Engineers have told how they were sent to David Cameron’s house on New Year’s Day to fix his power after he suffered a blackout while watching The Sound of Music on TV. The callout to the Prime Minister’s home in Chipping Norton happened as workmen battled to restore electricity to 11,000 houses in Oxfordshire during the severe storms earlier this month. Two engineers from Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution claimed they were sent to Mr Cameron’s address while carrying out emergency repairs in Kirtlington, a village 17 miles away. Power cut: Engineers were sent to David Cameron's house. He is pictured with his wife Samantha . Classic film: Mr Cameron said the power went off 'just before the end of The Sound of Music - but I know what happens, so it's all right' But when the workers - George Faulkner . and Alan Paton - arrived, they allegedly found the blackout was not . related to the storms, and that the trip switch in his fuse box simply . needed to be flicked. Mr . Paton told BBC Radio 4: ‘We could have been employed on better things . but we got called out to a property where the trip had gone that they . obviously hadn’t checked properly. ‘They . thought it was the storms and they phoned in and said they were off . supply. So we went there for nothing really... There was nothing wrong . with their mains.’ Mr . Cameron’s house had been suffering from a leaky roof, and water was seen . around the fusebox, reported the Sunday Mirror. An SSE spokesman insisted the politician did not . receive preferential treatment because of his status - and the visit was not to the detriment of any other customers who may have been without power. Problems: Trains travel slowly over flooded tracks in Oxford on January 8, as heavy rain poured across Britain . Response: The callout to the Prime Minister's home in Chipping Norton (pictured) happened as workmen battled to restore electricity to 11,000 houses in Oxfordshire during the severe storms earlier this month . High winds over Christmas also left 250,000 homes without power, with some families waiting days for the electricity to be restored - something criticised as ‘not acceptable’ by Mr Cameron. 'We could have been employed on better things but we got called out to a property where the trip had gone that they obviously hadn’t checked properly' Alan Paton, SSE engineer . The SSE spokesman told MailOnline: ‘The Prime Minister did not receive any preferential treatment when we attended his property. 'And further, this visit was not to the detriment of any other customers who may have been without power. To suggest otherwise would be absolutely false.' A Number 10 spokesman told the Sunday Mirror: ‘The power went down because there was a leaky roof. There was water around the fusebox. The engineers came to fix it, which they did.’ Mr Cameron told The Sunday Times of the power cut: ‘I couldn't work out what it was. The power went off just before the end of The Sound of Music. But I know what happens, so it's all right.’
SSE callout to Cameron's home in Chipping Norton on New Year's Day .
Workmen battled to restore electricity to 11,000 houses in Oxfordshire .
Engineers claim they were sent to his home while working 17 miles away .
Cameron's house had leaky roof and water was seen around the fusebox .
Engineers have told how they were sent to David Cameron’s house on New Year’s Day to fix his power after he suffered a blackout while watching The Sound of Music on TV. The callout to the Prime Minister’s home in Chipping Norton happened as workmen battled to restore electricity to 11,000 houses in Oxfordshire during the severe storms earlier this month. Two engineers from Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution claimed they were sent to Mr Cameron’s address while carrying out emergency repairs in Kirtlington, a village 17 miles away. Power cut: Engineers were sent to David Cameron's house. He is pictured with his wife Samantha . Classic film: Mr Cameron said the power went off 'just before the end of The Sound of Music - but I know what happens, so it's all right' But when the workers - George Faulkner . and Alan Paton - arrived, they allegedly found the blackout was not . related to the storms, and that the trip switch in his fuse box simply . needed to be flicked. Mr . Paton told BBC Radio 4: ‘We could have been employed on better things . but we got called out to a property where the trip had gone that they . obviously hadn’t checked properly. ‘They . thought it was the storms and they phoned in and said they were off . supply. So we went there for nothing really... There was nothing wrong . with their mains.’ Mr . Cameron’s house had been suffering from a leaky roof, and water was seen . around the fusebox, reported the Sunday Mirror. An SSE spokesman insisted the politician did not . receive preferential treatment because of his status - and the visit was not to the detriment of any other customers who may have been without power. Problems: Trains travel slowly over flooded tracks in Oxford on January 8, as heavy rain poured across Britain . Response: The callout to the Prime Minister's home in Chipping Norton (pictured) happened as workmen battled to restore electricity to 11,000 houses in Oxfordshire during the severe storms earlier this month . High winds over Christmas also left 250,000 homes without power, with some families waiting days for the electricity to be restored - something criticised as ‘not acceptable’ by Mr Cameron. 'We could have been employed on better things but we got called out to a property where the trip had gone that they obviously hadn’t checked properly' Alan Paton, SSE engineer . The SSE spokesman told MailOnline: ‘The Prime Minister did not receive any preferential treatment when we attended his property. 'And further, this visit was not to the detriment of any other customers who may have been without power. To suggest otherwise would be absolutely false.' A Number 10 spokesman told the Sunday Mirror: ‘The power went down because there was a leaky roof. There was water around the fusebox. The engineers came to fix it, which they did.’ Mr Cameron told The Sunday Times of the power cut: ‘I couldn't work out what it was. The power went off just before the end of The Sound of Music. But I know what happens, so it's all right.’
Engineers have told how they were sent to David Cameron’s house on New Year’s Day to fix his Prime Minister’s home in Chipping Norton happened 11,000 houses in Oxfordshire during the severe Kirtlington, a village 17 miles away. Power cut: had been suffering from a leaky roof, and water was seen . around the fusebox, reported the workmen battled to restore electricity to 11,000