These are some of the most wordless Wordless Wednesday photos ever; I’ve never seen anything like this.
The photos are from a university and show door damage from a major rainfall where hail blocked the roof drains. The rainwater built up on the roof until it forced the blockages out of the drains and then all of the water rushed down the drainpipe. The pipe burst and the water filled a mechanical room (4 feet x 20 feet) to a level 8 feet deep. Eventually, the lock on the mechanical room door failed, and the water then filled a small vestibule causing that door to fail as well. The water entered a stairwell, rising to a depth of over 12 feet until the stair door was forced open – in the opposite direction of its normal swing – and the water swept through the building causing significant damage.
The door shown in the photos below is the stairwell door.
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Should have got a door listed for flood area!!!
And the other door was just replaced? Why it looks with no damage?
Does this mean that Steelcraft is going to come out with a new hydro-pressure rise door?
Proof, water is heavy, for non believers, Yes??
WOW!!! That’s quite impressive. The force of water is incredible.
That is over 18 tons of water just when standing still.
A cubic foot of water is 62 pounds so a 36×84 inch door with 1 foot of water against it is 1300 pounds
There’s only one “W” word appropriate for this….. “WTF”!! WOW is another one!!
Very interesting. Looks like the hinges held up well under unbelievable conditions. The other door (that looks ok) does not have panic hardware and does not look like it swings the same way as this door was meant to swing. Any comments on that?
Thanks for posting this.
Incredible!
WOW! Just wow … there are NO OTHER WORDS for this one!