Df damaged expensive flooring

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Df has burnt my garden decking. Aibu to be quite upset? Have said he will sort and pay but I know it will take months.

How did it happen?

Father, friend or fiance?

Why will it take months?

He's said he'll sort and pay, if the reason it will take months is down to him, tell him you'll sort it and he can pay.

Ariawyn Presumably because "DF" can't afford to pay it all at once. It's obvious.

With the little bit of information you've given I think YANU to be upset but there isn't really anything you can do about it. DF can't afford (I'm guessing) to buy you new furniture at the moment so all you can do really is suck it up!

I thought it would take months because they'd have to get professionals in to fix it, and they are busy this time of year.

Not because whoever this F person is couldn't afford to pay.

YANBU to be upset that your decking is damaged.

We can't tell if you would be reasonable to be annoyed at your F because we don't know how it happened. Was it an understandable accident, or caused by carelessness or deliberately ignoring warnings?

"Expensive flooring" and "garden decking" aren't really the same thing.

In a garden I would say there was more a more reasonable expectation of damage, with BBQs, bad weather, animals and dirt. A little more information in your OP would be helpful!

Claim it off insurance?

but I know it will take months.

Get the money, order the decking from B&Q, and get him to replace it. Sorted in a few days. Or is that just me?

I can't see that unless it was malicious or real stupidity that he should pay. Upsetting that you've paid to make home improvements but garden surfaces get damaged. York stone slabs get cracked, wood is liable to burns or stains, grass dies in patches. It happens.
Do you need to replace it all? Can you not just have the damaged planks replaced? Is the damage really that awful that it doesn't just look weathered?

Can't you put in an insurance claim and DF pay the excess?

How did it happen?

Ask your insurance company if it's covered.

YABU to call decking 'flooring'
But we need a lot more detail on how it happened

I guess it depends whether he accidentally dropped a BBQ coal on it or dowsed it with petrol and torched the lot.

Details needed!

Structural or cosmetic? How extensive are we talking about here?

Decking should be hard wearing.particularly if it was expensive.We need details please, ideally with a diagram.

What a daft AIBU.

In the absence of details, I'm imagining a giant decking bonfire.

Decking isnt flooring and kinda looks cheap (ok my view so im being unreasonable here as its my pet hate as looks so ugly, not good for drainage, wildlife and very slippy when wet 😜) so your friend helping you there however if you damage something df should offer something to help fix it but depends on how damage happened. More details op and photo or diagram or didnt happen.

The whole lot doesn't have to be replaced surely? Just the burnt bit.

diagram or didnt happen

I intend to say this a lot today

London I agree with the fact decking is very slippery, I hate wet decking, I shit myself panicking that I'm going to fall over!