Our House Fire

[SergeyP]

@ profdbrk Oh, this is a serious test! Few can handle this. You heroes with damn self-control!
I am glad that you and your loved ones are alive and well!

[neph93]

Amazing, horrifying story. Thank you for sharing. The mere thought of the kind of loss you narrowly avoided is devastating.

[Giles]

Bloody Hell prof…...Thank God all is OKish....

[Graeme]

@profdbrk I'm glad that no-one was hurt and your library escaped unscathed.

[profdbrk]

So here I am standing in the yard, completely dependent on the courage of firefighters to save our home and I'm thinking to myself, "Well, there go those fades on the Iron Hearts that I was working on…"

You may recall the story that when presented a cold cup of tea as the fleet headed into the Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson reproved his steward declaring such an indignity a "catastrophe." When it was pointed out that he'd already suffered the loss an eye and an arm for King and Country, he replied that to be "a minor inconvenience."  I'm going with this one with a tincture of Monty Python's Black Knight: Just a flesh wound.

Thanks to all for you concern.  We have work ahead to do but things could have been far worse.

[Giles]

Amazing…..

[vaquero357]

…floods and fires, equally devastating yet polar opposites. Happy you came out of it ' with just a scratch'!

...Chimney sweep was out in January? What the hell happened? Creosote build up that quick?

[jordanscollected]

Thanks for sharing it was a great read even though the story is painful to hear. looking forward, I fully expect a wood fired pizza oven to be added during the rebuild.

all the best to you as you move forward.

[Oaktavia]

Incredible story, happy to hear no one was hurt. Fascinating that the fire fighters chain sawed parts and kicked the fiery chimney out. It makes sense to do that, like cutting off a bad limb instead of sacrificing an entire body.

A couple buddies of mine's apartment burnt down some years back. I helped them find their belongings in the rubble the next day, and I know exactly that smell you are referring to.

[sabergirl]

Wow, what a catastrophe. I’m so glad to hear you’re all safe and sound. Firefighters are amazing.

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[NorK]

I'm amazed that you seem to be so calm about it. Sure it could have been much worse but I admire your confidence and am sure glad no one got hurt.
The company that swept and checked the chimney must have some responsibility. I heard a lot of horror stories about botched jobs for chimneys.
I know my father does it himslef at my parents home after a bad surprise with a "professionnal" many years ago.