“We have been on to Limerick City Council and regeneration but it has been no use. We’ve been without hot water for four months now”.
Ger said he and his wife are depending on the good will of their neighbours and son to shower.
Poor water pressure upstairs also means strategic toilet-flushing for the Clancy family, and others.
Ger described the situation as embarrassing: “Our son was supposed to come home from Australia with his girlfriend. But it’s too embarrassing for him now”.
He told the Limerick Post that regeneration had sent a tradesman to assess the problem, and he also called an independent plumber, but both told him it was problem with services in the area.
A Limerick City Council spokesperson denied this claim: “The problems experienced with water pressure concern private householders. The water mains on the public road is operating normally with the pressure at 3 bar”.
A neighbour who has also had problems with the water pressure, has to use the shower facilities at a local rugby club.
His wife said: “There are dozens of houses all over the estate having problems with water since the freeze”.
Ger insists that the situation arose from houses being demolished in the surrounding area.
The Clancy’s also had problems with derelict houses on St Munchins Street.
“During the freeze, the pipes burst next door and water came in to the back of our house. The smoke alarms also went off and were going off for about a month”.
Brian Geaney of Limerick Regeneration, admitted that problems with water pressure were not isolated, with a number of houses throughout the estate affected.
He said: “To rectify these problems with private houses, Limerick Regeneration Agency are employing plumbing contractors”.
