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Paul Moss

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Floods
« on: November 27, 2012, 09:22:00 am »
Well massive flooding near me overnight. My second job in StAsaph is cancelled 500 homes evacuated.

Neil Jones

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Re: Floods
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2012, 04:24:39 pm »
Turn it in to a positive and get some flood cleaning work

L.Doubtfire - The Blade Runner

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Re: Floods
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2012, 04:38:43 pm »
Paul,can you put me straight here thanks.Do you mean
You yourself have to cancel this I presume on site carpet
Cleaning job because there`s 500 insurance flood jobs to
Do.Or because the customer has cancelled thru`their home
Being flooded out ?


Lewis  Doubtfire
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Paul Moss

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Re: Floods
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2012, 06:17:46 pm »
No Lewis i had a hard floor to do in StAsaph but the flooding has caused problems in the area so i have postponed it for now. Out at 7 am there tomorrow as the water has now lowered enough for us to start work on some of the properties.

I expect the phone to be busy tomorrow  ;D

Tony Gill Carpet Smart

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Re: Floods
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2012, 06:20:29 pm »
Poor Bu**ers Lucky YOU ;D ;D
STAY YOUNG HAVE FUN BE HAPPY xx
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Paul Moss

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Re: Floods
« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2012, 06:24:34 pm »
 ;D

Lots of them without insurance though :( sign of the times im afraid and what a poop xmas they will have. :-[

Re: Floods
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2012, 06:46:15 pm »
How are you getting flood work?
I was even special guest on Radio Wiltshire this morning giving advice, but it didn't make the phone ring :'(

Paul Moss

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Re: Floods
« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2012, 06:50:54 pm »
Neil put your number on here im sure we can make it ring for you  :D

Kieran Casey

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Re: Floods
« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2012, 07:58:49 pm »
Sorry to watch the flooding in the UK on the TV over the last few nights.

It's one of those things where regular customers will ring you but most other people will ring the insurance company.

We've had one major flood this year and we were up the walls sucking water out and cleaning hard flooring after the event. It's lucrative work but in a domestic situation you meet people in the worst of conditions, unsure what to do, where to go..... At least in commercial premises the staff go home at the end of the day.

The smell is the worst thing and probably the hardest part to deal with (especially river/sewer flooding - burst pipe can be OK if you get there soon enough).

Billy Russell

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AshWhite

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Re: Floods
« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2012, 10:05:43 pm »
St Asaph looks terrible on the news. How far is that from you, Paul?

You'll be floating back up towards the Mersey by the weekend at this rate!
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Hilton

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Re: Floods
« Reply #11 on: November 27, 2012, 10:54:51 pm »
Some poor old lady found dead in her home there today, let's remember this is real people suffering, its not all about profit.....

Paul Moss

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Re: Floods
« Reply #12 on: November 27, 2012, 11:29:23 pm »
Its 3 or 4 minutes drive. So right on. My door step. The guys that came down and stayed in table table at the begining of the year will know the place as thats seconds up the road. The whole hotel and restaurant and KFC is all flooded out there.

John Kelly

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Re: Floods
« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2012, 08:12:32 am »
Is that near where the waterfalls are Paul?

Paul Moss

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Re: Floods
« Reply #14 on: November 28, 2012, 08:25:06 pm »
John, waterfall is by me in Dyserth, but its just up the road.

wynne jones

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Re: Floods
« Reply #15 on: November 28, 2012, 08:32:10 pm »
I have done the odd blog post about flooding and what to do and why. Have been doing some jobs and they tell me they have been online searching what to do in that situation. You also need to talk about your local area too.

Did a similar thing about frozen pipes bursting and that got loads of calls.
It's not expensive, you just can't afford it.