I suspect I may just have been very lucky

That's good news. Our system failed during the weekend. The boiler wouldn't re-light itself, apparently due to the pipes being full of gunk, needing a power flush. The gas man came this morning, following a call yesterday, and they are coming on Thursday to do the job, so we can't complain. In the meantime we have to keep pressing the button.
 
Mine was similar except it wasn't the pipes full of gunk: it was the burner! So I guess realtively simple to sort out. But you still need someone willing to get a jig on. Really nice guy.
 
I shall make no joke about priority being given to the aged and vulnerable.:p

A good local plumber is a rare and valued thing - we are fortunate in that respect but hope we won't need him. Keep warm folks.

CPD is trying to tempt me to join the gathering in Shotley for New Year. Her indoors is half interested in driving up and staying on his boat as she thinks the sail might be a bit cold. Tsk.

(Note to self: get boat heater fixed as fan heater requires leccy).(When you buy diesel they only ask if you have a heater - they don't ask if it works :D)
 
Heating ..

Ours isn't even on .. Its 22c in the kitchen and its been like that most of the evening .. Had the heating on for an hour when I came in a 6pm .. The rest of the house is not bad either .. SWMBO had the gas fire on in the lounge for a couple of hours .. Had the heating on for three hours yesterday evening and the bedroom was so hot we had to kick the duvet off .. Its the first time I have ever lived in a new house :) .. No complaints .. Apart from the crack in the front wall and having to make a gate because the one supplied was 50mm to narrow ..
 
They supplied a gate for the crack in the front wall? Blimey.

That post was nearly a gloat wasn't it. Try living in a 1947 house. There's enough drafts to do a decent beam reach across the living room......

But then you haven't got the wind whistling off the sea around your nethers have you. I learnt to sail on the Trent at Nottingham. Great place to grow up in the 60's
 
Drafty Houses

Yep been there .. Done that .. 1900's Three Story Semi .. Bl**dy Cold .. Boiler the size of a washing machine to try and keep the place warm .. Then 1926 Bungalow with additions .. Just as cold as the first one ..

This morning I woke up nice and warm .. Great .. But the boiler has not been on since 7pm last night .. The wonders of modern building .. :cool:

The gate supplied for the hole in the front wall .. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

It will need one larger than that .. At the moment the builders have had yet another Structural Enginner round to have a look .. The lintel above the front window 2m long has a 10mm bow in the middle . This is pressing on the plastic frame which has now started to deform .. Its going to be a big job to put it right .. Just hope it doesn't fall down before they get round to fixing it .. ;)

Under sized lintel is the problem .. The old one has to be removed and replaced ..

In the meantime though its like a hot house .. :D
 
If we're having an old and draughty house competition then we are running at 20kts under bare poles in our living-room. Late 17th century with an inglenook chimney large enough for Santa to treat as a drive thru. 10mm in 2m sounds like a perfectly straight line to me. That sort of deviation in a trip across to Holland would even necessitate lying about your planned port of arrival. Doesn't your modern house have some flexibility to settle into its environment?
Interestingly the surveyor chappy reckons many of our large structural timbers are old ship's timbers as recycling was big back then and large timber in very short supply. Would explain all the odd holes and mortices cut in seemingly random positions.
 
Old Ships Timbers

I have a business in the centre of Nottingham. The premises were built in 1872 .. They have over the years been inproved .. We did a refit about 10 years ago and removed the beam holding up the front wall . It was 14" x 10" and had definatly been used somewhere else it was suffering from dry rot and you could pull lums of wood out by hand .. Glad we found it and replaced it .. Front and back walls are 9" side walls are single brick .. Brrrrrrrrrr ..
 
exfinnsailor said:
I have a business in the centre of Nottingham. The premises were built in 1872 .. They have over the years been inproved .. We did a refit about 10 years ago and removed the beam holding up the front wall . It was 14" x 10" and had definatly been used somewhere else it was suffering from dry rot and you could pull lums of wood out by hand .. Glad we found it and replaced it .. Front and back walls are 9" side walls are single brick .. Brrrrrrrrrr ..
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Ah, Mr Bumble runs a Workhouse!
 
I know it is not good form to cap anothers' story - but we find that the three layer system is more than adequate in our 1450 house. Fortunately the fireplaces are very efficient and we love a wood fire. As for the oak beams in the roof - far too hard to get a nail in and they clog a drill. Beautiful to sit under though.
Happy Christmas to all.
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Simon_and_Tanja said:
If we're having an old and draughty house competition then we are running at 20kts under bare poles in our living-room. Late 17th century with an inglenook chimney large enough for Santa to treat as a drive thru.
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Careful of that sort of competition, you can get caught.

I had a week-long meeting in the USA a few years ago. In a few free hours a group of us took a guided tour of Philadelphia. At one point we were shown a building claimed to have been continuously occupied for longer than any other building in the USA. To rub this in, the guide picked random people from the tour and asked them about their homes. Unfortunately he picked on one of our group, and asked for how long his house had been occupied. "We're not really certain. The deeds show that it's belonged to my family since 1392, but we don't know about the previous occupiers!"
 
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