Need To Vent For A Minute

[glockanator]

So long story short since I live in an apartment I have to leave all my leather stuff and my dad's place. Yesterday after having a to take my wife to the hospital to have a CT scan on a mass she has I find out my dad's basement flooded. I have all the leather (about 6 hides) in a box rolled under a window. Well you guessed it that is right where the water from the neighbors sprinkler box poured in. I am not sure about other states but herr they put a little fertilizer in the landscape water. I haven't seen the hides since they dried out but I am pretty sure they will not be able to use for the projects I had lined up to do.

[Thor]

You're probably talking about veg tan leather not chrome tan, right? Not exactly sure, but there are ways of cleaning them, unfortunately none of them are without chemicals. At least not the ones I know.

Good luck and I'm feeling with you.

[dirkba]

Glockanator,

I am not sure where in the world you are from?

South Africa is deemed a third world country, but we keep up with modern trends - such as insurance!

If it was my "loss" I would surely contact my insurer and submit a claim for "water damage" - most policies have this section as a standard clause of cover.

Trust this will be the remedy to your problem.

[TexasJack]

You might put some Listerine (or knockoff brand) on them to keep mold from forming. They do get wet during manufacture, so you may be able to salvage.

[DoubleC]

Posted Today, 04:21 AM

Glockanator,

I am not sure where in the world you are from?

South Africa is deemed a third world country, but we keep up with modern trends - such as insurance!

If it was my "loss" I would surely contact my insurer and submit a claim for "water damage" - most policies have this section as a standard clause of cover.

Trust this will be the remedy to your problem.

Dirkba I don't know where YOUR from if you don't realize South Africa is White, Affluent, and Cosmopolitan. I don' think you answer was appropriate to someone who'd lost lost that kind of money, but I'm sure to you that's nothing. Cheryl

[leatherwytch]

Most insurance policies will not cover that loss unless it is a foundation leak. Then if you can get an insurance company to cover that on home owners insurance it means an expensive rider has to be initiated. He would not be able to put that on his leather in his fathers house. His father would have to have that policy and that rider which is not easy to get.

[Thor]

Dirkba I don't know where YOUR from if you don't realize South Africa is White, Affluent, and Cosmopolitan. I don' think you answer was appropriate to someone who'd lost lost that kind of money, but I'm sure to you that's nothing. Cheryl

Chery, I was keeping my mouth shut...

The comment was nonsense, but for the fact that insurances cover a lot and sometimes even stupidity - but leaving the window open and having water of the neighbors sprinkler coming in is neither stupidity nor that kind of water damage which would be protected by insurances.

First off, the neighbor caused the damage due to negligence. Don't think he did that on purpose... That's what liability insurances are for, not household or whatever coverage. But I'm sure in South Africa you can be covered for almost anything. Good thing they don't ask for huge premiums.

Oh I forgot, claiming it to the insurance doesn't solve the problem.

[DoubleC]

Thor I'm glad you didn't keep your mouth shut. You are absolutely right. The neighbor is at fault and fault nor money will cure the problem. The man lost his working materials and will be unable to work until he can afford to replace them. Cheryl

[dirkba]

Glockanator,

I am not sure where in the world you are from?

South Africa is deemed a third world country, but we keep up with modern trends - such as insurance!

If it was my "loss" I would surely contact my insurer and submit a claim for "water damage" - most policies have this section as a standard clause of cover.

Trust this will be the remedy to your problem.

Thor & Cheryl - why the animosity -??

My insurance does cover another persons' stupidity....for whatever negligence - specifically WATER DAMAGE. The co payment to such a claim would be a mere $25, but the "loss" in terms of the hides far exceed that.

Not knowing where Glockanator resides (he has not indicated it in his profile) and assuming that insurance might differ from country to country I was upfront in stating that being a SA resident one could recover the financial loss sufferd. Most people tend to overlook the obvious remedy.

His statement "I haven't seen the hides since they dried out but I am pretty sure they will not be able to use for the projects I had lined up to do." led me to believe there was no way of salvaging the hides for further use.

So contrary to your personal attack Cheryl "....but I'm sure to you that's nothing" I DO FEEL FOR MY FELLOW LEATHER WORKER!! No matter where in the world he or she may be.

[glockanator]

The flood was caused by a neighbors sprinkler system. Yes the insurance will cover "some" things but I am not holding my breath on them replacing the sides of veg tan. I finally got a good look at the pieces last night and I could still use them for small projects but not for what they were intended for. The water stains all go at a diagonal across the leather.