TV Aerial blown off roof. should i call police / fire brigade?

[waterloowelshy]

Even if it doesn't quite look that way, I think you'll find it's not hanging by a "thread" and will safe there until the morning.

I wouldnt be so sure. Its extremely windy at the moment and is getting bashed around a lot. Hopefully it will stay there till the morning and ill give someone a call to take it down. Just moved my cars as a precaution mind.

 

[London_Calling]

It's a thick cable, the things just detached itself from the bracket - always looks worse than it is


/famous last words

 

[waterloowelshy]

It's a thick cable, the things just detached itself from the bracket - always looks worse than it is


/famous last words

Hopefully you are right. I have a great night in store now listening to it banging into the gable end - which is the wall behind my headboard! great! sounds like someone is coming smashing in every min or so! now where did i put those ear plugs?!

 

[mauvais]

helicopter ... shooting

THANK SHITTING FUCK for THAT it's WARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

 

[quimcunx]

Hopefully then, any pedestrians or drivers will see and hear it too.

 

[Gromit]

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

cheers. some sense at last, although they were next to useless. they passed me on to the council emergency number...

I offered you sensible advice

 

[rivertree]

I offered insensible advice but advice nonetheless.

 

[bi0boy]

You should have public liability insurance as part of your buildings insurance, so I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Well, this thread started at 10:30 your time. Now, it's 2:15. I wonder if it's fallen into the street yet?

 

[RaverDrew]

If you re-scan your freeview box you may still be able to receive some channels.

 

[bi0boy]

Well, this thread started at 10:30 your time. Now, it's 2:15. I wonder if it's fallen into the street yet?

Yeah what happened???

don't leave us in suspense.

 

[liquidlunch]

been a while nowhope he hasn't tried to lasso it and got squashed

 

[xes]

and rod hull's not available...

I was going to make a RH joke

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

You should have public liability insurance as part of your buildings insurance, so I wouldn't worry about it.

But what if it were to fall off as someone was walking past? Something like a huge aerial landing on your head could kill a person!

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

The call to the emergency services is probably being added to one of those 'Idiots who phone emergency services for random non-emergencies' compilations.*






*Not really. I think in similar circumstances, I would probably have phoned the fire brigade.

When I was in Scotland for G8, someone had stayed in my flat for the night and left a window open, which the wind had blown wide open and ripped half off its hinges. It was dangling really precariously. Some people cut across the grass by the side off my block, and it could have fallen on someone and possibly killed them if they'd walked along that 'path' at the wrong time. Luckily, a neighbour popped round and helped me by wrenching it off the other hinge and bringing it inside my flat. If that hadn't been possible, if it had been an outdoor only job, since I live in a second floor flat I would probably have phoned the fire brigade to be on the safe side. I'd rather err on the side of caution.

 

[LilMissHissyFit]

call 101 non emergency init
if they don't cover you they will be able to advise

101 is only in Cardiff, it doesnt cover gwent police

 

[ddraig]

101 is only in Cardiff, it doesnt cover gwent police

hence the 2nd line of my post
and ww is VoG no?

to all those waiting, the op has an mo of panic hit n run threads

 

[King Biscuit Time]

Just listen to the Radio or play computer games until the wind dies down.

 

[rivertree]

im wondering what happened here. Maybe it fell on the OP and he now has a massive Aeriel sticking out of his arse

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

im wondering what happened here. Maybe it fell on the OP and he now has a massive Aeriel sticking out of his arse

only if they were doing a handstand at the time?

 

[tendril]

Bit of a bizzare situation, but i have just found out my tv aeriel has been blown off the chimney in the high winds. Normally i would wait until the morning and call someone out to fix it. But its hanging on by a thread to the front of the house at the moment and is a fairly large and heavy unit. I am not too worried about any damage to the house, but we live on a main road and i am starting to worry that it could drop onto an oncoming car or even worse someone walking past if it comes off completely. so is it something you call the emergency services over or is it too trivial? am just worried in case it injures someone. There is no way i could get to it in these winds myself even if i had a ladder.

what ever you do don't get up there and try and fix it...

 

[waterloowelshy]

hence the 2nd line of my post
and ww is VoG no?

to all those waiting, the op has an mo of panic hit n run threads

or it could be said that i had to look after my baby who started crying, but hey ho sum me up in a line ddraig why dont you.

had to call out a roofing firm in the end as the tv engineer wouldnt go near it - too high and inaccessible for him to go at it with a ladder. so it fell to some roofers to get up after the wind had died down a bit and climb across the roof to get it sorted. luckily it hung on for a day or so swinging in the breeze until they were happy that the wind was low enough to get up there. as i have found this week - its good to live on top of a great big hill as you wont get flooded when everyone else around you does. but, my god you get nailed with the wind to make up for it.

thanks to those that gave the more sensible advice on the thread. was just wanting to make sure i didnt cause anyone an accident.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

thanks to those that gave the more sensible advice on the thread. was just wanting to make sure i didnt cause anyone an accident.

Glad you got it sorted and it's not going to impale anyone and that you got heaps of good advice from the good people of U75

 

[rivertree]

thanks to those that gave the more sensible advice on the thread. was just wanting to make sure i didnt cause anyone an accident.

Thank you for sharing and really pleased it resolved well for you. Hope you didn't take the comments on here too seriously

 

[Gromit]

thanks to those that gave the more sensible advice on the thread. was just wanting to make sure i didnt cause anyone an accident.

Your welcome even if you didn't call Ghostbusters in the end.

Don't blame me if your poltergiest rips it off again though. Can roofers do a proper exorcism? I thinks not.

 

[LilMissHissyFit]

hence the 2nd line of my post
and ww is VoG no?

to all those waiting, the op has an mo of panic hit n run threads

I assumed he was still in waterloo
hence the name

I thought it was 1927 who was in VoG??

 

[waterloowelshy]

I assumed he was still in waterloo
hence the name

I thought it was 1927 who was in VoG??

I need to update my username. I am in Bridgend btw.