Penkridge

[WulfNut]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vxppp88w1o

[mrsmelly]

1 hour ago, frangar said:

It’s one where I hope the house owner told the insurance company everything! With our canalside house we could have got cover for 1/3 of the cost of what we actually pay from a mainstream company…but they didn’t ask about proximity to canal…basements…wells…etc etc….we went with a local broker who is used to old quirky houses….decided might pay a bit more but should it all fall into the cut we didn’t want them to walk away….hopefully!! I know other owners have had issues just going for the cheap mainstream quote when it comes to claiming. 
 

It’s also a good case to have legal cover so your insurance and CRT can argue it out 

Very sensible. We see it time and time again on here where people admit that they just pay what the insurance company asks when in reality they deliberately do not ask the insurance company pertinent questions or disclose ( fully ) pertinent details to enable them to obtain cheap insurance, the insurance if the shit hits the fan may well then be invalid, people do it all the time with modified cars stupidly.

[frangar]

7 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:

Very sensible. We see it time and time again on here where people admit that they just pay what the insurance company asks when in reality they deliberately do not ask the insurance company pertinent questions or disclose ( fully ) pertinent details to enable them to obtain cheap insurance, the insurance if the shit hits the fan may well then be invalid, people do it all the time with modified cars stupidly.

I know some say “well they never asked” but insurance companies will wriggle given any opportunity….its also why I try to do stuff in writing rather than on the phone….you never know when that paper trail might be useful…and things are stressful enough when you need to claim….I know some people don’t believe in house insurance and the like but given the cost of even minor works or fittings these days I’d rather know I was in with a sporting chance should the worst happen….the pre purchase surveyors estimate to rebuild our 3 bed 1800’s cottage was about double what we actually paid for it…gone are the days when it’s the land that’s the most expensive part of a property. 

[John Brightley]

49 minutes ago, frangar said:

gone are the days when it’s the land that’s the most expensive part of a property. 

Depends where you are in the country. Although construction costs won't vary too much from one end of the country to the other, a building plot which is worth £50k up north could be worth £1 million down south.

[ditchcrawler]

Just posted on Facebook.

 

 

Edited January 1 by ditchcrawler

[MtB]

Bit of a re-wind from the collapsed canal bridge initially reported!

[frangar]

21 minutes ago, MtB said:

Bit of a re-wind from the collapsed canal bridge initially reported!

That was the fire brigade to be fair….they love an overreaction….they cut the roof off of a car for fun just because they can’t work a door handle. 

[Jen-in-Wellies]

Merged in the other thread on this subject. 

[ditchcrawler]

8 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

Merged in the other thread on this subject. 

Thanks 

[Peanut]

2 hours ago, frangar said:

That was the fire brigade to be fair….they love an overreaction….they cut the roof off of a car for fun just because they can’t work a door handle. 

The car is likely to have been a write-off anyway, and the safe removal of the injured occupant is a greater concern than the preservation of a broken, replaceable, tin box. Injuries are often internal and not evident, and may be exacerbated by awkward or unnecessary movement. Though, the rescue service may seem to enjoy their contribution.

 

[magnetman]

Cars are getting heavier. 

 

This little bump will be the cause I think. 

 

Every car which goes over there is two hammer blows. Also people will tend to be accelerating after the nuisance of having to wait for others. Car driver mentality also evidence by the black exhaust marks. People in a hurry. 

 

There must have been issues before as the pavement to the left has been partly resurfaced. 

 

[Stroudwater1]

1 hour ago, magnetman said:

Cars are getting heavier. 

 

This little bump will be the cause I think. 

 

Every car which goes over there is two hammer blows. Also people will tend to be accelerating after the nuisance of having to wait for others. Car driver mentality also evidence by the black exhaust marks. People in a hurry. 

 

There must have been issues before as the pavement to the left has been partly resurfaced. 

 

 

I imagine that the black marks are most likely where any oil or engine fluid is shaken off over the bump. Exhaust would tend to be less central? 

 

You could be right, the bump wont be helping. As well as cars getting heavier there is much more road traffic too. Its an unorthodox place to put a bump, drivers tend to slow down as narrows approach (Usually) 

 

 

 

[frangar]

1 hour ago, magnetman said:

Cars are getting heavier. 

 

This little bump will be the cause I think. 

 

Every car which goes over there is two hammer blows. Also people will tend to be accelerating after the nuisance of having to wait for others. Car driver mentality also evidence by the black exhaust marks. People in a hurry. 

 

There must have been issues before as the pavement to the left has been partly resurfaced. 

 

Are you sure it’s a bump and not an anomaly of Google street view where they join the pictures up?  
 

Although there have been reports of heavy traffic using the bridge which can’t have helped. 

[MtB]

Yep, looks like an image-stitching error to me, not a real-life bump!

 

 

[magnetman]

13 minutes ago, MtB said:

Yep, looks like an image-stitching error to me, not a real-life bump!

 

 

Just above the image stitch look at the surface and look to the left. 

36 minutes ago, frangar said:

Are you sure it’s a bump and not an anomaly of Google street view where they join the pictures up?  
 

Definitely sure yes. It is above the very obvious image join. 

[frangar]

4 minutes ago, magnetman said:

Just above the image stitch look at the surface and look to the left. 

Definitely sure yes. It is above the very obvious image join. 

Still not convinced myself. 

[Wafi]

Assuming it's real, a lot of bumps like that appeared (or got worse) on canal bridges last year. I assume the infill either side of the arch has shrunk in the very dry weather, in many cases creating a "step" onto the bit of road supported by the arch proper. Once the problem starts, it's exacerbated by vehicles compressing the dip further as they drop off the high bit. Easy enough to fix by filling in the dip and resurfacing - where there's no other structures to complicate things - but that's a lot of "easy" fixes across the road network. Patch fixes that leave any sort of irregularity will only be temporary because vehicles dropping off any high point will create a new dip.

 

Edit: Here's an example that's deteriorated quite a bit this year; note the dip runs parallel to the arch (not perpendicular to the road):

Edited January 2 by Wafi

[MtB]

4 minutes ago, magnetman said:

Just above the image stitch look at the surface and look to the left. 

 

I can see a change in the colour at a join in the road surface, but no bump!

 

[magnetman]

Ok look here between the C and the a. 

 

A small dip goes across and the vibration had dislodged bricks in the wall. 

 

The pavement surface chargers in exactly the dead be place. 

 

[Ex Brummie]

I see CaRT are really on the ball with their statement where they report having asked SHROPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL to close the road.🙃

[NB Thistle]

11 hours ago, Peanut said:

The car is likely to have been a write-off anyway, and the safe removal of the injured occupant is a greater concern than the preservation of a broken, replaceable, tin box. Injuries are often internal and not evident, and may be exacerbated by awkward or unnecessary movement. Though, the rescue service may seem to enjoy their contribution.

 

The big one is if the casualty mentions neck pain - protocol means they must be immobilised and extricated on a board. Unfortunate in the cases where someone is basically uninjured but has just got back into the car (or worse somebody else's car) so they don't have to stand in the rain. Of course if they are sitting in a police car it is the law that the roof must be cut off if it can possibly be justified...

[Ken X]

4 hours ago, NB Thistle said:

The big one is if the casualty mentions neck pain - protocol means they must be immobilised and extricated on a board. Unfortunate in the cases where someone is basically uninjured but has just got back into the car (or worse somebody else's car) so they don't have to stand in the rain. Of course if they are sitting in a police car it is the law that the roof must be cut off if it can possibly be justified...

This point was very clearly made in my last first aid course. There had been a recent incident in our area where a casualty of an accident had been offered a seat in a helpers car. It took some time to get round to dealing with them and, when the time came for them to toddle off to an ambulance, they had stiffened right up. Trumpton had to take the roof off a perfectly serviceable vehicle.  Everybody winced a bit but it had to be done just in case.
  

[Stroudwater1]

The lock is closed for Winter stoppage gate works now anyway. It looks nasty though with this picture on the CRT site. May take a very long time to sort. The road remains closed to vehicles 

[ditchcrawler]

9 hours ago, Stroudwater1 said:

The lock is closed for Winter stoppage gate works now anyway. It looks nasty though with this picture on the CRT site. May take a very long time to sort. The road remains closed to vehicles 

I wonder what the people who bought cottages with the bywash running under them are thinking now.

[Tonka]

1 minute ago, ditchcrawler said:

I wonder what the people who bought cottages with the bywash running under them are thinking now.

But I thought that the cause was a burst pipe