Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
Building on flood plains
- Thread starter PeteXXX
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
I suppose thst if you want a house with a swimming pool, it’s a cheap way to do it.
lazybloke
Ginger biscuits and cheddar
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
There's are two roads near me that regularly flood due to surface water run-off. By the time the roads get closed,t here's usually at least one abandoned car there; recently it was deep enough that a van conked out.
And there's a geological feature where a chalk hillside rises up out of the London clay. In rare times of high levels of ground water, artesian wells start flowing along that line. This is actually quite rare (once every couple of decades or so), but each occurrence sees absolutely enormous volumes of water flowing for weeks/months on end.
None of the above show up on the environment agency flood map!
But here's the thing; even when houses are shown at risk, people still buy them!
And there's a geological feature where a chalk hillside rises up out of the London clay. In rare times of high levels of ground water, artesian wells start flowing along that line. This is actually quite rare (once every couple of decades or so), but each occurrence sees absolutely enormous volumes of water flowing for weeks/months on end.
None of the above show up on the environment agency flood map!
But here's the thing; even when houses are shown at risk, people still buy them!
classic33
Leg End Member
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Perhaps what looks like a disaster waiting to happen, actually CAN be managed out...
Peterborough, adjacent to the river Nene, they built the rowing lakes, and a few years later, built houses and flats in a relatively nice development on the edge of the rowing lakes. This was all...and part of it still is liable to regular flood
The following winter, that new development flooded so bad, cars were virtually submerged and water half way up the ground floor of the buildings.
Most people said, we could have told you that would happen....
But, its never happened in the 30 years since despite very regular flooding nearby. Its reasonable to assume the water authorities are managing the levels better.
I don't suppose that helps their home insurance premiums...but, the problem seems to have be managed out for many many years
Peterborough, adjacent to the river Nene, they built the rowing lakes, and a few years later, built houses and flats in a relatively nice development on the edge of the rowing lakes. This was all...and part of it still is liable to regular flood
The following winter, that new development flooded so bad, cars were virtually submerged and water half way up the ground floor of the buildings.
Most people said, we could have told you that would happen....
But, its never happened in the 30 years since despite very regular flooding nearby. Its reasonable to assume the water authorities are managing the levels better.
I don't suppose that helps their home insurance premiums...but, the problem seems to have be managed out for many many years
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
There is a house in Bangor (North Wales) right by the pier
It was originally a boathouse and flooded every big High Tide and every high tide in a storm
but someone bougth it and converted it into a proper dwelling house - quite posh as well
but they did in knowing it would flood - and flood with salt water
so the beach floor level is specifically designed to cope with it and the people living there use it in a way where a flood won;t destroy anything
certain bits are waterproof but a lot of it is designed to cope with being flooded
in spite of being used as part of a normal house in normal weather
very clever
I have also seen places where a river is known to flood - so houses are built on stilts and the bottom floor - which floods - is used for things that don;t mind getting wet
and if a car is parked there then the owners know to move it when the river is likely rise
so it can be done in situations where the bottom part of the house is known to flood
It was originally a boathouse and flooded every big High Tide and every high tide in a storm
but someone bougth it and converted it into a proper dwelling house - quite posh as well
but they did in knowing it would flood - and flood with salt water
so the beach floor level is specifically designed to cope with it and the people living there use it in a way where a flood won;t destroy anything
certain bits are waterproof but a lot of it is designed to cope with being flooded
in spite of being used as part of a normal house in normal weather
very clever
I have also seen places where a river is known to flood - so houses are built on stilts and the bottom floor - which floods - is used for things that don;t mind getting wet
and if a car is parked there then the owners know to move it when the river is likely rise
so it can be done in situations where the bottom part of the house is known to flood
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
Just look what happened to Venice! 
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
I think house buyers are just drowning in the all detail.
