My world just came crumbling down!

**William** · 02-03-2010, 09:10 PM

Well the truth perhaps isn’t as serious as the title might indicate but a big part of the inner ceiling (1/4 inch thin concrete sheets) in the house we rent did just fall down on my GF and myself. We are both fine but the dog got a few cuts and bruises and is bleeding a bit. (not to mention is quite shocked)

Hopefully the landlord can get someone over rather quick to look over the integrity of the rest of the ceiling (looks good but…) and fix the broken parts. Otherwise we might have to sleep in another room for a while and since most rooms are occupied by animals of some sort that would be less than ideal.

**Northernguy** · 02-03-2010, 09:13 PM

Ouch!
That would have been a shock! Glad everyone is alright.
The pup may need some comforting for a while.Glad nothing is broken.

**Rhaethe** · 02-03-2010, 09:13 PM

Oh goodness.

Am sorry that happened, but glad everyone is ok!

**Lukenasia** · 02-03-2010, 09:15 PM

Oh dear William! Its good to hear that you and your GF and the dog is ok, thats the most important thing! Did it directly fall on you or did just part of it fall on you all. Hope the dog gets patched up pretty soon.

**Rue** · 02-03-2010, 09:16 PM

Glad you're both okay! Poor puppy though! I hope he doesn't end up with a 'fear of ceilings' issue...

That sucks...it's rare for ceilings to fall in...

**korith** · 02-03-2010, 09:20 PM

Lucked out no one was hurt seriously. If the ceiling had been made out of plaster or something thicker would not have been good. Was it an old ceiling or moisture buildup that brought it down? May want to take a broomstick and rattle the ceilings in the other rooms, just to make sure they are on tight.

**William** · 02-03-2010, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by korith

Lucked out no one was hurt seriously. If the ceiling had been made out of plaster or something thicker would not have been good. Was it an old ceiling or moisture buildup that brought it down? May want to take a broomstick and rattle the ceilings in the other rooms, just to make sure they are on tight.

Those sheets are heavy enough but yes, it could have been worse. I don´t know what happened except for it being a really shitty job by the contractor they used. Now when I can look at the rest of the ceiling from the broken part I can see that much. What happens seems to be that it came loose from the concrete in one corner and than the shitty job did the rest. It has been really stormy that last few days which might have started the whole thing.

Originally Posted by Lukenasia

Oh dear William! Its good to hear that you and your GF and the dog is ok, thats the most important thing! Did it directly fall on you or did just part of it fall on you all. Hope the dog gets patched up pretty soon.

It fell directly on me, luckily I was rather alert so I was able to catch the sheet with my hands before it hit my head or anything. I even managed to save that sheet. The two other ones hit the floor and broke intoa million pieces.

I am not sure if the dog was hit in the fall or by the pieces after it hit the floor. He is back in the room sleeping so it doesn¨t seem to have been too dramatic even though he did shake for a while.

The kitten didn´t even wake up

**Lukenasia** · 02-03-2010, 09:35 PM

Originally Posted by William

He is back in the room sleeping so it doesn¨t seem to have been too dramatic even though he did shake for a while.

The kitten didn´t even wake up

Good news that the dog hasn't beed too truamatised by it :)

And typical cat, they'd be running out the room quicker than the I could see if it happened anywhere near it. It still has all 9 of its lives then, maybe thats why it didn't care, it knew it had all of them left

**Rue** · 02-03-2010, 09:41 PM

LOL...and yup...that's a cat for you...

**Aeonflame** · 02-03-2010, 09:44 PM

Oh man. Im not sure how they construct houses there, but that is a terrible job. Im glad noone was seriously hurt and none of your tanks were in the way