by MoparGreg » Mon Nov 18, 2013 6:26 pm
We got one heck of a storm through us here in Australia last friday night. The rain dumped down with the heaviest rainfall Ive ever seen. Combine that with hail. The lightning strikes were almost constant. Like one big flash instead of lots of lightning. Some water leaked into the house, actually into the room where all me slot stuff is, track, cars etc. No damage to the slot stuff but Ill need some plasterboard repairs here & there. Also I need to get a section of my tin roof replaced which I knew wasnt great anyway, just getting quotes now, looking like a $3K bill. My backyard also flooded, about 1 foot deep. Unfortunately my garage also flooded about a half foot deep. Not happy as my Mopar was in there.
Ive been running loads of stormwater pipes around my property & joining them up to an easement in the neighbours yard. My plumbing worked great, but the only problem was the easement was full so the water backed up. But once the rain eased up the water drained away very quickly. I would hate to think what would of happened if I didnt do any plumbing work. I just wish this storm would of happened in 2 weeks time as all my stormwater plumbing would of been finished. Just got beaten by the weather. Been cleaning up for a couple of days.