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[turps]

This morning I felt a bit of a damp spot on the carpet when I got out of bed, but thought nothing of it as cats can be grots.

James went to work, I went to tidy up upstairs and found out the ceiling next to the bed had sprung a mega leak, like, full-on waterfall effect with a bulging ceiling. Thankfully, by coincidence, Kayleigh popped in around then and helped me move the bed, which is good as the ceiling has now come in. It's a total mess up there now, a hole in the roof, bed moved, carpet soaking but that's fine, we have emergency insurance.

Except, they sent out a plumber and what the hell he was supposed to do I don't know. James is home now and is on the phone with them now and hopefully, they'll actually send a roofer this time and make it watertight. I hope so as it's supposed to rain again soon.



This morning. That white line you can just see in the middle is a constant flow of water. If you follow me on insta you'll have seen the video which shows it better.



And after the ceiling came in. The ladder is there as the plumber was a star and looked to see if he could see what had caused the leak even though it was obviously not the pipes. He thinks the storms we had a few weeks ago then the constant heavy rains we've had lately have combined to make everything soggy up there and waterlogged and eventually everything just gave.





In conclusion, the excess will be a killer but thank goodness for buildings and contents insurance.

Comments

[spikedluv]

What a pain! I hope they get it fixed soon.

[turps]

I hope so. We're just waiting now for someone to call back and say if they're going to make it watertight tonight.

[pensnest]

Oh lord! That looks horrifying. You did so well to move the bed! I hope it can be settled PRONTO.

[misbegotten]

Oh no! I hope the repairs go quickly.

[quiet1]

Oh what a mess. And getting it taken care of properly will be a right pain, also - they should really send someone in who'll see what of the structure needs to be removed and replaced due to the water damage, and then set up some dehumidifiers and heaters to get everything left properly dried out. When our toilet soaked the sub-floor we had some kind of huge heater/dehumidifier thing in the bathroom for like three days.

[turlough]

Oh no!! What a horrible mess!! I'm keeping everything crossed you'll get it fixed quickly!!

[anotherslashfan]

That's just horrible, hope it gets fixed soon - and that they do a good job of it.

[dine]

oh, that's awful! I'm glad you got the bed moved out of the danger zone

I cannot believe they sent a plumber for what's obviously a roofing situation. I'm sending all sorts of 'quick fix' vibes your way

[bettina]

Oh damn! I hope it can get fixed asap.

[chalcopyrite]

Oh noooo! I hope it can be sorted quickly, many sympathies!!!

[sperrywink]

OMG!! Glad it didn't happen in the middle of the night. What a wake up that would've been!

[gorgeousnerd]

yikes! i hope this gets settled soon!

[onthehill]

Yikes! Hope you can get roofers in quickly!

[frausorge]

Oh no, what a horrendous pain! I have great sympathy for this having had ceiling leaks of my own over the last year (though I never actually had the ceiling give way, my goodness). I hope they can fix it asap and that you have somewhere dry to sleep meanwhile!

[turps]

I remember you saying you had leaks. They're horrible and I don't know about you, but I'm always on edge thinking they'll get worse.

Thankfully Corey's old room still has a double bed in it, so we'll have to camp there for a while I suspect.

[turps]

As of now, it seems the roofers will be here on Thursday to fix things. But hopefully, an emergency waterproofing will happen before then as it's still raining.

[turps]

Oh man, me too. It's such a mess up there.

[turps]

You're so right.

Getting woken by the water would have been bad enough, the ceiling coming down would have been even worse.

[turps]

I hope so.

Someone has just arrived to hopefully make the ceiling safe. But the actual roof repair won't happen until Thursday :(

[turps]

Me too.

Not just because my bedroom looks a mess but because the house just isn't waterproof right now and it's still raining.

[turps]

I'm so pleased Kayleigh was here and we could move the bed. It's a superking size and would have cost a fortune to replace.

But yeah, I still can't believe a plumber was sent out. Even he said if the leak if coming from the roof, which it obviously was, he wouldn't be able to do anything.

[turps]

Thank you.

It looks like the whole ceiling will need to be replaced. I'm so glad we've got insurance.

[turps]

The bedroom looks terrible and has got worse overnight.

The roof repair will happen on Thursday, and that was the first emergency appointment they could get due to the really wet and stormy weather at the moment. But hopefully, it'll be made watertight before that.

[turps]

The insurance loss adjuster is coming on Monday and I'll ask her about drying things out, because I think you're right, it's pointless doing any ceiling repairs until that's dried. Plus, the carpet is sodden.

They should make an emergency repair today, but I can see the whole process lasting a while.

[turps]

I hope so too.

I just want it watertight asap, the rain is making me nervous about more damage.

[turps]

It was so lucky Kayleigh was here and could help me move the bed. It would have been ruined by the ceiling collapsing on it.

Sadly it got worse overnight. But, someone is on their way to hopefully at least make the roof watertight, even just on a temp basis for now.

[raynedanser]

OH NO! What a pain, but hopefully it will be all fixed and cleaned up quickly.

[jacieleigh]

Oh no! Reminds me of when the tornado took off part of my roof and kept raining for the next few hours. Lost the whole ceiling in the master bedroom (and no one here to help me move anything!). I hope they're able to get a tarp or something up on your roof today and get it fixed ASAP. It took over a month for them to repair and replace my roof, until then it was a bit of wood and lots of tarps.

[ephemera]

Oh no - what a mess! Thank goodness it didn't come down on you in the middle of the night, but - ugh! I imagine that's going to take a fair bit of sorting out! (We had to run industrial dehumidifiers for a week+ when I was dealing with the mystery leak - make sure to take meter readings and claim the electric back from the insurance if you end up with something similar!)

[dreamersdare]

Oh my god! At least it happened when you weren't right under it, and you'd managed to move the bed. What a pain in the arse. Hope it all works out well with the insurance

[turps]

A pain in the arse is right.

Thankfully the insurance company have been good so far, including sending pretty much hourly text messages to say they were still looking for roofers on Friday. Loss adjustor today and we'll see then the extent of what needs to go and be fixed.

[turps]

I imagine that's going to take a fair bit of sorting out!

Yeah, it's sinking in now it is going to take a lot of fixing beyond patching the hole in the ceiling and roof. Everything is so damp up there, and making the ceiling safe meant taking out more ceiling so when they do the job for real I suspect the whole thing will have to be replaced.

That's a good tip about electric use for the dehumidifier. I'm noting all these things down when they're mentioned. So, thank you.

[turps]

I remember when you lost your roof. That remains terrifying to think about.

You've read my update but yeah, they couldn't get an actual roofer until Thursday so as of now it's just a patch job and letting the rain come into buckets.

As you know, it's not fun to feel your house isn't secure and weatherproof.

[turps]

It's such a mess, and feels so damp in the bedroom now.

Roll on Thursday when hopefully the roof will be fixed. Though I suspect it'll take a while to get the bedroom put to rights.

[raynedanser]

What a pain. Can you run a fan to help dry things out?

[kat_lair]

oh wow, that sucks royally! Though I did laugh about sending a plumber...

[turps]

I still can't believe they sent a plumber. I don't think he could believe it either as he pointed out there wasn't actually anything he could do to help.