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Garden table destroyed in wind

amberose
amberose Posts: 1 Newbie
in Consumer rights
We bought a glass-top table with chairs for our garden from Homebase a few weeks ago. It wasn't cheap and seemed sturdy but imagine our dismay to discover that it has blown over and smashed in the wind this evening. We live in a relatively sheltered spot in Somerset so surely it is not 'fit for purpose' ? Do we have any rights to claim a replacement from Homebase ?
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  • KeithP
    KeithP Posts: 41,296 Forumite
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    amberose wrote: »
    Do we have any rights to claim a replacement from Homebase ?
    No.

    I do not believe Homebase have any control over the wind in your garden.

    You are in the best position to judge whether the table should be moved inside or not.
  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460 Forumite
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    OP, you'd be surprised of just how much damage a strong gust of wind can do. Try your home insurance.
  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    Give me strength oh Lord!
  • lolarentt
    lolarentt Posts: 1,020 Forumite
    Your insurance should pay out - we had a large patio heater complete with gas cylinder blow over and smash the other year and the insurance paid out without any problem
  • Optimist
    Optimist Posts: 4,557 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Hintza wrote: »
    Give me strength oh Lord!


    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."

    Bertrand Russell. British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)
  • moonrakerz
    moonrakerz Posts: 8,650 Forumite
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    Is this a wind up ????
  • POPPYOSCAR
    POPPYOSCAR Posts: 14,902 Forumite
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    We had exactly the same thing happen to us but we did not even consider blaming anyone else other than nature! We Just replaced it and put it down to experience and now move it inside if the weather is bad.
  • Meepster
    Meepster Posts: 5,955 Forumite
    Troll......
    If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands

  • paulinespens
    paulinespens Posts: 253 Forumite
    you could sue god as it was an act of god.
  • cyberbob
    cyberbob Posts: 9,480 Forumite
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    Care in the Community has a lot to answer for.
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