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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: TheBoy on 14 July 2013, 22:16:16
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I thought I'd said here, but it was only in the admin area.
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Was that your garage?......... :o :o :o
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Garage gone, TBE damaged .. but of utmost importance, you and Mrs TB unscathed. Bricks, mortar, metal and glass can all be replaced by you and Mrs TB are irreplaceable.
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Glad your all ok , just read the full story :y
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Crikey - Glad you are all unhurt.
As Entwood says, despite the affection we can have for material things, they can almost always be replaced or indeed bettered. :y
Any idea on what started the fire, or was it the BBQ itself?
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:o Bloody hell!
Glad everyone ok :y Obviously alot to be said for having a separate garage :-\
Any thoughts as to the cause? Or was it really the hamster?
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I'm a tad cautious posting this as a link has already been deleted, and I don't know what it was or why it was deleted .. so I hope I'm not treading on any toes .. If I do please accept my apologies ...
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A little more on the story that first was pushed out as :
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to which we add the picture TB has put up of the damage to TBE .. :(
Very little good to say .. BUT I repeat my assertion ... no-one, especially TB and family, got hurt .... annoyed, upset etc etc .. yup .. but it could have been very much worse ... lets be bloody thankful it wasn't.
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I initially thought the link was deleted because the road name is contained within, but anyone can search for the article posted by TB's picture, so now I'm not so sure. :-\
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What's said in the press does not match what happened in my opinion, nor do the locals agree. But as above everyone is ok which is main thing. It could very easily have been very nasty!
TBE was hit badly, but today we started it on the road to recovery :y
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I'm a tad cautious posting this as a link has already been deleted, and I don't know what it was or why it was deleted .. so I hope I'm not treading on any toes .. If I do please accept my apologies ...
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A little more on the story that first was pushed out as :
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to which we add the picture TB has put up of the damage to TBE .. :(
Very little good to say .. BUT I repeat my assertion ... no-one, especially TB and family, got hurt .... annoyed, upset etc etc .. yup .. but it could have been very much worse ... lets be bloody thankful it wasn't.
TB deleted the link for privacy reasons, which I respect. :y
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Yup . now understand why and expect my post to also be deleted .. apologies .. :(
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Yup . now understand why and expect my post to also be deleted .. apologies .. :(
Can you still modify it?
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Timed out by the look of it :-\ think you only get 10 mins or so...
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Oh wow sorry to see that and glad everybody is safe and well.
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I told him to dispose of that pile of air bags. :o
But so lucky nobody was hurt. Including the neighbours, and pets. Bloody hell TB, you don't do anything by halves. ;D
Contents are bound to out weigh insurance cover for garage contents I guess?
Although a good oppertunity for a long garage extension maybe? :-\
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Nice to see Kevin Wood coming to the rescue with his trusty broom! ;) ;D ;D :y
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Contents are bound to out weigh insurance cover for garage contents I guess?
I think, if I were in his boots, I would still be trying to figure out what I'd lost. :'(
Although a good oppertunity for a long garage extension maybe? :-\
Who knows? He might even have gained a pit below that lot. :y
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Jeez :o
Glad everyone is ok :y
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blooming heck J , that's terrifying.... glad to know you and mrsTB okay..... but ........
WTF??????????????
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Contents are bound to out weigh insurance cover for garage contents I guess?
I think, if I were in his boots, I would still be trying to figure out what I'd lost. :'(
Although a good oppertunity for a long garage extension maybe? :-\
Who knows? He might even have gained a pit below that lot. :y
Yes they'll want proof of purchase of every bloody thing no doubt. That old one. Although there must be a few spanners knocking around the place?
And a pit. Ideal. Every cloud. :y
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I can't believe how little is left, given it was rammed full of stuff with barely room to walk down the middle, last I saw of it. :o
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Good grief! So glad everyone is ok. That will take some sorting out.
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:o :o Oh my goodness.
Glad you are all OK. :y Considering that I have seen your garage, I am shocked at what little is left. :o
Just holler if I can be of any help at any point.
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Ouch,glad you are all ok,the rest can be sorted :y
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CHRIST :o :o :o
Just glad everyone is ok :o :o :o
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WOW :o - Glad everyone is OK Jaime. All that is going to be a hassle to sort out.
There wasn't a power sounder in there somewhere was there ::)
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Having been a frequent guest to that former garage, it is truly staggering not only at the damage but at tools/items/hardware which no longer exist. :o
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Looks as though it was fortunate it happened early doors.... :-\
If it had happened a few hours later while you were digging around for the spare crank sensor...... :o :o :o
Lucky! :y Glad you're all safe! :)
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blimey :o
Glad you and Mrs TB are ok. I bet a fair few old chicken tikkas were dislodged from you during that ;D
A good excuse for a garage remodel :y
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Having been a frequent guest to that former garage, it is truly staggering not only at the damage but at tools/items/hardware which no longer exist. :o
Where's the bike? No sign of it in the pic. :o
Without giving away too much info, but I think most people know about that.
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Having been a frequent guest to that former garage, it is truly staggering not only at the damage but at tools/items/hardware which no longer exist. :o
Where's the bike? No sign of it in the pic. :o
Without giving away too much info, but I think most people know about that.
You can see the exhaust, the swing arm with chain sprocket, the fuel tank is intact (although burnt to a crisp) :o ???
yet no signs of the forks or any bodwork what so ever :o :o
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For those that read the online articles from the 3 local rags (all are the same rag, but with different houses for sale ;D), I'd point out that most of what was written is crap - cause, sequence of events, conclusions - so don't read too much in to it.
I think its begun to sink in how much of a bloody miracle it is that nobody was hurt or killed. The force of the explosion sent the garage door (the one in the pic isn't mine) onto the roof of the car on the driveway opposite my house, probably 70' away? :o. Mrs TB would have been on the driveway less than 2 or 3 minutes earlier, and my neighbour was in his garage (they were joined - his is the bit with the studwork still standing) just 5 minutes previously. Those that have been to my house will know that there are always people walking up and down, as its a real community here, people always in each others houses.
There was a definate moment, before the Fire brigade turned up, that I thought the house was gone. Its taken a hell of a beating, but stands.
An Englishman's home is his castle, and my castle remains standing - albeit with the battlements severely damaged - so I can say that I can keep the British stiff upper lip, and soldier on, unphased and unmoved by the incident. Esp as. miraculously, unbelievably, nobody was hurt. To paraphrase Hotel21's private comments, flesh and bones are more difficult to replace.
Thanks for all the messages, public, private and mobile. They were all reassuring after a long 10 days (broken nose, ribs, returning from holiday 3 people down, then this). A very sincere Thank You to you all.
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Jaime, please be careful. This was quite a serious event and tbh, it would have knocked shite out of me, emotionally. There is still time for you to start feeling the effects of this, so keep an eye on yourself and the wife, if you know what I mean.
Keep your chins up, mate. :)
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Yep Jaime take care - just glad that everyone's ok and nobody was hurt.
Thats some bang to blow a garage door 70' :o
As said bricks & mortar and glass & metal can always be replaced.
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Wtf went off to cause that big a bang ???,glad you are all ok though,must have been bloody frightening :-\
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I am very very sorry to find out that this was your garage Jaime, and now feel very guilty that I was frustrated that OOF was down. Best wishes and PM inbound. :y :y :y
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Jaime, please be careful. This was quite a serious event and tbh, it would have knocked shite out of me, emotionally. There is still time for you to start feeling the effects of this, so keep an eye on yourself and the wife, if you know what I mean.
Nah, tried being emotional once, ended up crying. Gay, I know....
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So... Is Twiglet in charge of the Garage reconstruction then?
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I think its begun to sink in how much of a bloody miracle it is that nobody was hurt or killed. The force of the explosion sent the garage door (the one in the pic isn't mine) onto the roof of the car on the driveway opposite my house, probably 70' away? :o. Mrs TB would have been on the driveway less than 2 or 3 minutes earlier, and my neighbour was in his garage (they were joined - his is the bit with the studwork still standing) just 5 minutes previously. Those that have been to my house will know that there are always people walking up and down, as its a real community here, people always in each others houses.
Crikey! and no sign of anything wrong? :o
I don't know why, but I'd imagined the explosion happening once the fire was well advanced but clearly not. Probably because I believed the BS in the paper. ::)
A miracle indeed that nobody was hurt.
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It was the magic trees honest ;) :D
If you need any help mate with anything,just give us a shout :y
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Christ! There's nothing I can say that hasn't already been said, except thank Heavens everyone is whole, hale & hearty and you're making a very brave fist of it TB :y
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Agreed. :y
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Christ, glad you're all ok Jaime.
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Christ! There's nothing I can say that hasn't already been said, except thank Heavens everyone is whole, hale & hearty and you're making a very brave fist of it TB :y
+1 TB :o :o :o :o
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Sorry to see what has happened and the devastation to the garages, houses and cars. Just glad you, your family and neighbours are all okay. As STEMO has said, this may take time to sink in and emotionally recover from, it is easy to soldier thinking you are all right, when in fact your not, as it has hit you much harder than you realise.
When we store things like I've got two gas bottles for a camping gas fridge and camping cooker in my shed, along with a 10l petrol can for my motor mower and two 5l cans of petrol each with different two stroke oil ratios for my chainsaw and hedge cutter and you don't think of the possible consequences when things go wrong. :o :o :o :o
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Sorry to see what has happened and the devastation to the garages, houses and cars. Just glad you, your family and neighbours are all okay. As STEMO has said, this may take time to sink in and emotionally recover from, it is easy to soldier thinking you are all right, when in fact your not, as it has hit you much harder than you realise.
When we store things like I've got two gas bottles for a camping gas fridge and camping cooker in my shed, along with a 10l petrol can for my motor mower and two 5l cans of petrol each with different two stroke oil ratios for my chainsaw and hedge cutter and you don't think of the possible consequences when things go wrong. :o :o :o :o
It's made me think about some of the things I've kept in there in the past. My garage is attached to the house, and the loft where stuff tends to get dumped the other side of a wall from our bed. Gas cylinders, car batteries, cans of fuel, a shedload of timber. A gas pipe runs the length of the garage roof too.
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surely though, if we complied with the commercial hse regs, all our batteries would be in one secure area, our fuel/oils etc in another, gas cylinders in another, we would all be safer, however it would take so long to get to anything we should never complete the task outstanding !. my abject sympathies go out to TB and family as it must have been and probably still is a most shocking and bewildering time.
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We had the fire brigade come round to fit free fire alarms. (Yes they do that you know) They insist on checking the rest of the house for fire risks and of course, they're straight into the garage and shed.
They noted I had a lockable metal cabinate, but said I had it arse backwards. ??
I should take the power tools out of the cabinet, and take ALL the chemicals, oils, aerosols, cleaning products, fuel cans and anything flammable off the shelves and put those in the metal cabinet instead.
Seals them away from spark and external heat sources. And if they leak, they are contained I guess.
I haven't done it. :-[
Might be worth a call to Fire prevention for the rest of us ?
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Yeah, tend to keep my cans of paint, carb cleaner, grease, oil, brake fluid, etc. in the bottom of my metal cabinet, not through design, admittedly, but that's where they ended up. If I
could shut the door on the cabinet I guess it would help. ::)
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We had the fire brigade come round to fit free fire alarms. (Yes they do that you know) They insist on checking the rest of the house for fire risks and of course, they're straight into the garage and shed.
They noted I had a lockable metal cabinate, but said I had it arse backwards. ??
I should take the power tools out of the cabinet, and take ALL the chemicals, oils, aerosols, cleaning products, fuel cans and anything flammable off the shelves and put those in the metal cabinet instead.
Seals them away from spark and external heat sources. And if they leak, they are contained I guess.
I haven't done it. :-[
Might be worth a call to Fire prevention for the rest of us ?
Got to admit, after reading what has happened to Jaime and his family I had a good look round my shed this morning.
No details BUT lets just say that a few changes needed in there :-[ :-[
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My shed is a tip, but it's well away from the house. It's nearer next doors house, and I don't like them. ::)
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My shed is a tip, but it's well away from the house. It's nearer next doors house, and I don't like them. ::)
Mine is ............. but being a council house, my shed is a shed /coal house knocked into one with a reinforced concrete roof between them.
The passage is blocked up front and back.
IF anything went pop, the pressure would have only 2 wooden doors to get threw before the flame front hit the interior of my home. :'(
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aerosols
I'm told I'm storing some of my (now empty) ones in a garden about 4 doors down :-[
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Thank goodness you and mrs. b are ok. That looks scary :o
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aerosols
I'm told I'm storing some of my (now empty) ones in a garden about 4 doors down :-[
Thought I was being quoted on spelling again for a minute. ;D
I bet the back field and general surrounding area are worth a search for tools, if nothing else. Spanners don't just disappear there must be some around surely? :o
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aerosols
I'm told I'm storing some of my (now empty) ones in a garden about 4 doors down :-[
Thought I was being quoted on spelling again for a minute. ;D
I bet the back field and general surrounding area are worth a search for tools, if nothing else. Spanners don't just disappear there must be some around surely? :o
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NASA has just published this! :o ;D
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And this just in from the neighbours, who are out with metal detectors doing their bit to help! ;);D
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Any suggestion as to the heat of the fire? Aluminium is liquid by about 700°c, steel isn't too much above that :-\
Might be worth aquiring a metal detector and scouring gardens/hedges/fields within a couple of hundred feet :-\
But tools might also be hidden by melted plastic/debris etc, so sift carefully and methodically, you never know what might turn up :y
I know it's been said before, but it's worth repeating...
Stuff is generally replaceable or reparable, but people aren't, so no matter how shitty this episode is, it could have been a whole lot worse. But it wasn't and that's what's important :y
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As others have said, glad everyone is OK, do we know what happened / caused this?..... :o :o
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I'm sure we will find out in the fullness of time, but it is no doubt the subject of a police or insurance investigation at the moment, so probably best not to speculate. :y
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I'm sure we will find out in the fullness of time, but it is no doubt the subject of a police or insurance investigation at the moment, so probably best not to speculate. :y
Oh right, not just a simple accident, time will tell then...... ;) ;)
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I'm sure we will find out in the fullness of time, but it is no doubt the subject of a police or insurance investigation at the moment, so probably best not to speculate. :y
Oh right, not just a simple accident, time will tell then...... ;) ;)
I am not suggesting anything, as I know nothing about the incident other than gleaned from OOF, merely that, at the very least, the insurers will wish to know what the cause was. Also, if damage is caused to people or property, I believe the police generally take an interest until the cause can be ascertained as 'not suspicious'. :y
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Chuffing hell, I skipped this thread when I got home the other day and only just read it - glad to read you are all OK up there, TB et al, and as everyone says material things can be replaced..
Though I'm sure that doesn't help at all, really. Hopefully you can get everything sorted out as quickly and painlessly as possible. I pass Brackley area fairly often so let me know if there's anything I can do to help!
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Not to make light of the situation, and I am glad no-one was hurt.
NASA has just published this! :o ;D
http://i863.photobucket.com/albums/ab197/philrich1064/Spanner01_zps04115812.gif
Since you mentioned merkians,
cos the roof beams fell in, there may be a "spar mangled spanner" in all that.
I've got me coat...
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Bloody Hell Jaime!!!
As I was using my phone the past few days to browse OOF I didn't see the attached pictures! You've certainly made a mess of your garage. But as said by others, glad you're both still here to tell the tale.
I suppose my garage isn't much better from a HSE point of view! :-[
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Bloody Hell Jaime!!!
As I was using my phone the past few days to browse OOF I didn't see the attached pictures! You've certainly made a mess of your garage. But as said by others, glad you're both still here to tell the tale.
I suppose my garage isn't much better from a HSE point of view! :-[
Mine neither, as we have had the gas men here all week, and I now have a 28mm gas pipe through my garage, right past all my mower fuel cans, aerosols etc. I think I need a reshuffle. This is a heads up to all of us I think. :o :o :o ??? ??? ???
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Bloody Hell Jaime!!!
As I was using my phone the past few days to browse OOF I didn't see the attached pictures! You've certainly made a mess of your garage. But as said by others, glad you're both still here to tell the tale.
I suppose my garage isn't much better from a HSE point of view! :-[
Mine neither, as we have had the gas men here all week, and I now have a 28mm gas pipe through my garage, right past all my mower fuel cans, aerosols etc. I think I need a reshuffle. This is a heads up to all of us I think. :o :o :o ??? ??? ???
Absolutely. Well, there's now one less Oxygen cylinder in mine. :-X Fuel moved to shed and I'm working on the pointless collection of cardboard boxes kept because they once had something expensive in.
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and I'm working on the pointless collection of cardboard boxes kept because they once had something expensive in.
May I suggest putting them in the loft of the garage, and then doing something catastrophic?
On reflection, maybe not...
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and I'm working on the pointless collection of cardboard boxes kept because they once had something expensive in.
May I suggest putting them in the loft of the garage, and then doing something catastrophic?
On reflection, maybe not...
Oh, darn, I've just taken them down from there. ::)
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Im going to have a hunt around at work tomorrow to see if theres a spare metal cabinet sitting around that would hold the aerosols etc. which sit on the shelves in my shed. Something like this,definitely makes you think. :y
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Strewth, TB. Sorry to hear this, but as already mentioned the main thing is that you and your good lady are still in one piece.
I've just taken the mower and a can of petrol from the dining room ( it get roasting hot in there) and put it in a safe place. Mrs Opti has been moaning about it for months.
As STMO says, it may hit you hard in a day or two, so don't stress if you suddenly come over all shaky.