The Perth Thread - Part 4

[Admiral Byng]

I was out driving a couple of hours ago and the rain wasn't that heavy, it was just steady, must have been heavier elsewhere.

You got lucky.

I took the day off today for a specialists appt this morning. Got home just before it hit. We got about 20-30 minutes of hard rain. Like those downpours that only last a couple of minutes ... but this one went on and on before letting up. The house was fine, but the backyard and our street, there was no nowhere for the water to go. My paved patio area had about 25 mil standing water, and big puddles formed everywhere else. It just couldn't drain away fast enough. The street was awash with puddles too along the kerbs.

 

[Plugger35]

Where abouts? About 1:45-2:00, coming down the freeway and then going through Bibra Lake it was pissing down and flooded everywhere.

Around the Karrinyup/Scarborough area.

 

[ioppolo]

just went to the bathroom and discovered water dripping from the ceiling

seems like the gutters didn't hold up

My ceiling was fine but three of my downpipes sounded like a tsunami was crashing through them. Any more and who knows.

 

[Beerfish]

I was out this afternoon in Subiaco and there were just as many people blatantly not wearing masks as there were wearing them. I wasn't sure what to do as I got out of the car..

 

[squashface]

I was out this afternoon in Subiaco and there were just as many people blatantly not wearing masks as there were wearing them. I wasn't sure what to do as I got out of the car..

To be fair they were probably drowning given how Subi has seemed today.

 

[Beerfish]

To be fair they were probably drowning given how Subi has seemed today.

OMG we were actually there to have our annual meeting with our financial planner and he was banging on about some stuff and i was looking over his shoulder out the window and i saw cars going through A LOT OF WATER on the road outside and we all took a 5 minute break to watch the show lol. It was all fine when we left though.

 

[squashface]

OMG we were actually there to have our annual meeting with our financial planner and he was banging on about some stuff and i was looking over his shoulder out the window and i saw cars going through A LOT OF WATER on the road outside and we all took a 5 minute break to watch the show lol. It was all fine when we left though.

Friend of mine works around Subi and copped an email from the COO saying “if anyone has parked in the underground carpark I suggest moving. The carpark is currently filling up with water”

Fuark that would ruin my day.

 

[Beerfish]

Friend of mine works around Subi and copped an email from the COO saying “if anyone has parked in the underground carpark I suggest moving. The carpark is currently filling up with water”

Fuark that would ruin my day.

It feels like I was right across from that carpark

 

[Kram]

just went to the bathroom and discovered water dripping from the ceiling

seems like the gutters didn't hold up

Old plaster ceilings can take a fair bit of water and recover but gyprock doesn't take much to be permanently damaged.

 

[ioppolo]

I was out this afternoon in Subiaco and there were just as many people blatantly not wearing masks as there were wearing them. I wasn't sure what to do as I got out of the car..

Let them be?

Old plaster ceilings can take a fair bit of water and recover but gyprock doesn't take much to be permanently damaged.

What about asbestos? Pretty sure my ceilings are asbestos seeing as it's a 1973 build?

 

[Madas]

Let them be?

What about asbestos? Pretty sure my ceilings are asbestos seeing as it's a 1973 build?

Assie is strong as
Designed to be an outdoor cladding so can handle water
It’s basically a fibrous cement sheet .

 

[Nothing]

I was out this afternoon in Subiaco and there were just as many people blatantly not wearing masks as there were wearing them. I wasn't sure what to do as I got out of the car..

Masks aren't mandatory outside

 

[Kram]

Let them be?

What about asbestos? Pretty sure my ceilings are asbestos seeing as it's a 1973 build?

Yeah that's weatherproof.

Wouldn't that only be in wet areas? Fibro looks totally different (and crap) my old house only has it in the external laundry ceilings thankfully.

Plaster everywhere else except for the living area which was replaced with gyprock from flood damage years ago.

 

[JackOutback]

Wet weather and having to pick the kids up in peak hour traffic equals unhappy Jack. Typical Perth drivers, screw the conditions, overtaking at speed and refusing to slow down for swimming pools in the road.

 

[twotooto]

Driving Miss Daisy has entered the thread.

 

[Spitty_the_alpaca]

Rainfall Perf: Still 21 days to go to the end of the month.

Jan-Jul 2021 Total​	444.4​	52 day(s)
Jan-Jul 1993-2021 Average Total​	446.7​	59.9 day(s)

 

[ioppolo]

Yeah that's weatherproof.

Wouldn't that only be in wet areas? Fibro looks totally different (and crap) my old house only has it in the external laundry ceilings thankfully.

Plaster everywhere else except for the living area which was replaced with gyprock from flood damage years ago.

Possibly. I know my eaves are asbestos for sure. The interior ceilings are a weird marrone/pink colour? I know because the shitty paint the last owners have used has peeled in a couple of spots. I naturally assumed it was asbestos.

 

[Power Raid]

My ceiling was fine but three of my downpipes sounded like a tsunami was crashing through them. Any more and who knows.

I just went up and found moss growing over the gutter guards

I only just cleaned them three months ago.........damn

 

[Kram]

Possibly. I know my eaves are asbestos for sure. The interior ceilings are a weird marrone/pink colour? I know because the shitty paint the last owners have used has peeled in a couple of spots. I naturally assumed it was asbestos.

Actually thinking about it an obvious way to tell is fibro wont be flushed flat like gyprock or plaster, it will have strips of something wood or plastic over the joins between sheets.

 

[Power Raid]

Old plaster ceilings can take a fair bit of water and recover but gyprock doesn't take much to be permanently damaged.

I think I got a little lucky as the water broke the plaster between the wall and the ceiling, so it drained relatively fast. I had the fan on it all last night and looks like just brown staining.

hopefully one of those white eraser sponges cleans it up or simply a lick of paint.

I'm kicking myself I didn't check the gutters again this week.

 

[ioppolo]

Actually thinking about it an obvious way to tell is fibro wont be flushed flat like gyprock or plaster, it will have strips of something wood or plastic over the joins between sheets.

Perfect, it isn't flush at all. That answers everything!

 

[Billy ray]

Subiaco

 

[Ljp86]

Subiaco

Bloody hell! Can't say I've seen Hay Street in a state like that. Some places were reporting having had 40+mm in about an hour.

 

[Scotland]

Hose is being turned back on tomorrow. So is the fan.

Balls.

 

[twotooto]

Subiaco

Imagine the prestart for the afternoon shift at the water police.

"Today, you will be patrolling The Swan Hay Street"