno - free homemade soup?

[bhg481]

The man who came out was just assessing it ie, sussing out exactly where it is, how serious etc and now he's gone away and I expect a gang will appear sometime soon to do the repair. I was intrigued to see him using divining rods to sort out exactly where the leak comes from. I knew someone back in my working days who had tried divining and said it worked, so I had some faith in it. This engineer said he uses it all the time and it's amazingly accurate.

[Bazile]

You're kidding of course

[Bazile]

Of course you are - what a silly question

[bookbinder]

If we're talking about speedy service: I rang British Gas this morning about a problem with my boiler. At 2.00 p.m. a pleasant lady arrived and fixed the problem. I was suitably impressed!

[gingejbee]

No, Bazile...no joke. Thames and SevernTrent still use them.

[William51]

I had a leak near my house. The online and telephone leak service was good, and the informationthey given was useful.

[Ken4155]

^
I had a leak near my house, too, William. But i got an on the spot fine. Knew i should have waited until i got home.