House wall falls over, meh

[MOBB]

Not sure I'd have been so cool..............................

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-dorset-57...

[Gareth79]

Either they had a panic attack when they got home and realised, or genuinely didn't realise that ton of bricks falling from height is actually quite risky!

I assume somebody will be in trouble for not tying the gable-end walls to the roof though... I wonder if they are all like that in that development? Apparently it was built by these guys: https://www.solum.co.uk/development/christchurch/

[Gary29]

'Like a boss' I believe the kids would say.

[Lotobear]

Oops, someone missed out the gable straps

[RC1807]

The lad walking past didn't really stop. He merely paused, adjusted his direction a little and carried on!

Feel sorry for the homeowners and the owner of the parked Fiesta, though.

[bmwmike]

RC1807 said:

Feel sorry for the homeowners and the owner of the parked Fiesta, though.

Why? They were parked on the pavement.

[How u doing]

Broke his step, noticed, then walked on in a "nothing to see here" kinda way.

[Puggit]

Bet he didn't even bother calling the emergency services either...

[Sheepshanks]

Puggit said:

Bet he didn't even bother calling the emergency services either...

What use would they be?

[Puggit]

Sheepshanks said:

Puggit said:

Bet he didn't even bother calling the emergency services either...

What use would they be?

Secure the area to prevent anyone hit by further falling items.
Close the street
Notify the building owner (assuming they are not in)
Notify the car owner

Off the top of my head

[Biker 1]

Reminded me of that scene in the Blues Brothers when Carrie Fisher tried to blow up the Bros in a Chicago hotel!!
Bloke walking past was either high as a kite on recreational drugs, or just amazingly cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFPaXjKWANE

[The Wookie]

Biker 1 said:

Bloke walking past was either high as a kite on recreational drugs, or just amazingly cool.

I'm going for a foreign national from a former conflict zone

'Meh, not the first time a building has collapsed right in front of me'

[Mr Whippy]

Gareth79 said:

Either they had a panic attack when they got home and realised, or genuinely didn't realise that ton of bricks falling from height is actually quite risky!

I assume somebody will be in trouble for not tying the gable-end walls to the roof though... I wonder if they are all like that in that development? Apparently it was built by these guys: https://www.solum.co.uk/development/christchurch/

Solum - where life meets... a falling gable.

[2fast748]

A Persimmon development in Southport had this trouble too. I believe they ended up demolishing a few new builds - that's what you get for developing marshland!

[over_the_hill]

That hatchback held up well.

[Roofless Toothless]

Buster Keaton.

https://youtu.be/mN0I7R_NCe4

[dudleybloke]

Probably stoned.

[Sheepshanks]

Puggit said:

Sheepshanks said:

Puggit said:

Bet he didn't even bother calling the emergency services either...

What use would they be?

Secure the area to prevent anyone hit by further falling items.
Close the street
Notify the building owner (assuming they are not in)
Notify the car owner

Off the top of my head

OK, but apart from that? I guess the Police would just phone the council.


The fall looks oddly fast - if it wasn't for the guy walking past I'd have thought the video had been sped up.

[anonymous-user]

Sheepshanks said:

Puggit said:

Sheepshanks said:

Puggit said:

Bet he didn't even bother calling the emergency services either...

What use would they be?

Secure the area to prevent anyone hit by further falling items.
Close the street
Notify the building owner (assuming they are not in)
Notify the car owner

Off the top of my head

OK, but apart from that? I guess the Police would just phone the council.

And if the water fairies had showed up they would have closed down most of Dorset and the surrounding counties 'just in case'.

[Johnnytheboy]

Takes more than that to upset the demeanour of a Dorset chap.