A couple's home in England kept flooding. So they built a wall to stop it.
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- An Englishman's home near the River Severn has flooded nearly a dozen times in just seven years. So he and his wife built a wall surrounding their house to prevent it from happening again.
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Just so everyone can understand, this house was built in the 17th century (400 years ago) as a ferryman's pub.
They knew when buying that flooding would be a risk, but the frequency of floods in the past weren't as regular or as extreme as they have been in more recent years.
So, after this regular and repeated flooding in recent years, they have decided to finally do something about it.
Now hopefully the building should be protected from all but the very worst of floods. 👍
Wow 400 year home is impressive. I live in Hawaii and not sure if my home will last that long. It was built in 1995, the mosaic stainglass wall in our living room is something worth preserving and is always a center piece for guests to view.
@@jon6309We have some old stuff, my house is nearly 700 years old, it is an old tithe barn from a monastery. There is an empty moat and deserted village in my family’s back field from before 1066, it was in the domesday book but was wiped out in the Black Death, only two families now it is a hamlet.
@@SmokingLaddy hmm so European structures last longer than buildings and homes in the USA? I know we use a lot of wood and glass to make homes and condos whereas in Europe it is stone!
@@jon6309Well, there used to be a lot of wooden homes in Europe too. The survivors are brick and stone.
@@jon6309 There are buildings and monuments in USA that will last over 1,000 years but just haven’t had enough time yet. My barn is sandstone saw cut by hand and the lower walls are about 3-4 feet thick, I guess not many US places are built similar but some buildings will last a long time I’m sure.
Great story, would be great to get a close up of the wall, how it was built and materials used. Thx for the story, nice place
It was probably built brick by brick and held together by mortar. Hope you found this helpful.
im intrested on the gates
They are probably just normal gates, but with water-tight barriers that can be closed when floods are incoming.
It’s reinforced concrete blocks with rebar woven in and has a pumping system underground to pump out any water that seeps up. It’s been on sky news in the UK
@@markb.8460 I think the gates aren’t actually the opening variety but aluminium panels with rubber gaskets that slot together, we use similar where I live for our entrance areas.
I'm glad this man had the opportunity and funds to build such a wall. Though living on a flood plain is the reason for the repeat flooding. Picturesque and beautiful it may be, but weather changes make flooding more likely. Stay safe.
Years of cutting back on drainage is also a reason why these floods take place.
A flood plain* lmao
@@blackdragoncyrus - Thanks for the correction. 😉
That home is Beautiful.. im happy their wall is working for them but they might need to build it higher
One of my worst fears - a flooded house . Storm damage by trees etc . I’ve recently moved house after learning both of those lessons !!! How would you EVER sell your house under those conditions…worthless !!
People need to live somewhere buddy.
That's nothing! Check out the luxury condo high-rise in San Francisco that's TILTING.
The golden rule in Britain should be ‘ Never buy a house near water’ because with our weather there’s a good chance ,if it’s only a pond, one day it end up in your living room. Drains, ditches, walls, it gets everywhere. If you’ve ever had a pipe in your house with a tiny hole you’ll know the leak might take months but one day either the ceiling or floor will fall in.
"Never buy a house near water" ... you know Britain is an island, right?
the rich going back to medieval times always knew to build on a hill or high ground. amazes me when people buy new builds built on known flood plains. it amazes me more that local authorities give planning permission to developers to build these houses. backhanders i suspect!.
@@friedrichjunztContinents are islands.
@@cwg73160 sorry but GB is not a continent..... 🙄
@@friedrichjunzt When did I say that Great Britain was a continent? And why are you sorry? What did you do?
I drove past this house yesterday, it's a gorgeous house right next to the river! Crazy to think that the floods were that high!
"Please don't leave the gate open"
Developers have just this year built around 30 small houses on a bit of land very near my house. We were having a laugh with the builders all year , saying they needed to get a move on before it flooded. Every winter for the last 12yrs , that bit of land has flooded to about 4ft deep. Guess what , building work finished and 2weeks later the brand new houses were in 4ft of water. How on earth would you get a mortgage for such a property , and why would you want to ? Not to mention insurance.
Because people are desperate for a house? Sounds like you already got one..
Local councils want/need rates and taxes...
so they give permission to build in these areas.
But they fail to impose conditions on the developers....like build the property ground level up to 50% higher level than the highest flood ever recorded there..e.g 6ft flood...land built up 9ft...
and then build the houses on top of that!
Because of course the developers would go bankrupt trying to do that much improvement to land ...
and the Council misses out on rates/taxes.
It's the money...always follow the money.
3.5k are being built in Langarth, Truro, right in the middle of a valley stretch that runs straight down into a gulley in Mithian/Callestick. Watch this be a problem in the next 10 years!!!
Just seen the same thing at Bache Mill in Shropshire. New homes starting at £625,000 built streamside. I went after the last deluge and the water was lapping the doors.
I bet it flooded last week. How did he get planning for what looks like six houses?
Would've been nice if you could've warned the developers of the danger...but they wouldn't have listened anyway.
I live next to the Severn, and this is no exaggeration, defence systems are a mess and things are only getting worse year by year.
That’s got to be the best moat I’ve ever seen.
I was watching one about a castle.
I used to work in a large hospital in Kent that was built on a flood plain . The basement flooded fairly regularly . After the hospital closed and was demolished a new housing estate was built on the site . Guess what ? Yeah you are correct
The ghosts of dead patients make the residents lives hell?
@@chrisbfreelance 😂😂😂👍 Nah ! It just floods regularly but thanks for the laugh 👍
House building and cutting down trees is the problem. More surface water.
so the soil must be waterproof or they made a deep wall foundation . often if the water outside the wall gets high the water will spring up out of the ground on the dry side.
1.9 million homes are built on or near flood plains. A good portion of the UK is built on flood plains, low land and boggy areas. For all the smart arses like why not move or why live there. Kinda difficult to do that because there isnt enough homes to clear these high risk areas and some peoples entire life and family is in a town that is a flood plain. Imagine oblivious people online telling you to drop your entire life and home because they fail to understand the geography of the UK.
Why don’t we build homes like in Holland, living in the upstairs, with the ground floor being for a car and boat, but then the Anti British government wouldn’t allow that now 😮
@@princebuster93 because the Dutch has a country almost entirely built on reclaimed land below sea level. They also have 50 million less than the UK and have adapted well. The uk floods have progressively got worse the last few decades and alot of homes im these flood areas are older. So you have to either get homeowners agree to demolition, major adjustments to their home or move. None are easy and in the end people just accept these events as normal.
Just like in the video, its easier and cheaper to solve the issue yourself with a wall than to take extreme measures
If people planted plants in their gardens, instead of concrete and tiling them over, there would be an improvement in land drainage. And a reduction in carbon production..
Perhaps that wall builder can use those skills in Texas🤔 We are being flooded also😁
There comes a time when you have to understand that is not good to live so close to a river .looks like a historical house maybe water levels or currents and weather patterns have changed over time.
House is 17th century, it certainly wouldn't have been built there if subject to continuous flooding.
@@michaelmclachlan1650 👋hope your well, I thought something like this ,,thanks so much
Oh..they must love their home..I would move..cant imagine the mold
I would buy EVERYTHING in rubber.
Furniture, appliances, cabinets, flooring, EVERYTHING.
just leave the plastic wrap on everything, haha
You know when lighting hit the wet ground. The wet ground drys up. I don't if it's the 6 times hot degree surface of the plasma lighting sun or high D C Electrolysis that divide compound elements Hydrogen and oxygen into gas. Sincerely Richard Billig
Just boggles my mind why people chose to live in a flood zone and then continue to live in one and surprised that it always floods ! 😂
In England it is hard to be out of a flood zone.
Living on an island covered in rivers, land is limited and the good land that's left tends to also be on flood plains, that's just how it is. Unless you live on a hill you're pretty much always in a potential flood zone.
@@donaldkasper8346 that is absolutely not true ! It rains a lot yet flood zones are limited to specific locations that are annually affected
@@treeabooyou are friggin clueless - that is absolutely not true ! Flood zones are very specific to a few areas. Plenty of places to live that wouldn’t be affected
@gfydrama maybe you should move to planet earth …lots of spots to live that wouldn’t be like that !
Would have loved a closer look at the water surrounded house and the walls. Does water get into it just a little bit? Or is it completely dry? And how long they usually have to wait until the water retreats?
"All the kings said I was daft to build a castle in a swamp, but I built it all the same just to show 'em. It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp."
King, waving hand at the window; "One day son, all this will be yours".
Prince; "what? The curtains?".
Some guy in England built the wall before trump even did
Mother Nature doesn't care about your politics...
This reminded me of Swamp Castle in _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ (1975):
"When I started here, all there was swamp. Other kings said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show 'em. It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So, I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp, but the fourth one... stayed up! And that's what you're gonna get, lad: the strongest castle in these isles!"
King, waving hand at the window; "One day son, all this will be yours".
Prince; "what? The curtains?".
Would have been nice to see the wall doing its job
Maybe if the rivers were dredged of silt more often by the Environment Agency the flooding might not be a frequent.Northern France around par de Calais is experiencing flooding just as bad
A farmer tried dredging in Herefordshire. He ended up stopping the floods but he upset DEFRA and Natural England. He is in jail at the moment and got a big fine to boot .
That farmer destroyed the environment along a stretch of river, pulling out trees and destroying habitats for wildlife, where he had no right to do so.
Flooding is getting worse because of human abuse of the natural world.
It took them 9 times before they did something???
Planning permission for a wall around their own 300 year old mansion...
all constructed at no cost to the Council.
But the cost Council fees and approval?
Thousands and possibly years of delay and prevarication.
Boat sales on the rise this year in England
What a beautiful wall! Mr. Trump would be proud ❤
History is beautiful! But honestly I would have just moved! Water damage is no joke
Floods keep on happening on a flood plain, no, really? Who would have thought?
👍😁
They do if the rivers have been constricted and the runoff from cities and towns upstream have increased.
300 years ago when the house was built...it didn't flood.
You heard the Brit... "BUILD THE WALL!"
"ah a beautiful house right next to a river that floods often, in a low lying field, ILL BUY IT!" What could go wrong?
Called move.
this house and wall was on the news years ago. nothing new.
Was that the one where the car was stranded in the very last bit of high land?
I am always amazed when planning permission is granted to build on a flood plain.A relative struggled with the council to get permission for a small extension,but they seem to rubber stamp building on flood plains.
I wonder what the insurance premiums will be for such houses ? Many insurance companies may refuse cover.
Totally agree Michael.
Northamptonshire is fast becoming a concrete jungle and I'm hearing now land that was flattened and earmarked for massive warehousing near to me is unviable because the buildings are un insurable. Right next to the river Ise .
This country seriously needs to revise it's growth and expansion.
@ Michael, it’s called “ corruption “ dodgy deals, planning dept, builders, Government 😉😉 say no more
@@princebuster93 Spot on. It can only be down to "back handers" !
Probably didn't flood there at one time. Modern building and reshaping of earth elsewhere could have redirected water to his land.
Do you have cataracts?
Somehow you didn't notice how old the house is.
It's called anthropogenic climate change.
England isn't flooding it's sinking they're gonna need a bigger boat 🤣
Go to Dover and take your pick ......
Weird, walls work… who would have thought?
It's time to fold that hand.
Buy a boat now.
In 5 years time. The wall will be bigger than the house
In a few weeks time the met office will say there is a drought. Welcome to the UK.
1992, all we heard was drought, drought, drought. Meantime half the country was under water. I remember driving from Newport Pagnell to Market Harborough on the A508, looking out and seeing no visible land, just trees and hedgerows, and the radio was bleating on about the drought.
We will probably begin seeing more of this globally as water levels rise. More and more intense storms have also increased lately. My house flooded just a tad, and I live in the top of a hill, so it was literally all rain, no runoff! A wall would have done me more harm than good, but all my runoff has to go somewhere, other townsfolk probably could use a wall
So the elites buying up waterfront, beachfront properties will be in trouble, right?
But water levels doesn't rise? Climate change is greatly overexaggerated to make people pay more in tax and enforce new laws easier.
The only climate change that actually happens are the trash left behind by 100 or so companies.
The house is literally right next to a RIVER on a flat land flood plain. What do you think would happen? 😂
@@nikkibest5010 people build in flood plains all the time, even in modern times when they are warned about it unlike the original owners were. Sometimes they’re thousand year flood plains, sometimes 500, sometimes they aren’t even in one at all, yet the intensity of modern storms are so great now that it’s more common. Like I said, I live on a hill.
@@UmmYeahOk The native Americans warned white settlers about building on flood prone areas. Its certainly not a new concept, it's common sense. Especially right next to a river. Lol
I’d have done it after the first flood not the 9th
You see there’s the clue ‘………runs right next to his property…’ Don’t build on a flood plain. It’s where the river goes when there is heavy rain. It’s not rocket science, DON’T BUILD ON A FLOOD PLAIN.
Looking at the style of house, or at least part of it (Tudor?) Maybe 3 or 4 hundred years old. Built next to the river for convenience, that's your source of domestic water. Back then it may of been less likely to flood.
@@tiddleswozere5266some of the comments here are hysterically funny, it’s almost like the classic “why did that build that nice castle so close to the airport”
It was originally built as a pub. For the men that worked on the ferry there.
The house is older than the USA so I doubt he built it.
The house is 400 years old.
Why do people think this is a new build?
Stupidity..
I know! Some people are so daft. Its obviously been there since God was a boy!
I once heard an American wondering why they built Windsor castle under the flight path.😂
We build levees in the US on the side of the Mississippi. i live right to the levee. The water has gotten high, but it never seeps up through the ground onto my property. i hardly ever notice that the water is high on the other side of levee. So if the walls are built well, he will be dry on his property.
So the clue is “riverside property” at some point it will flood 👍
Most people on this planet live either close to a river or the ocean.
It's a losing battle. You can't stop nature.
No we can stop nature and illegal immigrants.😁
Houses nowadays should really be built higher than the roads. That's the only way you can protect your property from going under. But I also get that it will add additional cost before you can build your house. I am also in the same dilemma. Thinking how to make sure our house won't go under again once the rainy season comes.
The river seven used to have a dredged channel down the middle of the river. But to save money it was cancelled. Now spending more on flood defences. Many of these homes face racing insurance costs. The greens say dredging was dangerous to wildlife.!!!!. There was more wildlife in the old days. Ridiculous way to treat people.
The last farmer who tried dredging in Herefordshire is still in jail.
@@vickyingramnymann8543 dredging the rivers was a yearly job. It was undertaken on government contracts. The greens managed to lobby parliament that it was bad for wildlife. When in fact it wasn't.
after 9 floods it should be "i should move" not "i should build a wall"
get yourself a boat LMAO
He probably has one...
and a damn good motor driven "bilge/trash" pump to take care of any leaks in the wall.....
but an 18ft rise in water level at the traditional measuring point....wow!
wow he built a wall, thanks for the great story!
wow, that 4ft wall kept back 18ft flood water.....
Wow thanks for giving us a look at the wall . . . NOT
I'm guessing that the water all around the outside of the wall might have prevented the camera crew getting closer?
@@benboyland4205 it was a drone - defo could have been closer 😢
I'll describe it for you. It's a wall.
@@obscuremusictabs5927 -- I think if you do a story about such a great wall that it's able to hold back a 17 foot flood, you really ought to, you know, show the wall, duh
@@cjlaity1 once again, it's a wall. also, it's not a 17 ft wall so cool your jets.
Build the wall! Build the wall! Build the wall!
+ ferry delivery service to and fro.. what a gamble. a game of inches. nevermind the humidity and mold to contend with..
Might wanna raise the entire house a few feet right along with that wall because nature always wins in the end.
Reminds me of a home owned in Louisiana USA by American family that was built on supports that
raised it some feet above the surrounding land. It makes sense to take precautions according to
where you choose to live.
Tell that to the Australian family living in a very forest fire prone area.
He cleared the blue gum trees for 50 metres around his house and planted luscious green grass that doesn't burn.
He got fined $50k by the local Council...bad boy destroying 100 blue gums out of the million surrounding him..
The next year was the Black Saturday bush fires.
His was the only house left standing for miles.
Did they refund his $50k?
Like hell they did!
@@songsmith31a
Surprising that the local authority didn't cause problems over them building this excellent wall. Grate Britain!
Just to blame climate change, about rising water levels and flooding, could be a mistake. The owners knew with this property about the chance of flooding, but if you look at the urban sprawl and poor urban planning, along with more concrete, asphalt and other hard scape materials, the water is forced to run off. Another point is that this, relatively small island, is home to probably 80 million people, overpopulated and more on the way, something has to give. So they have to build more flats, housing and roads, while eliminating grass and trees, what could possibly go wrong?
They should look at rewilding rivers and introducing beavers for flood protection
beavers cause all kinds of flooding.
noproblem uk is very very rich
So.....walls work?
I'm amazed that this worked.
I would expect the water to come up out the toilet.
and how does rain water normally leave their garten when there isn't a flood...
I think the water would only rise up the toilet if he were in an urban area with lots of storm drains. He's in the middle of fields.
I'm amazed that people still buy in flood area.
Natural drainage is how the water disappears, sinks into the dirt ... and all the excess rainwater will eventually clear away down the drains
Properties in that area and with a house that big are often off grid and have their own septic tank. It would only be an issue, if the property would have that much direct rainfall and the tank was already nearly full.
A waste company would then pump it out of the tank and then dump it somewhere, usually in our UK rivers as they are nice like that.
I thought that the ground would turn to slush and water seep in under the wall. How flood defences work baffles me, amazing they are really.
@@skycloud4802 You would build the foundation a few metres down before building the wall at ground level.
Hey look America, walls work!!
Small wall around the house... It's totally the same situation.../s
Gracious. I’m glad it worked, but maybe built in the wrong place to me.
Yeah, because they obviously built that last year 🙄
12 floods in 7 years. No idea when built. Didn’t say. Looks like they would’ve been told it’s a flood zone. 🙄@@brandspro
@@ItsMeHello555 Built in the 17th century as a pubic house, serving the local ferrymen. It wouldn't have been built there if it was going to be flooded every other year nor would it still be in use.
Absolutely brilliant 👍👍
This couple could teach the local authority a thing or two about stopping floods.😂
They deserve to be very proud 😊
How many floods before they bought a boat?
That's not England. That's the farm in Smithville Dam in snowrunner
Walls work? Maybe somebody can Tweet that to Trump.
think joes trying finish wall now is he not
Trump already know that wall works
Biden doesn’t
Tbh the whole area will soon be under water permanently so it might hold for a few years but like most low ground, set to have disappeared altogether in 30 yrs
Who is narrating this? She doesn’t sound like a professional at all. The vocal fry alone is a dead giveaway.
Wow! Smart.
need to bring back Dredging which seems to of been Outlawed.
Sod the Environment, people come first. Dredge ALL RIVERS.
Imagine believing that humans can live without environment...
Houses have to be built on metal legs in order to avoid flood . You can get into house by normal stairs made from cement. Please imagine sledge 🛷 on snow just gigantic one! The sledge on water , Why sledge the water can flow through without obstruction and no damage to the house or on big wheels portal even better , any bad weather you may go for a trip , but might be very costly , It will work 100% I am certain.
In the uk ditch digging used to be a trade, there were work gangs migrating around the country clearing the ditches for fields and roads etc and in the early 1970s it stopped being a thing, spin forts few generations and now “climate change” is to blame 😂
My grandad did that sort of work and for the railways aswell ..
Walls work!!!
*Wish we could do that with our border.*
you tried it and frailed hilariosly. use that money and manpower to improve your health and schooling sector instead. and maybe you dont need those walls anymore.
Did he buy the materials at Wallmart
The UK hasn't built a water reservoir to stock the water, in many many years and in summer you cannot water your garden ! Go figure
A house built right next to the river actually floods? Who would have ever thought?
After NINE floods he decided to act?? What all of sudden dawned on him?
First of all, you did purchase a home very close to a river. I don’t know, flooding would have been one of my major concerns. He may have been strapped for cash, buying such a large home. Excess, It baffles my mind.
And unlike donald trump, this guy actually made it happen 👍
like sleepy joe is Trump 2024
@@peterchapman3740 I don't like joe biden either. I just take any chance I get to make fun of any president.
I heard the turnout at JFK's last parade was so awesome it really blew his mind.
Biden cancelled the wall and border plans, not Trump
Isn't this called a flood plain? You can't get insurance for it, in the U.S. nothing new can be built...it's a cool looking house, but one flood, I'd be gone.
He turned his house into a dutch consulate... neat.
Not high enough, put the Flood plates on outside of the WALL
Good Job!!
still looks flooded
go with tile floor, wood and carpet are a joke, any leak and you have serious problems
Wouldn't have been easier to sell & relocate?
A boat house for emergency might be a good idea..
I hope they did an extensive test for mold.
all those glaciers melting in England
LOL it only took him 9 floods to decide to build it. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bad news is the HOA says it does not comply with regulations and must be torn down. 😂😂😂
Take notes America!
Arrogance of Man...
@@ExtremeMadnessX ignorance of man…
Good on this man be responsible for your own survival dont let someone else dictate your life …if everyone took control of there own life and didn’t give it up to others we would all be better off…you are responsible for you
Another public road using, library using, subsidized meat buying Libertarian.
Yeh we can all build a wall around our houses in a city. Stupid libertarian nonsense
We are not American, a country with a flag but no love for others, it should never be 'every man for himself'. We pay a lot in tax so crises like these are supposed to be prepared for - even if we don't live there.
This seems to be one of the few positive comments!
You are right about providing for yourself though, because the government won't do it for you.😊