Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

lucielle

Make sure you look after you Alfie. Hope mum gets out soon.
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Alexelisey

Hi all, hugs to Alfie's mum and Choille and DH. I will try to get some peep pics posted this weekend (if they keep still long enough!) but I'm in the middle of building a new chicken house and it must be done by tomorrow night including the run. All's well here though :j

Chin up everyone. Virtual cupcakes and love to all x

alfie_1

morning all......... suns shining here :T tho the rain has done the garden the power of good mums been moved to another ward..:o mainly cos the orthopedics is crammed. shes haveing eye test today to ensure the wollop hasnt done damage. she is sooooo bored now ! will go visit again this afternoon, dont think she will be out today we are working out a rota to "keep an eye " on her when she's home. my IOW sister has offered to come over for a while next week so that will help. its just till she has her confidence back then she will want to see the back of us all...:D she has brilliant neighbours so that will help. we are also looking into getting her one of those wristband alarm alerts [looks like a watch, if she presses it , people contact her via speaker fitted to phones and if no reply or call for help they call the emergency services] right i need to get some shopping .. i have half a loo roll left :eek: :rotfl: hope evryone has a good weekend. P>S> was it you LIR that asked about a big slab of wood eu-natural ??

lostinrates

Gosh, I don't know. Cannot remember , did I say what I was thinking of it for?

DH and I are really upset about your mother, DH was almost traumatised by it tbh, he kept saying, but she was just there, ( pointing to the kitchen chair) drinking tea, and we were talking about fireplaces.

She's so fit and able that it seems terrible she could have such an accident.

Davesnave

Good to hear Mum is on the mend and wanting to 'escape,' alfie. Usually a good sign. Those wrist alarms are a godsend for those with all their marbles too.

I'm in solitary confinement today, having knackered my back trying to repair that cement mixer in the week (just prolonged bending, no lifting etc:() and then doing wheelbarrow stuff yesterday. Everyone else has gone out, but if I'm a good boy, they'll phone me later and say where I can join them for fish & chips.

I don't mind. The activities on offer weren't the sort of thing that would have me rushing out the door. Once the anti-inflammatories kick in, I'll be fine again.

Rummer

Glad to hear everyone is rallying round Alfie

Dave Take today to all the wonderful quiet things you never have time to do

I am hoping to rope in FIL to help me cut the massive hedge today

lostinrates

We're doing a test of the heating before cold weather sets in to day.

Its such joy to say that.

I turned it on abut five minutes ago and already radiators have some life creeping into them.

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

We're doing a test of the heating before cold weather sets in to day.

Its such joy to say that.

I turned it on abut five minutes ago and already radiators have some life creeping into them.

The heating thing has crept up on me, but I will get some renewable energy companies in next week and re-appraise things after that.

The first quote we had regarding pellet/oil systems was misleading, as I think the guy must've assumed we'd be using some existing pipework, even though we explained things to him. His quote for pellets was way short of the guy who quoted for an oil/thermal system this week, and his oil only system was dirt-cheap.

With a half-way house system (oil/thermal) costing so much, I think we need to examine the cost of going the whole hog, be it biomass, ASHP or a mix of technologies. It will cost more still, but the RHI may make it attractive....it's the payback period which matters.

Are your rads very much larger than they'd have been with a conventional system?

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

The heating thing has crept up on me, but I will get some renewable energy companies in next week and re-appraise things after that.

The first quote we had regarding pellet/oil systems was misleading, as I think the guy must've assumed we'd be using some existing pipework, even though we explained things to him. His quote for pellets was way short of the guy who quoted for an oil/thermal system this week, and his oil only system was dirt-cheap.

With a half-way house system (oil/thermal) costing so much, I think we need to examine the cost of going the whole hog, be it biomass, ASHP or a mix of technologies. It will cost more still, but the RHI may make it attractive....it's the payback period which matters.

Are your rads very much larger than they'd have been with a conventional system?

We are using the original rads Dave's nave.

We plan to swap for some underfloor. We had some new ones in the cheese room and study, but actually, run them on low, because the insulation in that end is good and last year was mild. Its barely had a test yet in harsh weather. But no, no over sized rads. These are old rads mainly. We don't have rads in the old bathroom, or the room under our bedroom.

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

We are using the original rads Dave's nave.

We plan to swap for some underfloor. We had some new ones in the cheese room and study, but actually, run them on low, because the insulation in that end is good and last year was mild. Its barely had a test yet in harsh weather. But no, no over sized rads. These are old rads mainly. We don't have rads in the old bathroom, or the room under our bedroom.

Underfloor isn't an option here, except in one place, so we'll have to use rads. I know Daikin have a special higher temperature system, but that must come at some extra cost, or everyone would be using it!

Just been reading about the premature failure of many Titan oil tanks on other threads. This whole business is a nightmare! :eek: