Df damaged expensive flooring

[ilikelampxyz]

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.

Maybe F slipped over when it was wet then burnt it down for revenge! I know I'd be tempted myself!

i was expecting expensive indoor flooring tbh not decking, but that aside it is annoying, how much damage was done, could you replace damaged area or does the whole lot need to be done ?
as pp have said you've not really given enough info tbh for us to say.

i don't like decking either for those reasons pp, but it would be helpful if she got back to us so we can help

echt sorry but i can't help but at that, my ex bil made a BIG show of building decking himself to the point he nearly announced it in the national press, two seasons on and it had fallen in through bad support and wood not being treated, now i hate bad stuff happening to people but it couldn't have happened to a twattier, arrogant person

So are we talking fag burn, coal burn, or the whole lot. if either of the first 2 won't a new plank be all it needs.

@ilikelampxyz need more info

I didn't know you could get expensive decking. And if it's outside it's not flooring IMO.

Decking is not flooring, and surely the whole lot does not need replaced?

We used to have decking and it was a PITA - slippery, dangerous and a lovely little hidey hole underneath for creatures .

I would see this as a good excuse to rip it all up and have something better.

I agree with everyone above. I'm just posting to see if the OP ever comes back with a more detailed explanation ie why is it flooring if it's decking? how much of it was burnt? why can't that one section be replaced?

omg just sand it

BadTasteFlump what's expensive to some isn't to others.

Am imagining the friend had a BBQ or something and burnt a hole!

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?

You must live in a very simple world, what if DF whoever he/she is doesn't have the money, the wood for the decking isn't available in a high street retailer and DF doesn't magically happen to have the skills required.

So, yes, just you who can't see that it's very unlikely to be as easy as that or presumably the OP wouldn't need to post about it.

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

If it was obvious you wouldn't need to presume anything. Modus ponens. Or not, as the case may be.

Sandy I agree with you, so many people seem to just be able to flash the cash and everything is fixed, When I first had my son even £50 seemed like a fortune, now thankfully I'm a bit better off, I would never presume that anyone can easily afford stuff.

Op we need more information in order to comment helpfully. It could be either of these extremes from what you have said

Truly I think it's number 2!

I don't think we'll ever know :(

My biggest bugbear is not knowing who the eff DF is!!!

I love these threads where OP starts with one teeny little bit of vagueness and never comes back - but the thread carries on for days with everybody else making the story up as they go along

Insurance?

I've always wanted decking but this has put me off really.

Honestly troodie I wouldn't have any again.

Even Alan Titchmarsh said he felt bad for encouraging everybody to install it because it's crap (or words to that effect ).

I wouldnt have decking again either. Had a raised deck (about 2 foot off the ground) some years ago when it was the height of fashion according to Ground Force. First winter it was like a skating rink, then some rats thought it would make a nice house underneath. I got rid pdq!