Our water is off

[Lurker]

I have rainwater butts, so toilet flushing is not a problem.
Also I have recently stocked up on wine so won’t go thirsty.
Obviously the gas central heating is now off ( I think).
Assume when the water is restored the boiler will sort itself out ( only 4 years old so I guess it will be fine).
We have several elderly neighbours and I have been round to make sure the are ok. Will keep an eye on them for the duration.
My concern is if they have older heating systems that there might be issues, or am I worrying too much?
Any advice?

 

[AndyT]

You could keep an eye on this page

Supply Interruptions In Leicester | Incidents | In My Area | Severn Trent Water

The Severn Trent Water website is the place to manage your account. You can keep up to date with news and learn about water quality and Severn Trent Water's services.

www.stwater.co.uk

 

[Lurker]

You could keep an eye on this page

Supply Interruptions In Leicester | Incidents | In My Area | Severn Trent Water

The Severn Trent Water website is the place to manage your account. You can keep up to date with news and learn about water quality and Severn Trent Water's services.

www.stwater.co.uk

Thanks, I’m checking that hourly

 

[Mike G]

The usual issues are taps which were left open inadvertantly suddenly running at full bore, and air locks. My advice, when the water comes back on, is to turn on the bath cold tap first, so that much of any coughing and spluttering will happen over the bath rather than splashing over the kitchen floor.

The other thing to look out for is discoloured water, which might mean running some water away. Other than that, I doubt you'll have issues with the boiler/ hot water system......although showers with shower pumps activated by a flow switch can sometimes be a pain if there's an airlock.

 

[Lurker]

Thanks, not sure why but I had got it into my head that a condensing boiler needed a bit of mains pressure and was worried about the elderly neighbours, equally I didn’t want to alarm them.
Website says that we should be back on by 5 pm latest.
Apparently panic buying ensues at our supermarkets, it’s only been 5 hours!!,

 

[marineboy]

Neither combi boilers nor system or back boilers need constant mains pressure. When we go away, even overnight, I always turn off the water at the main. Boiler fires up at first time of asking.

 

[Lurker]

Neither combi boilers nor system or back boilers need constant mains pressure. When we go away, even overnight, I always turn off the water at the main. Boiler fires up at first time of asking.

Thanks