nightmare at 5am

[murraymints]

was woken up yesterday at 5am to a huge crashing noise...the ceiling in my spare bedroom had come down along with a huge amount of water......the central heating pipe had somehow corroded....have spent the last 36 hours trying to get some order...ripped up and disposed of carpet..also matress , bed clothes etc...what a mess... waiting for a chappie to call tonight with an estimate for insurance..do not expect things to be back to normal until the new year now....Never had to deal with the like before..am I being pessamistic in not expecting much 'till after New year..or will it move quicker...?... Must admit I had a bit of a bawl yesterday morning when it happened..have quite enough to deal with at Xmas without this hassle....woe is me....

[Sqad]

Come on back to bed and let's deal with it in an adult manner!

[mccfluff]

nightmare at 16.16pm ^^^^^

[murraymints]

Sqad... I was nearly on my way to the airport yesterday when it happened.....get the sangria out.....

[redcrx]

have you notified the insurers and did they agree that the matress, carpet etc could be disposed of without them seeing it?
you could be lucky enough to get it all agreed straight away and then your only wait will be for the work to be done. The weather is quite mild at the moment still so i doubt the insurers have a huge backlog to deal with.
What a scare though, no wonder you had a good cry, hopefully itll be sorted with minimal fuss

[murraymints]

Red...yes I had to explain to insurers that the room had to be stripped as there was so much residual water lying, the floor was in danger of falling through to the down stairs....Was told to take photos...have the windows open and with a gale blowing through from the attic I hope it will dry out quite quickly....hope to get all quotes sent off by weekend....

[Prudie]

Poor you murray, that really is a nightmare especially at this time of year when it's cold and the dreaded Xmas coming. I'd have howled buckets. Only saving grace I suppose is it didn't come down on you in your bedroom.

[rsvp]

can't do much to help except to say 'poor you' - hope it gets sorted soon.

[Old_Geezer]

Spare bedroom ? Look at it this way, could have been a lot worse.

I can only guess but it seems to me if the insurers 'get their skates on' to estimate the claim, then you would be free to find the tradesman of your choice fairly quickly. Urgent jobs do tend to cost though, and the problem is that it may be the less well recommended that has time to drop everything and get yours done.

Unsure if you were expecting to put guests up in that room over Xmas, but my preference would be to shut the door on it, and get it done on a normal timetable rather than rush it.

[daisya]

How horrendous...feel so sorry for you with all the mess and then having to do the clear up and sorting out. Hope it won't be too long before you can get it all sorted and renewed soonest.

[bushbaby_de]

When this happened to us the insurance company sent the loss adjusters round the same day and they bought loads of big dehumidifiers and heaters with them to help dry it out. I seem to recall getting a cheque for the damaged items about 10 days later and I got to keep all the heaters and stuff for a month to make sure it was properly dried out. They organised the new carpets for about 6 weeks after the flood I think.

[murraymints]

waitng for carpet people to give me their quote..then can get on with it..bad time of year to get things done though...if I can at least get the hole repaired then the decoration etc can wait 'till after holiday time..have a force 8 gale blowing through house from the attic....Thanks for your kind words of comfort...ok about it now...s***e happens....

[murraymints]

UPDATE....hole repaired ..room redecorated...waiting for carpet to be delivered and fitted..hopefully by the end of this week...then I can get my main bedroom back to order as it is currently piled with stuff from affected room..hate living in a guddle....

[murraymints]

and... I intend tossing out lots of "stuff" that I really don't need...this calamity has been a lesson to me that I horde too much ..just in case..but have not really the room to do so !!!