Well Done Thames Water

[Digeroo]

We had a leak from the loo cistern and having a plumbing and sewage agreement I called Thames water.  We had to switch off the water at the stop thingy so was not looking forward to several days without it.  I was half expecting to be told it would be next week before we saw any action.   Was just going out to fill a watering can from the rainwater butt to flush the loo.

Well they came within the hour.  I am truly gob smacked. 

[Digeroo]

[pumkinlover]

That's good!

[betula]

Well done to them.It is great to hear of good service for a change :)

[lottie lou]

Its cos all the water companies have their blokes on standby due to the probs last year with all the burst pipes.  The blokes have nowt to do so are made up to get out and do something.  Same happened with South Staffs Water Co this week.  Was made up with their service.

[Digeroo]

The name of the device for switching off the water seems to have been modified. ;D ;D  Would it have been changed if it had been one word?
Is a male chicken a thingy too?

[lottie lou]

Its called stopc*ck.  We had all three break - the one in the house, the one outside the house and the water board's one in the street.

[pumkinlover]

Melbourne12 posts about the poultry show were modified when he talked about older male chickens but not for cockerels :D

[OllieC]

You can change a setting somewhere to let you see grownup words.

[brownowl23]

 Thames water are fine if you have a leak with no way of fixing  but here is ours story and poor service.....

Our Stopc*ck in the house went and the one in the street couldnt be turned off as it had jammed, but we managed to get a plumber to turn off the hotwater at the boiler to fix the leak that we had.

We notified Thames water of our situation of having no way to turn any stopc*ck off to the house but of course our leak had been dealt with.   we had to wait 3 days for someone to come out  purely because we were now classed as being proactive and trying to replace a broken stopc*ck. This 3 day response was only because I did alot of pestering or it would have been 7 days to check the outside stopc*ck  and , and 60 days to fix it!

This  left us in a position in a  cold snap where if we'd been unlucky enough to have a leak it could have done alot of damage to our property. Oh and when asked who would pay for any damage to our house if we did have a leak whilst we were wating for Thames waters service, the answer was of course US!!

[ACE]

You can change a setting somewhere to let you see grownup words.

Nearly eight years on here and now he tells me ;D

[lincsyokel2]

It also doesnt like the name of the valves at the bottom of a ships hull, used to scuttle the ship, and known as the Sea Cocks.

[Digeroo]

Actually I was very relieved that the problem was sorted, my OH has had a stroke and the prospect of no water was freaking him out big time.   

So if you can name a male chicken why did mine turn into a thingy? 

[pumkinlover]

An older male chicken is a c**k but one  under a year  of age is called a cockerel.
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