Well, took car in to let Sam attack the stuck sensor and after half an hour (nipped into the new screwfix trade counter for a free coffee and a free burger :-)) he rang to say it had come out and not dropped into the gearbox \o/
Using the slightly non-conventional method of making a puller [...]
Can’t see it making any difference but nothing to lose - click to sign the PartP petition (hey, you never know - it might work!)
Bugger.
boiler seems to have finally expired overnight. Arse Arse Arse.
Symptoms do seem to suggest thermocouple (or gas value - *gulp*) but looking at it it appears that I need to remove the entire gas front (that we never use and hate the look of!) to get at the workings of the back boiler. I’m not [...]
Well, looks like Part P is working well and saving lives. Shame the don’t give a more detailed breakdown - like how many people have been injured tripping over extension leads which are obviously safer than a properly wired up extra socket.
Great. Maybe we ought to just ban mains electricity completely and live off AA [...]
Finally, I got pissed off with the drains in the kitchen gurgling and generaly not working very well and spent half of my day off sorting it.
Inside the kitchen the pipework is new and relatively sane (I put it all in when I fitted the kitchen 6 years ago). however, this exits through a pipe [...]
The next stage in the 4 year refurb of our bedroom took place yesterday - John Lewis delivered our new bed! Woooo.
Seeing two large delivery blokes struggling to carry the mattress up the stairs reminded me of just how crap our old bed was (originally bought for the spare room). They could hardly carry the [...]
NICEIC bollocks
Spectacular.
We are currently pondering what to do with our house. Our third bedroom is more of a cupboard and while it’s fine for sprog2 at the mo I suspect that something bigger will be a good idea in the next few years given that she is female and will of course need 3 wardrobes just [...]
Well, a couple of days off work and both sprogs are fit and well. Actually managed to plaster the room yesterday and sort out all the coving (grrrrrr. Bloody odd shaped rooms).
I might actually get to start the painting today although given that my sister was due to drop her sprog last sunday I’m half [...]
Well, finished all the undercoat plastering today and got a skim coat on most of the walls. Begining to look a little more like a room now! Things were going well till SWMBO decided that coving would look good in the room. Back to Wickes…
Wickes sell 3 types of coving. Paper coated plaster, fancy and [...]