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Car Forum / UK Car Forums / Car Maintenance (UK group) / January 2007Roof Repair
A ridge tile blew off my roof this afternoon and landed on the roof of my 2005 Rover 45 parked on the drive below. Luckily no damage to persons or any other panel on the car - just the roof. My insurance excess is £250 but I suspect the repair cost would be much more than this, so will probably go through the insurance. But as an idea, what sort of costs and are involved here? It's not like a wing for example is it, take off, bolt on... Cheers Paul > A ridge tile blew off my roof this afternoon and landed on the roof of my > 2005 Rover 45 parked on the drive below. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > But as an idea, what sort of costs and are involved here? It's not like a > wing for example is it, take off, bolt on... I reckon the'll write it off. Roof damage usually means a re-shell - and it's not worth re-shelling a Rover 45, even if you could get a new shell for it. Which you can't.  SignatureSteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC # >> A ridge tile blew off my roof this afternoon and landed on the roof >> of my 2005 Rover 45 parked on the drive below. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Roof damage usually means a re-shell - and it's not worth re-shelling > a Rover 45, even if you could get a new shell for it. Which you can't. Check your home insurance - should cover liability for bits of house causing material damage. IIRC some rovers can have a new roof skin fitted. Signature"Get a paper bag" Could you fit a sunroof? get a new shell for it. Which you can't. > Check your home insurance - should cover liability for bits of house > causing material damage. IIRC some rovers can have a new roof skin fitted. Nope - house insurance wouldn't cover the car. And the car insurance company agreed it was them that would deal, not the people who do the buildings. Cheers Paul >>> A ridge tile blew off my roof this afternoon and landed on the roof >>> of my 2005 Rover 45 parked on the drive below. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Check your home insurance - should cover liability for bits of house causing > material damage. IIRC some rovers can have a new roof skin fitted. I've seen an old audi 80 have a new roof skin- in this case to remove a sunroof. There was a hidden join covered with braze and filled on the roof pillars. > I've seen an old audi 80 have a new roof skin- in this case to remove a > sunroof. There was a hidden join covered with braze and filled on the roof > pillars. Just been to repair garage - repair is exactly as you describe. New roof skin, joined under the black strips that run down either side of the roof. 8-10 days for delivery, a week to repair, then we're back on the road. Rgds Paul >A ridge tile blew off my roof this afternoon and landed on the roof of my >2005 Rover 45 parked on the drive below. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Cheers > Paul A body place would charge about 250, the insurance will write it off. You may be able to buy it back and fix it , if you want to. Mrcheerful In news:45afeacb$0$8742$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net, Paul <paul02@katpawmynuts.f9.co.uk> wittered on forthwith; > A ridge tile blew off my roof this afternoon and landed on the roof > of my 2005 Rover 45 parked on the drive below. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > But as an idea, what sort of costs and are involved here? It's not > like a wing for example is it, take off, bolt on... Depends on how bad the damage is, if it's just a dent then it'll be about £150 to fix at local bodyshop, if the roof is knackered then so are you. The fence blew onto my 190E this afternoon, luckily it only broke the aerial. SignaturePete M - Using the Scouse Side of the Force - Golf GTi, Scirocco GT, Mercedes 190E Auto OMF#9 Ok, I admit it, I like Renault 5s. > Depends on how bad the damage is, if it's just a dent then it'll be about > £150 to fix at local bodyshop, if the roof is knackered then so are you. It's rather big - a footlong heavy ridge tile fell on it from the top of the house! And it covers about 2 square foot. Thank God for insurance! Cheers Paul > Thank God for insurance! A rather strange comment, seeing as how they won't insure against "acts of God" :-) Andrew >> Thank God for insurance! > > A rather strange comment, seeing as how they won't insure against "acts of > God" :-) > > Andrew Well, the insurance are sorting it... Paul > they won't insure against "acts of > God" :-) Whose god? SignaturePaul Cummins **FREE** mobile phones, with FREE line rental http://www.gstgroup.co.uk/ >> they won't insure against "acts of >> God" :-) > > Whose god? I wonder how a theoretical agnostic insurance company would cope? :-) SignatureTunku "end user" v. A command regrettably not implemented in most systems. |
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