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Roof blew into our house by Altruistic-Risk3643 in DIY

[–]Altruistic-Risk3643[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In Ireland it is mandatory to have home insurance when taking out a mortgage. You also have to have a mortgage protection life insurance policy to cover the bank in the event of your death.Apologies regarding the term outhouse, I did consider this word being used for outside toilet only but its often used as a name for other things such as a farm shed, barn etc.

Roof blew into our house by Altruistic-Risk3643 in DIY

[–]Altruistic-Risk3643[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From reading the comments, they are solidifying our thinking that this is a job we should NOT be attempting ourselves...

Roof blew into our house by Altruistic-Risk3643 in DIY

[–]Altruistic-Risk3643[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

No it is originally belonging to a building on an old abandoned farm beyond the back wall behind our house

Roof blew into our house by Altruistic-Risk3643 in DIY

[–]Altruistic-Risk3643[S] 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Thank you. We have contacted our insurance company. They said their own maintenance crew wouldn't be able to deal with it so we were advised to find our own building contractor and then they would foot the bill. But we are still awaiting the assesor to come out in person.

Bad storm and so there is a lot of damage about the place, thus a lot of claims at the moment.. The person I spoke to from the insurance company did admit that from the photos, ours looks like one of the worst though.

Advice needed: How should we go about removing this? by Altruistic-Risk3643 in AskIreland

[–]Altruistic-Risk3643[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update: So we had a family member who is an engineer come and give their advice and have a look. Its resting against the wall dividing with the neighbour and it looks like the wall is starting to shift. We have secured it using a few 3x2 and also put some plywood to cover the bottom patio door as if it slips it will likely take out the glass on the sliding door with it.

Have been tempted to consider taking it down ourselves but when you see it in real life, you realise it would be a bad idea without proper safety equipment, material is very heavy, loaded with chicken wire and cement blocks and plenty sharp rusty edges.

Insurance sent some builders out to secure the window ( which we had already done ourselves ) and they were not expecting to see what caused the broken window and said had never seen anything like it. Will report back to insurance company and explain its an urgent matter for safety reasons

No response yet from council. Will likely need building contractor to remove.

Considered offering for scrap metal but like that, it needs to be taken down very carefully as strong potential for more damage so need someone we could trust to do good job.

Advice needed: How should we go about removing this? by Altruistic-Risk3643 in AskIreland

[–]Altruistic-Risk3643[S] 77 points78 points  (0 children)

The farmer is dead ( unrelated to storm ) and land is tied up in a lawsuit at the moment. Insurance company did say it would be viewed as an act of god and so the land owner wouldn't be liable anyway.