Heavy Rain Causes Roof Leak in London
Posted by 7 on Feb 9, 2009 in Uncategorized
On the evening of 9th February 2009, a London home owner and his son discovered a leak in their upstairs bathroom. On inspection they found it to be caused by the heavy rain…
You might think this was part of a news headline. And you wouldn’t be alone in thinking that.
This happened to me just 10 minutes before writing this post. 
I went to brush my teeth before bed and I noticed there was a pool of water on the floor near the sink. Now being in my own world most of the time my first reaction was “Oh… Must have been me opening the water too much” but then I thought that there was no way I could have splashed THAT much water! My gaze turned to a shelf unit next to the sink which was about hip height. It was full of water! Automatically my gaze carried on upwards and I realised the fan (which is mounted on the ceiling) was dripping. My first action was to open the loft up. The next was to shout to my dad while I was climbing the ladder.
It only turned out to be a small leak but it’s a big thing if the ceiling gets wet and comes down!
All that was needed was to clean it up a bit and put a bucket and sort it out in the morning. I can’t do much more with it at the moment so I thought I would write a post about it. 
My words of advice to you guys is that if it rains really hard for a long time, just head up into the loft and check your tiles. It will only take around 5 – 10 minutes to check everything’s ok but at least you have peace of mind that nothing else will happen, and if it is going to you’re prepared for it.
Good luck and happy Rain Days!!
