Daydream thread continues.....

Davesnave

Well there's another job I won't be paying for any more.:p The flue was blocked with clinker, so whatever Mr Sweep did 6 weeks ago wasn't enough IMO.

I was terrified I would leave something stuck up there, but it was pretty easy to get the rods up there with one of those drain unblockers screwed on the end. That knocked the muck down! What a difference.

Rooting around in the barn, I discovered we have a set of drain/chimney rods inherited from my Dad's place, plus four more which I dug up (!!:rotfl:) here. So, regular rodding every 2 months from now on. :A

Itismehonest

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

Uninsured homes won't get rebuilt unless their owners have the money to do it themselves. Whether they're listed buildings is academic - owners have no money to rebuild, they won't get rebuilt. That's why it's important to have insurance.

Well, obviously, if there's no money there's no money, maggie.
However Local Authorities do have certain powers like Section Notices, don't they?
For listed places there are also Urgent Works Notices, Repairs Notices, Compulsory Purchase Orders & Dangerous Structures Orders among others. I know that at least some of these allow the Authority to do work & pass the bill on to the owner. If the owner doesn't pay then they can be convicted.

In view of the economic situation & the fact that certain places are now, apparently, almost impossible to insure because of flooding etc, it seems likely that there will be more & more uninsured places.
I just wondered what happened if the property was really wrecked.

Davesnave

Itismehonest wrote: »

I believe there are always ways to leave options open. For instance......
Don't totally rely on any one source of energy, fuel etc......
The whole point of having land is the options it gives you, & whatever you do, you take future options into account.

Oh I'm with you on these, but my point was that we don't know what some of the options will be.....and mankind's predictions are notoriously unreliable. For example, where's the weeding/general purpose robot I was promised in 1962? :question::cool:

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

RHIWIE
COULD YOU HEAR ME AT 6.30AM THIS MORNING, SHOUTING AND BALLING:cool::D:rotfl:

Is that what woke me from a horrible dream about finding body parts near the Royal Crescent? :eek:
the store manager came over and asked us to move our van, and we said no, as they had a large carpark, for staff to park in.. when I also mentioned they had breached some planning rules, he shut up and walked away...

CTC 1: Asda 0 :T
No discount for you! :rotfl:

rozeepozee wrote: »

Cripes, Maggie. I'm apocolyptic enough, without reading daily emails like these :rotfl:

+1:o

Itismehonest

Davesnave wrote: »

Well there's another job I won't be paying for any more.:p The flue was blocked with clinker, so whatever Mr Sweep did 6 weeks ago wasn't enough IMO.

I was terrified I would leave something stuck up there, but it was pretty easy to get the rods up there with one of those drain unblockers screwed on the end. That knocked the muck down! What a difference.

Rooting around in the barn, I discovered we have a set of drain/chimney rods inherited from my Dad's place, plus four more which I dug up (!!:rotfl:) here. So, regular rodding every 2 months from now on. :A

Clinker in the flue? :eek:
I hope it's not damage to the inside of the actual chimney, Dave. Does the flue go all the way up?

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Davesnave wrote: »

Oh I'm with you on these, but my point was that we don't know what some of the options will be.....and mankind's predictions are notoriously unreliable. For example, where's the weeding/general purpose robot I was promised in 1962? :question::cool:



CTC 1: Asda 0 :T
No discount for you! :rotfl:


+1:o

I think I was black balled along time ago:rotfl: some neighbours have had hampers last week, Guess who was left out:p

I just sent hubby over to get bread, milk and some 'niceies' to munch on later...:cool::cool:

talking of food, I made some lovely cawl today.... I could live on it, BUT it does make me rather 'windy':cool::rotfl:

Body parts:eek::eek: royal cresent????... flip what did you eat before you went to bed:rotfl:

Its great being a white van man/woman:D:D

alfie_1

Davesnave wrote: »

Well there's another job I won't be paying for any more.:p The flue was blocked with clinker, so whatever Mr Sweep did 6 weeks ago wasn't enough IMO.

I was terrified I would leave something stuck up there, but it was pretty easy to get the rods up there with one of those drain unblockers screwed on the end. That knocked the muck down! What a difference.

Rooting around in the barn, I discovered we have a set of drain/chimney rods inherited from my Dad's place, plus four more which I dug up (!!:rotfl:) here. So, regular rodding every 2 months from now on. :A

JUST DONT FORGET TO ROTATE IN ONE DIRECTION ONLY OR YOU END UP UNSCREWING THE POLES HALF WAY UP THE BL**DY CHIMNEY......

I KNOW SOMEONE VERY CLOSE TO HOME THAT DID JUST THAT !!...:o:o:o

i had a chimney sweep out 3 years ago and i had a chimney fire 3 weeks later which involved HUGE embarrasment for my son as they had to get the "cherry picker" out and shut off the road....:eek:
sweep hadnt gone to the top....:mad:

done it myself since...:D

Davesnave

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Its great being a white van man/woman:D:D

.....Or even a Transco Blue van man/woman.

Davesnave

Itismehonest wrote: »

Clinker in the flue? :eek:
Does the flue go all the way up?

Far as I can tell, yes. When I say clinker, I mean that black carbonised stuff. Quite light, not like part of a chimney lining. I think the fire has been installed properly, but we are rebuilding the stack as part of the refurb and changing the woodburner then too, so all due for renewal.

alfie_1 wrote: »

JUST DONT FORGET TO ROTATE IN ONE DIRECTION ONLY OR YOU END UP UNSCREWING THE POLES HALF WAY UP THE BL**DY CHIMNEY......

I KNOW SOMEONE VERY CLOSE TO HOME THAT DID JUST THAT !!...:o:o:o

I was warned, but I'm fairly practical on things like that, just a bit careless, sometimes. I was good today.

alfie_1

Davesnave wrote: »

.....Or even a Transco Blue van man/woman.

or....a likkle silver van man/woman


i actually find it weird driving a car now ! theres a certain loyalty of van drivers....we let each other out at junctions, we give way generally to each other....:D well they do me !:o
maybe so they dont have to drive behind me !:eek: :rotfl::rotfl:

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Now I know this sounds like a silly question, BUT:D

infront of our houses, they have tarmaced our entrance road etc, but they have done some 'landscaping' with no drains etc, because the council didnt want any surface water going into the local drains etc, the lanscaping has a 'dip' in the middle so the water can then soak away into the ground...now comes the silly bit:cool: where does that water go? I know it soaks into the ground, but how far down does it go? will it try and find its way to a water coarse? OR will it spread out( under the tarmac road), and if there is loads of it, start creeping over to our houses ( under ground) and potentially start causing a problem to the houses? ok the tarmac road etc is sloping away from us, but being off today, has made me think about this type of thing:D