Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

neverdespairgirl

Excuse me if I talk in exclamation marks again today. Apparently, our buildings insurance doesn't cover gas pipes. Shouldn't it?

lostinrates

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Excuse me if I talk in exclamation marks again today. Apparently, our buildings insurance doesn't cover gas pipes. Shouldn't it?

Oh no!

Has the cause been determined yet...is it your builder's fault?

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

sorry to use technical terms but the battery is 'fooked'

Is it a lithium or more likely the older cheaper nicad which don't last forever, suffer from memory effect and overcharging and don't take at all kindly to being dropped.

Generally it is cheaper to get a new drill than a new battery.

Grrr. I thought that might be the answer. I have no idea what the battery is. It's a very old wickes drill though. We might have to finish the job one scree a battery charge ATM.

lostinrates

Re cars, we have always been a one car household, but Dh might be in west London for a year, potentially making a daily commute feasible, not financially, but time wise. He's trying to see if he can be put in a less glamourous location west side of m25 which is unlikely to be possible, but would make coming home every night totally sensible, and probably worth buying a cheap to run car for this. We'll know at end of the month I hope.

Meanwhile I have cancelled my appt in London on Friday, because have decided I can 't hack the journey two days in a row....because I'm a wimp. Still haven 't decided whether to drive or train on Saturday though.

Wheezy_2

I wish all the NP's a merry, healthy and fun filled NPT 5.

For a moment there, I thought someone made an illegal, offensive, racist, libellous post in NPT 4, a fight broke out and misskool had to close it down :rotfl:

We drive an 11 year old Mazda 626 and it still drives like a charm. Bought it second hand in 2003 with 20K miles on the clock and now getting close to 80K. A full tank (60L) is good for around 500 miles, i think that's around 38 mpg.

chewmylegoff

silvercar wrote: »

Amused at what peeps think I may drive, you are all wrong so far.

an orange ford focus RS, with aftermarket exhaust, and a boot full of subwoofers?

chewmylegoff

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Excuse me if I talk in exclamation marks again today. Apparently, our buildings insurance doesn't cover gas pipes. Shouldn't it?

Are you actually responsible for the gas pipes, or is the freeholder responsible for them? Perhaps a thread on the house buying and renting board might get some useful answers?

chewmylegoff

Doozergirl wrote: »

The most I've got in the 50 litre tank is 52 litres.

i got about 52 in when the range was still reading 15 miles or so.

i'm far too chicken to run it down to "

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", i would start panicking well before that, and if it got down to "1", i'd probably stop the car and get out and walk to the nearest petrol station or take some other action which made no logical sense whatsoever.

Doozergirl

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Excuse me if I talk in exclamation marks again today. Apparently, our buildings insurance doesn't cover gas pipes. Shouldn't it?

It should cover you if the gas pipe explodes :eek: It won't cover you for rectifying bad workmanship unless you've taken out extra cover on the policy (I guess that's unlikely in a block?) nor will it cover a general deterioration. It might cover accidental damage. Do you know why it's leaking?

You can usually find policy wording online if you know which company is underwriting?

silvercar

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Are you actually responsible for the gas pipes, or is the freeholder responsible for them? Perhaps a thread on the house buying and renting board might get some useful answers?

It may depend in the cause. If NDG's builders stuck a nail through the pipe the other leaseholders aren't going to want to contribute to the cost.

Often an insurance policy will exclude wear and tear and accidental damage but will include track and trace and restoring damage afterwards.

In the old house the hot water tank developed a leak that our building insurance wouldn't pay for, but they did pay for repairs to the floorboards damaged by the leak and redecoration.