Low water pressure- Heber Road

[Southeast Twenty Stu]

Is anyone else experiencing low water pressure on or around Heber Road this morning?

[JRK]

Yes we're on Silvester road and ours is bad, it was yesterday too. Might be to do with works on Crystal Palace road? 

[tedfudge]

Came along crystal palace road by the leisure centre and water was just gushing out of a big hole in the road , looks like thames water had all ready been there at some point as 4 way  temporarily traffic lights are there at junction and barriers around the hole but nobody there to stop it , yet I got a £19 increase in my water bill each month ... 

[Penguin68]

Thames Water is at the High Court today trying to get a £3bn loan extension sorted. If it isn't then they will go bust and go into administration (actually it's more complex than that). If I was a contractor supplier to them I might well not be doing work I might not be paid for until that's sorted. 

Doesn't help us ordinary Joe's who just live in their bailiewick of course. But who cares about us? 

[the_hermit]

Heber School is closed as a result *slow hand claps*

[Brian up the hill]

Don’t forget that Forest Hill Rd is closed completely by Piermont Green thanks to yet another leak, so no 63 bus south of Rye Lane and 363 on diversion up Barry Rd.  Also there’s a large hole at the top of Forest Hill Rd at the junction with Honor Oak Rd and traffic control, again courtesy of TW.
At this rate, the area will be cutoff from the rest of London, as it will be surrounded by a moat. I wonder if anyone has costed how much T.W. costs London as a result of their frequent and endless failures. Still, shareholder dividends and management bonuses all courtesy of a captive market. As Private Eye would say, trebles all round!

[march46]

East Dulwich Grove is currently closed to a Thames Water leak also, with diversions for the 37 and 42. 

[Sue]

To be fair, my understanding (which may well be wrong) is that the whole of the London water system consists of antiquated Victorian pipes, and the whole lot needs replacing.

Because of the enormous potential  cost of doing that,  it just gets patched up as and when.

The other factor, of course, is that it should never have been privatised. 

[jazzer]

Only way to circumnavigate around TW's attempt at isolating those south of Piermont Green, i'd suggest are making use of the P12 or P13. 

Unfortunately no indication as too how long the three different "bursts" will take to be repaired and the obvious inconvenience it causes.

 

 

 

 

 

[Penguin68]

  On 04/02/2025 at 22:04, Sue said:

is that the whole of the London water system consists of antiquated Victorian pipes, and the whole lot needs replacing.

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The problem is that Thames does replace whole sections of pipe, for instance outside the Horniman, which took several months, but which fails about every 18 months needing more repairs.

They replaced sections around Underhill which failed almost immediately and the original work and repairs also took out the gas supply!

Their work quality is incredibly shoddy, and they don't care. And their regulator is a joke.

They are the worst sort of grasping monopolists, owned by overseas capitalists with no moral investment or relationship with the country in which they operate.

Without a tough regulator with real powers and teeth they are uncontrolled foxes in our hencoop.

Privatisation can work, look at Telecoms, but this absolutely hasn't. 

[Jojo65]

  On 04/02/2025 at 19:00, march46 said:

East Dulwich Grove is currently closed to a Thames Water leak also, with diversions for the 37 and 42. 

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The message on the barrier says:” to be completed by 03/02/25 !

There are no workers there at all! I pass this section of the road on daily basis!

Just the barriers and the hole 🕳️ in the road!

It’s a joke and not even funny at all! 

[march46]

To be fair, the holes had mostly been filled yesterday and it looks as though they will be resurfacing today.

It’s less than 2 years since there were repairs at the same place, hopefully this time it will last longer!
 

[Earl Aelfheah]

  On 05/02/2025 at 08:26, Penguin68 said:

The problem is that Thames does replace whole sections of pipe, for instance outside the Horniman, which took several months, but which fails about every 18 months needing more repairs.

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Yep, the bit of road around the junction of Lordship Lane and Heber fails and is redone every few months. They've just finished the latest repairs a week or two ago and you can already see the cracks appearing. It'll be getting dug up again in a month or two.

[Sue]

  On 05/02/2025 at 09:24, Earl Aelfheah said:

Yep, the bit of road around the junction of Lordship Lane and Heber fails and is redone every few months. They've just finished the latest repairs a week or two ago and you can already see the cracks appearing. It'll be getting dug up again in a month or two.

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Not sure if this is relevant, depending on the cause of the cracks, but I read recently that scientists have now invented a self-healing road surface, such that cracks and potholes will no longer appear (assuming I understood it correctly!).

Don't know how long it will take before it comes into use, though.

Edited February 5 by Sue

[Alec1]

Yesterday on Crystal Palace Road.  I heard it had been going on since the previous day.