DIY worker finds 40ft deep hole under kitchen lino

ANanova ^ | Dec 7 2001

[2Trievers]

A DIY enthusiast found a 40ft mineshaft after offering to fix a bouncy kitchen floor at work.

Pete Taviner Found the huge hole after tearing up lino in the room at a media training centre in Bristol.

Investigating council officers believe the shaft may be a remnant of the coal industry, but historian David Stephenson says it could be a medieval well.

Mr Taviner, who's a media trainer, says the only thing that had stopped people falling down the hole appeared to be the lino.

He said: "It was like cardboard. We knew the floor was a bit weak but we could never have guessed this.

"I just can't believe it had never been filled in. I feel relieved because anyone could have gone down it at any time."

[2Trievers]

Bob Villa and Riley would be so proud.

[Pure Country]

What is DYI and where is it? Need a little more info.

[vollmond]

DIY = Do it Yourself?

[DWSUWF]

Are we supposed to believe that the people who installed the flooring just unrolled the linoleum over a 40 foot deep hole?

Was there a floor in place? Did it collapse into the hole?

This sounds too daffy to be true, even for the Brits.

[RIGHT IN SEATTLE]

lino=linoleum

Do they still use that stuff?

[watchin]

Wait till they tear off the wallpaper and find there are no walls in the house.

[Cannon6]

Way to go watchin!

[Flyer]

I have to ask. . . Was there any cheese in the hole?

[DWSUWF]

"...Wait till they tear off the wallpaper and find there are no walls in the house..."

LOL!

This is a Halloween (or a 'silly-season') story that didn't get used at the proper time.

[NewHampshireDuo]

I'm not sure what DYI means, but the term lino makes me think this may be somewhere in Britain? (just a guess)

[NewHampshireDuo]

Sorry, I meant DIY (not DYI)

[dighton]

This sounds too daffy to be true, even for the Brits.

As an Anglophile, let me tell you there's NOTHING too daffy for the Brits.

[TexanMom]

Probably England

DIY is do it yourself

They refer to "Home Depot" type stores as "DIY stores"

[dighton]

PS -- Speaking of daffy ...

[Orual]

DIY worker finds 40ft deep hole under kitchen lino

Coincidence...???

[2Trievers]

Isn't Great Britain an English speaking country across the pond? I didn't realize we'd have so much trouble with DIY and lino ... is there a decent translator in the house? LOL

[Young Werther]

Might this be the "real" Capone Caverns that Geraldo sought?

[2Trievers]

Ahh, good old PVC (polyvinyl chloride). The stuff that dreams are made of!

[Orual]

See #15.

[#3Fan]

Are we supposed to believe that the people who installed the flooring just unrolled the linoleum over a 40 foot deep hole? Was there a floor in place? Did it collapse into the hole? This sounds too daffy to be true, even for the Brits.

Theory: The mine was covered when the house was built. The internal support rooted away collapsed the covering earth of the mine. The moisture rising from the 40 foot hole, which would have had water in it, rotted the floor joists in that part of the room of the house.