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Lightning hit my house. Update. Need repair man recs
Posted on 9/10/16 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 9/10/16 at 4:01 pm
Anyone here have any experience with this?
So far we have a hole in the roof which we have covered temporarily with a tarp.
Lots of electronics are fried.
One of my a/c units went out.
Kitchen appliances are out.
Homeowners insurance claim has already been started.
I have started calling contractors to come give quotes. This is a headache I really did not need. 2016 can go frick itself.
So far we have a hole in the roof which we have covered temporarily with a tarp.
Lots of electronics are fried.
One of my a/c units went out.
Kitchen appliances are out.
Homeowners insurance claim has already been started.
I have started calling contractors to come give quotes. This is a headache I really did not need. 2016 can go frick itself.
This post was edited on 9/12/16 at 3:06 pm
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Posted on 9/10/16 at 4:04 pm to Who Me
Does blaming the year make you feel better? If so, that's fine.
Posted on 9/10/16 at 4:06 pm to Who Me
Where are you?
Posted on 9/10/16 at 4:06 pm to alajones
St. Amant
Posted on 9/10/16 at 4:09 pm to Who Me
Yep.
Start taking pictures of items fried. Make a spreadsheet with model and serial numbers of all items and prices to replace each. Will also need to know how old each item is...if you have receipts they wanted that from us. We also had to get an electrician over to verify items were fried and had to have it on an invoice from him saying it was caused by lightning strike.
Start taking pictures of items fried. Make a spreadsheet with model and serial numbers of all items and prices to replace each. Will also need to know how old each item is...if you have receipts they wanted that from us. We also had to get an electrician over to verify items were fried and had to have it on an invoice from him saying it was caused by lightning strike.
Posted on 9/10/16 at 4:10 pm to Who Me
Sorry. If in Shreveport I'd give you a good contractor. I've had TWO separate oak trees hit my house during storms.
If AC is out, go to a hotel. Ins will cover. We stayed in Residence Inn for 6 weeks in 2008 after the first tree.
If AC is out, go to a hotel. Ins will cover. We stayed in Residence Inn for 6 weeks in 2008 after the first tree.
Posted on 9/10/16 at 4:11 pm to Who Me
Couldn't have--my wife was here all day
Posted on 9/10/16 at 4:12 pm to tigers21
quote:
Start taking pictures of items fried. Make a spreadsheet with model and serial numbers of all items and prices to replace each. Will also need to know how old each item is...if you have receipts they wanted that from us. We also had to get an electrician over to verify items were fried and had to have it on an invoice from him saying it was caused by lightning strike.
Thank you. This is actually helpful advice.
Posted on 9/10/16 at 4:36 pm to Who Me
So you still have power? Any breakers trip during the hit or now?
Posted on 9/10/16 at 4:42 pm to Who Me
Can we get a pic of the hole in the roof? Sight unseen, a hole in the roof is usually an easy fix and not terribly expensive.
Posted on 9/10/16 at 4:42 pm to Who Me
Lightning hit mine a few weeks ago and I had 4 tv's fried among many other things. I figured they were shot but they're fairly easy to fix yourself or it will run you $125 to $225 per tv if you bring it somewhere. The power supply board most likely took the damage.
This post was edited on 9/10/16 at 4:45 pm
Posted on 9/10/16 at 4:45 pm to Who Me
quote:
Anyone here have any experience with this?
Power surge fried my AC blower circuit panel - pretty sure anyway. Been having intense thunderstorms all summer here. Waiting on replacement part right now - seems to be a shortage of them at the moment.
Posted on 9/10/16 at 5:54 pm to Who Me
A hole in the roof and damaged electronics only? L O L
Signed,
BATON ROUGE
Signed,
BATON ROUGE
Posted on 9/10/16 at 6:07 pm to Who Me
Yes, we got hit by lightning the last week of June.
We lost a lot of electronics but worse it started a fire so we had contractors in the house for almost 4 weeks.
Document and photograph everything. You will need to document the make/model and serial numbers of all electronics. Was a PITA but insurance covered everything.
BTW - sorry to hear this!
We lost a lot of electronics but worse it started a fire so we had contractors in the house for almost 4 weeks.
Document and photograph everything. You will need to document the make/model and serial numbers of all electronics. Was a PITA but insurance covered everything.
BTW - sorry to hear this!
Posted on 9/10/16 at 6:28 pm to Who Me
Lightning has struck my house twice. Both times for months after the incident random things in the house would die due to being severely damaged by the strike but not dying right away.
Both times the air conditioner died 3 months after the strike. The fridge died a month after one and the freezer died a couple months after the other. Also several other things either died anywhere from 2 weeks to 9 months after each strike almost all of them when examined showing signs of having electrical damage.
Anyway good luck hope nothing of yours gets killed by the lightning.
Both times the air conditioner died 3 months after the strike. The fridge died a month after one and the freezer died a couple months after the other. Also several other things either died anywhere from 2 weeks to 9 months after each strike almost all of them when examined showing signs of having electrical damage.
Anyway good luck hope nothing of yours gets killed by the lightning.
Posted on 9/10/16 at 6:33 pm to Who Me
One time I lost the main computer in a recording studio because of this.
That was a horrible day.
That was a horrible day.
Posted on 9/10/16 at 6:35 pm to SEClint
Couldn't drop that new record to sell at the gas station?
Posted on 9/10/16 at 6:40 pm to The7Sins
quote:This!
random things in the house would die due to being severely damaged by the strike but not dying right away. Both times the air conditioner died 3 months after the strike
Keep checking anything that was plugged in -- doesn't have to be turned on at the time of the strike.
Posted on 9/10/16 at 6:41 pm to QuietTiger
Lost power immediately from the strike. Entergy came out.
Was able to reset the breaker outside to restore power.
Inside random electrical outlets have stopped working. A breaker for some kitchen stuff was tripped and won't reset.
Was able to reset the breaker outside to restore power.
Inside random electrical outlets have stopped working. A breaker for some kitchen stuff was tripped and won't reset.
Posted on 9/10/16 at 6:47 pm to LSUDUKE
Yeah but on mine it just fried the HDMI inputs. I thought the tvs were totally busted. 1 was under Costco warranty, 1 old one had more than 1 hdmi board, so one I out survived, but the other 2 tvs are without hdmi
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