Disaster Strikes! - Take two

[badly_knitted]

Just when we thought things couldn't get any worse - the back boiler on our solid fuel fire is now leaking. All our heating runs off this fire, so now we will have not only a damp house that we've been told will take weeks - if not months - to dry out, but no heating either

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[badly_knitted]

My mum could probably stay with my sister, but she won't so she's sleeping in the only usable bed while I sleep on the floor.

There's just no one willing to help. The insurance company talked about putting us in a hotel if the ceilings needed replacing, but they don't so we're just expected to cope. With no heat and the weather due to turn bitterly cold from tomorrow.

I can barely eat or sleep, so once again I'm losing weight I can't afford to lose - health problems already mean I'm at least a stone underweight for my height at the best of times. =(

I'm just praying next year will be better.

*Hugs* Thanks for the kind thoughts!

[musingwoman2]

Have only just caught up with this. This really sucks. Have you got some heating now? Am aware you are now having to deal with snow? Would your brother have both of you? Then maybe your Mum would go? Not sure where you are in the UK but if its any where near Bucks,I'm sure I could help with something?

[badly_knitted]

Still no heating! Have found someone to replace the fire, they'll start work on wednesday but it's a two day job!

My sister could take one of us, she's got room, but you won't put herself to that kind of trouble. We really don't have anywhere to go - mum's brother in law isn't well so she can't go there. We're busy trying to clear stuff out! I'm exhausted as well as cold, and there's no let up in sight!

We're in Nottinghamshire, so at least it's not snowing here just yet!

[musingwoman2]

Well I hope you don't get the snow like we have have - fun only if you are fit! I'll be thinking of you, I hope it gets better from here.

[badly_knitted]

Piles of stuff have been moved today to our new storage unit - trouble is, it's hardly put a dent in the piles of stuff we've got to shift! We have to clear the lounge by Tuesday night, so we have to find somewhere to put it all! So not fun. I've been lugging boxes all day with barely a sit down since 8 this morning!

If you can send any spare bits of energy you've got, we can use all we can get! I'm shattered!

[ericadawn16]

(hugs)

Anything I can do?

[badly_knitted]

Not really, but thanks for asking!

We're getting fixed - we have a new fire half installed, but now the chimney needs re-lining because I'd been smelling smoke in my room for a while before the fire broke. There'll be another day or two of work, but the new fire looks nice and the workmen are brilliant! There's a new hearth and fireplace too, because the old one was cracked and chipped and basically a mess. Keep your fingers crossed than nothing else goes wrong!

[doves_wing]

Whoa, that's some major suckage all at once. <3 I'm so sorry. Wish I could help! Sending good thoughts though =)

[badly_knitted]

Good thoughts are a big help!

We've been lucky that we found people willing to rip out our old fire and replace it so close to Christmas. They'll be back tomorrow to finish up, but we couldn't have got a better team to sort us out. They've taken everything in their stride from finding out the whole chimney needed re-lining, to finding the only hearth and fire surround available before Christmas as no one was making any more until the new year, to getting a scaffolding crew at a couple of hours notice, to even replacing the chimney pot which turned out to be more than slightly unstable. They've been brilliant!

Pity the insurance company dealing with our claim on the burst pipe aren't being as helpful. We haven't heard anything for nearly a week!

Even when the heating is going properly, it'll take time to warm the house through!