Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

tomterm8

lostinrates wrote: »

Will this help and ear too? I shall try. TBH I've assumed its wax rather than a infection. Hope its not a nasty, I've been holding heat up to it so if it is I'll be in trouble later:o

A heated pad won't help, because the blocked sensation is probably caused by ear wax that is too deep in the ear. The reason that steam does work is that there is a passage between the mouth and the ear which means the hot steam can get behind the wax and warm it up (wax melts easily).

Steam won't work anywhere near as well if it is an infection, although it does help a bit.

lostinrates

Hurrah! I shall go and steam.......THANK YOU!

silvercar

Add a decongestant to the steam - it'll work quicker. Olbus oil is good.

lostinrates

:oSee the stupid thing is I stayed away instead of bark at someone and you guys ALWAYS have an answer! Its already feeling less full, and I can hear it all squelching in there:o:o I'll try again before bed!

GDB2222

silvercar wrote: »

Yes please. I'm only a few miles up the road from you, so if its above zero in for you it should be OK round here.

Weather forecast is for marginally warmer weather tomorrow. A high of 5 C. Whoopee!

That reminds me that my car flashed up that it wants screenwash, too. So when you've done yours, can you just pop round ....

michaels

I find the airwaves chewing gum good - I think the chewing action combined with the decongestant helps?

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

I find the airwaves chewing gum good - I think the chewing action combined with the decongestant helps?

I was chewing gum to try earlier, but this was really solid.

Without trying again it feels DRAMATICALLY better. :j:j:j I've been able to turn the radio down too:j:j

In all this time NO ONE of my doctors/nurses or family members have ever suggested using steam to help ears, just the wretched olive oil, which I HATE as its always so unrewarding and they just smile and say ''three weeks of this....''and they are right it DOES clear but when it can be speeding up like this its tremendous.

I feel really silly but almost moved to tears that tomterm suggested this. Thank you you ear thing, THANK YOU.

John_Pierpoint

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GDB2222 wrote: »

It took the repair guy around 30 minutes to do, and he knew exactly what he was doing. I have a feeling I'd have done it wrong, even though there are instructions available on the internet. It's not really like that video at all. Apart from anything else, it wasn't particularly obvious where the leak was coming from.

Each to their own.

I have a particular problem in that the washer and dryer are stacked on top of each other in the bathroom - in some ways a much more logical place to put noisy kit closer to its "raw materials".
However when I remodelled the bathroom, kitchens in the UK were built to a modulus of 500 x 500 mm and about the time we joined "The common Market" we converted to the European standard of 600 x 600.
This larger size requires me to remove the door from its hinges and the radiator from the wall to install a washing machine - so trying to service two white boxes within the confines of a bathroom, is not every service engineer's cup of tea.

Over a period of 35 odd years I have been the proud (?) owner of Hotpoint - AEG - Bosch washers and needed to replace the door seals on all three. I've also replaced the "fan (drive) belt" on the first two, the water pump on the AEG and the motor brushes on the AEG:

John:: - Got any spare brushes like those? (puts stubby fag ends of carbon on counter).
Storeman: - What washer are they off ?
John: - AEG.
Storeman: - (sucks teeth) Continental, the specification for those says you must get the motor skimmed, they don't do the brushes to us.
John: !@*?*! That would cost more than the washer is worth.
Storeman: (wind up merchant's grin) ........but try those, they are Hoover and I think you will find they fit.

[They did and the washer soldiered on for another half a dozen years, including a pump replacement - Stick a tray, lined with a newspaper, under the washer to see where the drip is falling down]

Eventually bearing breakdown is the trigger for replacement - the AEG decided on bearing failure when it was less that 5 years old, so I had to get in a service engineer for that - well actually two - the first one said the job could not be done in the cramped conditions of a bathroom.

Davesnave

We bought a Miele ten years ago and have hammered it ever since. It was guaranteed parts & labour for ten years. Total no-brainer.

Mind you, it will probably break down now its guarantee has expired. Even if it did, it would owe us nothing.

elona

lostinrates

If the steam is helping, you could also use an essential oil burner in your room at night(or any time)- a few drops of tea tree, eucalyptus, pine essential oils on top of the ceramic burner, a tealight underneath and it should help unclog nose etc.

If you are out and about try something like eucalyptus, Vicks or elderberry pastilles.

With a 24 hour treatment using all the alternatives things should improve quicker.