HORRIFIED residents found water pouring into their homes for the 11th time when workmen started fitting new boilers.

Despite letters telling them the water would be switched off at the 231 Westercommon Road tower block, in Possilpark, from 9am to 11am, plumbers arrived at 8am yesterday and started work.

Moments later, Ian Mooney's two-bedroomed flat was deluged with water which poured into flats below.

The 56-year-old said: "All I heard was a bang and the guy ran out trying to get the water turned off. It was an old valve and it just blew.

"It was two inches deep right through the house. It took 15 minutes to get the water turned off.

"It's happened 11 times in these flats."

Contractor Ice Energy, which is fitting a new heating system in all the flats in the tower block for Queens Cross Housing Association, has admitted liability and apologised.

Ian, who has lived in the two-bedroomed sixth floor flat for seven years, has been left with ruined carpets and laminate flooring after they were covered in two inches of water.

In the flat below, a 72-year-old woman was devastated to find water pouring from her bathroom into her living room and inside her kitchen cupboards.

She asked not to be named. Her daughter, 46-year-old Jacqueline Martin, who lives nearby, said: "The first time this happened was a couple of weeks ago.

"It's the same every time; they're just not shutting the water off.

"One flat flooded twice."

Her mother said: "The water just came gushing out. It was too quick for me to do anything.

"I've used every towel in the house trying to clean up."

Neighbour Michelle Rodgers, 51, said the contractors had originally wanted to do floors one at a time but abandoned the system.

"They were doing any houses that would let them in, they were just chapping doors," she said.

"We are just at the end of our tether. These are our homes. My dad is 75, he doesn't need this."

James McGuire woke at around 8am to find water pouring into several of the rooms in his house.

He said: "When I woke up I heard water thumping into the house somewhere.

"The kitchen, the three cupboards and the toilet are really badly affected.

"The cupboard with the electrical meter is soaked."

The Evening Times reported last month how workmen had drilled through a water main, leaving 448 homes at the four Westercommon blocks without water for more than 24 hours.

Shona Stephen, chief executive of Queens Cross Housing Association, said: “I’m distressed for those tenants affected and extremely disappointed that, despite a written commitment to us and our tenants that the water supply would be turned off while works took place, it wasn’t and the works went ahead.

“It’s especially unacceptable for the tenants affected and ICE Energy has agreed to make full reparation to them for damage to their home.

“In the meantime all works to the flats have stopped until a way forward is agreed and we’re keeping tenants updated in the meantime.”

A spokesman for Ice Energy said: "We’ve accepted liability for the flooding and are in discussions with residents at this moment in time trying to assess any damage. We will carry out full restoration works on behalf of the residents, and would very much like to apologise for the obvious inconvenience this has caused."

Queens Cross Housing Association is installing a green energy system in the flats, similar to one used in Sweden and Austria.

It transfers naturally occurring heat from the earth in to heating and hot water for homes.