Flooding in Upton

At the moment in Upton, all eyes are yet again on the rising river levels.

In New Street if it floods, then it nearly always comes in the garage and we sometimes have to close, usually we shut, no longer, than two days.

The longest we have ever shut due to flooding was a week that was with the big flood, where it seemed everybody suffered.

Of course it is a major disruption to us and our customers if we do have to shut. We are lucky in a way; most of our customers have been coming to us for years, they are just as used to it as we are.

Being situated where we are, we have to be prepared, so what can we do when it floods?

Well when we had the rolling road for the mot’s put in, we had it installed with extra cable length, it was built into a frame. We also had a tripod and winch made. So as soon as it floods we can have the rolling road out within two minutes.

We also had a frame made up that fits on the two poster car lift. On here we can put anything we like, toolboxes, oil drums, emission tester etc and lift it well out of the way off the flood.

We also have a pump that goes in the bottom of the pit and during the flood it is running all the time, keeping the level of water inside the garage down.
When the flood peak’s in Upton upon Severn, the water level will often drop just as fast as it came up.

Then it is just a matter of sweeping and mopping up.