Dr Faustus Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 27 storey tower block gone up. I've never seen anything like it. Hope and prayers to all involved... appears to be families etc. Hope everyone gets out, would be amazed- but fear the worst. Apparently gas works taken place... hopefully nothing more sinister. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Faustus Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 Possible fridge exploding... 200 families in there. Luckily many people awake due to Ramadan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deane koontz Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Looks awful. Hope everyone's okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mixu Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Fuck me, what a nightmare. Be very surprised if there aren't triple figure fatalities. Hope to fuck I'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveTheRave Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Unbelievable how it spread through the whole block. Never seen something like that. Shocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Jesus that looks awful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salford Trotter Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 This is going to be awful...RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lofthouse Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Poor people. Apparently the fire alarm didn't go off in the landlord areas, following a refurb 3 months ago. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madthatter Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Bloody hell that looks terrible. I know they have to but those water cannons look as much use as taking a piss on a bonfire. Hopefully no fatalaties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L/H White Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) not having a good time of it lately our friends in the capital awful :-( Edited June 14, 2017 by L/H White Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted June 14, 2017 Moderators Share Posted June 14, 2017 http://www.rydon.co.uk/what-we-do/refurbishment/case-studies/refurbishment-case-studies/grenfell-tower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Bloody awful, couldn't think of a worse way to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widnes Two Hats Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 The old bloke who kept waving the sheet out of the window and shouting for help, it must be awful after 10 mins but 6 or 7 hours, hope they get him out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boby Brno Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Seems like there were warnings. https://grenfellactiongroup.wordpress.com/2016/11/20/kctmo-playing-with-fire/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted June 14, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted June 14, 2017 The intensity and scale of that fire is incredible. Some serious questions to be asked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 horrific. Thoughts go out to all the friends and family and the poor bastards who had to endure that living or dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickbrown Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Bloke on the radio saying they had been refurbed lately and whatever they had clad the building in just went up. Looking at the pics it certainly looks that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Yeah my father in law is an insurance loss adjuster and says his money is on the insulation used in the recladding wasn't fire retardant to save money on the part of the contractor. Problem is most contractors of that nature will have limited PI cover of say 5m which won't scratch the surface of this. Building going to have to be demolished in all likelihood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Yeah my father in law is an insurance loss adjuster and says his money is on the insulation used in the recladding wasn't fire retardant to save money on the part of the contractor. Problem is most contractors of that nature will have limited PI cover of say 5m which won't scratch the surface of this. How could either of these be allowed? Building without regulation materials? And not having enough insurance cover? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 problem with insurance is what is enough? Something like this is unprecedented and 5m PI cover you would imagine is enough for most eventualities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big E Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 This is a truly tragic event. what is worrying is many of these old style flats have been undergoing refurb for the cladding. all the ones in the center of Chester were completed a couple of years back. Hopefully they sort the problem and avoid any further tragedies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 If it is a contractor using bad materials I hope they get locked up for murder for a very long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widnes Two Hats Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 If that is true, somebody needs a major fucking, especially the Contractor for using non fire retardant material in 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big E Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 This is a truly tragic event. what is worrying is many of these old style flats have been undergoing refurb for the cladding. all the ones in the center of Chester were completed a couple of years back. Hopefully they sort the problem and avoid any further tragedies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowack Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Most insulation is fire retardant so I would be surprised. What you do sometimes get is a chimney effect in the ventilated cavity between the insulation and the cladding. If no fire barriers are fitted this can cause a rapid spread of fire. Way to early to speculate though on what is a tragic event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.