Yesterday ....

Our little "Challenge" group from yesteryear (yestermonth??) has had its fair share of challenges since the heady days of dry months and power walking The silver lining is that we have advice on tap concerning such little-known things as loss assessors.

My own brush with collapsing ceilings was when we had a gas explosion in our street. It wiped out two and a half houses, but we thought ours had escaped, despite the thump we all felt as it was lifted by a giant hand and dropped back down. After a long day, I lay back in a lovely relaxing bubble bath and looked up to see that one side of the bathroom ceiling was descending gently towards me...

I'm donning my tin hat now in case the curse of the challenge group continues

Thank you for the Anya - I've put them next to those from Maggiemaybe

We were recommended a Loss Assessor by our builder/decorator - I had never even heard of one before!!! As you say - he will cost nothing and has already taken some of the weight off us ?

We have now removed all soft furnishings, all wood furniture etc... and there is a flippin' enormous dehumidifier in place. The concern about the floor is that we also have underfloor heating.... and one section of the wall is also recording high levels of humidity. It may well be that some of the water has found its way in there...... ?

Anyway, I have decided that I can't do anything about it now so I am going to try and forget about it... LOL and leave it to those who can fix it!! Luckily we have another room and I am being kept very busy with mum which is probably a good thing right now! No furniture has been damaged as we moved everything just in time (good job as it was a new three piece suite ?) Could be so much worse - mustn't grumble ?

Thank you for your offers of help though - much appreciated ❤️
And well done on the 100 days effort - I'm no alcohol just now but it might not last too long...??

Joggingirl, the same thing happened to us last year only it was a leak from the shower which brought down half the dining room ceiling.

I am still waiting for the plasterer to come a year later. It's sort of become a fixture now My partner wants to see if it leaks again before he commits us to a new ceiling. I'll be trimming it up for Christmas this year if he doesn't get his finger out and sort it !

Our kitchen ceiling fell in due to a leak in the bathroom a couple of years ago. Plaster and rubble everywhere, chipped cupboards and worktops, water cascading down. I hope you get it sorted quickly.

Re-plastered.

Our bathroom wall developed a bulge and the tiles dropped off. Caused by a leak from the en-suite shower room above. The leak had to be located and fixed and the bathroom wall reporters and tiled. Only problem was, we were trying to sell the house at the time. Viewings were a nightmare!

eek! Hope that you were not in there at the time?What a mess. Hope it gets sorted quickly.I know from experience that the thing to do is to get it dried out fast, hope the insurers are helpful.

PS the Loss Assessor costs nothing and will take the weight off you.

Oh no JG I have missed this thread. So, so sorry. I know what it's like yo gave your house in the hands of the insurers. Who are your Loss Adjusters? Do you have your in Loss Assessor? You need the latter and I can recommend a very good one.

If you need any help dealing with them do get in touch. Water, like smoke, gets everywhere.

Well, the news from 'those in the know' is not good. It seems the water has found its way into places we hadn't thought about ? Now it certainly looks as if the oak floor is affected too... current estimation for finish of job - around end August ...? But before that, the rest of the ceiling in that half of the room has to come down too ? We have to hope that our insurers are feeling generous ...?

Dives back under the duvet with and

LOL Maggiemaybe - thank you for the they are lovely! I will put them in the kitchen where I can admire them.... We are lucky enough to have another sitting room so all is not lost! And there is always ?

We have the builder/decorator and an assessor coming in on Monday so it's moving on...

Hope your carpets and sofa are smelling sweet today and are soon dry enough to sit on

Oh blimey, jg, what have you gone and done now?! And here's me feeling harrassed because we had our sofas and carpet cleaned yesterday and can't use our front room today (at least we've got one!). Here are some to sit atop the rubble. Hope you get it all sorted out very quickly. I am at the thought of you and DH heaving furniture about as the sky was falling down, but well done, both of you.

We had a switch fitted next to the sink y ears ago-like a stop gap but so much easier to use and quite cheap to install too.
So when you go out you at least switch the water off.
Yes I know, stable door and horses!
Do hope you get sorted soon, so glad insurance is ok?

Just crawling out from under the duvet, thank you all for the cakes, tea and sympathy - although they've made a terrible mess of the bed ??

Insurance is up to date thank goodness. We had literally a few minutes before the ceiling caved in and managed to move the rugs and the brand new three piece suite just before it all fell! DH was standing close by and is a little bruised and battered today but no lasting damage ❤️

We have a builder coming around on Monday afternoon so the ball is rolling... hope it continues to move at this pace ?

Just off to fetch diva 2 from school - she always makes me smile and you have all helped me to get this whole thing into perspective. It could have been so much worse.
Thank you

What a nightmare - hope you are ok.

I also can feel your pain joggingirl. Same thing happened to us a few years back, it was fine when we went out but a waterfall when we returned. I narrowly avoided an electric shock as my instinct was to put on the light to see, bad plan as the switch was running with water. How silly was that? . Really scary but the insurers brought in three of those huge dehumidifies, dried us out, put in a new ceiling and several new carpets. All was well than ended well but it was both stressful and worrying in the beginning. It will be sorted, honestly. Hope the phone is working under the duvet. and on its way to you.

Oh dear joggingirl feel your pain!
Ours came down during Christmas week a few years ago.
Hopefully you will soon get sorted.
if you can manage it under the duvet.

Jogginggirl

What a mess. I guess it's one of those look for the silver lining times and be glad nobody was hurt but very difficult to do.

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Oh Jogginggirl, what a mess, are you OK? I have a fear of something disastrous happening with the water. When I was living at home, the hot water tank used to be in my bedroom, and used to make peculiar noises. Then when Mum and Dad were staying with us once, she noticed a stain on the ceiling, and when investigated, found that the hot water cylinder had sprung a tiny leak, that when released from it's lagging, shot up like a mini fountain. My clever Dad cut a leather washer and put a self tapping screw into the tank. It held good and tight until the tank was replaced. Hope your insurers are on the job and that the repairs don't take too long

Nightmare. We have had water through the kitchen ceiling from en-suite shower and a couple of weeks ago several radiators sprung leaks and dripped through the music room and kitchen ceilings. The plumber arrived before the ceiling fell down but my ceilings are stained brown now.
I know hoe you feel jogginggirl, you just want to hide under the duvet.

Phone your insurance then crawl back under your duvet and pretend it hasn't happened.

Oh no, what a calamity! We had something similar many years ago when DD, then aged 3, left the bathroom taps on with the plug in. The whole of the back of the upstairs was about an inch deep in water, and it was pouring through all the weak spots in the kitchen/diner ceiling, notably the light fitting . I turned off the electricity and waited for everything to dry out - about 48 hours - and then DH had to replace the ceiling which was seriously bowing in places.
I do hope you manage to get this sorted quickly from under your duvet

When my bath developed a crack, the kitchen ceiling din't quite come down, but all the lighting had to be replaced and the ceiling re-plastered. When my GSs had a bit too much fun in the bath, DS and his partner didn't notice that they were suspiciously quiet. The bath overflowed and the hall ceiling came down, which resulted in a massive insurance claim. My sympathies, jogging. I hope your insurers move fast.