Back to basics with pavlovs_dog: the £6k sprint

Calfuray

pavlovs_dog wrote: »

never heard of it?

Ah well It's a Youtube channel that does a few different series of videos, one of them being educational, and they just did an episode on circadian rhythms, so your wording caught my eye!

Hope your cooker gets fixed easily

Cal

pavlovs_dog

sounds interesting, shall look them up. I follow a few vloggers on youtube so be nice to add something different into the mix.

On a cleaning mission today. Baby steps and bite size chunks but will see what I can achieve. Dining room done. Downstairs loo next and will dust living room, then have a breather before I hoover.

pavlovs_dog

pavlovs_dog wrote: »

On a cleaning mission today. Baby steps and bite size chunks but will see what I can achieve. Dining room done. [STRIKE]Downstairs loo[/STRIKE] next and will [STRIKE]dust living room, then have a breather before I hoover[/STRIKE].

all done. OH beavering away in Kitchen. downstairs hall and first flight of stairs next on the list (I love the look of split level landings but all those stairs are a !!!!!! to hoover )

need to tidy, dust, hoover, and if motivation prevails will mop once OH has gone to work.

DedicatedDFW

Hey pavlovs - hope the oven is easily repairable but then as you say it would be much better to have the 2 smaller ovens instead so money saving in the long run x

Well done on all the cleaning - i am ignoring mine until after my assignment

And had to :rotfl: - about your 'children running round unsupervised day' - the one and only time i went to this store it must have been the same day :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: hence i have never been back

pavlovs_dog

funny old evening.

Stepdad came over to help pull cooker apart and see if we can figure out what's gone wrong. Apologies for the lack of technical terms, but the plastic 'plugs' on the wires for attaching the cooker fan element to the rest of the oven were burnt completely black and they crumbled when we tried to remove them (which would explain the electrical burning smell). Can't tell from simply looking at it if the element itself is also knackered, but it's a fairly logical guess given the state of the attached wiring.

I also accidentally electrocuted poor SD :eek: and in the process we may have discovered a problem with our wiring (which was supposedly re-done to current industry standards by the builder who renovated our house prior to purchase). I turned off my SC at the wall which caused a big spark, and SD who was in contact with cooker got a bit of a jolt :eek: he thankfully is fine and saw the funny side. But the socket that the SC was plugged in to should not apparently be on same circuit as the oven. It appears that they have 'spurred' from the electrical socket, to the power switch for the cooker, to the socket that the cooker plugs in to (as opposed to cooker socket (and switch at a push) going straight back to circuit board). On the bright side, least we know our RCD works as it tripped at the necessary moment

SD has taken the cooker details and is going to ask at the local kitchen parts shop to see what they advise. Hope it is something we can DIY, as baumatic customer service has been sold to candy/hotpoint. Had a dire experience with their 'customer service' last year so would like to avoid them at all costs.

a cursory browse online shows the elements retail for anywhere between £40 - £125. Not sure yet whether we'll need to replace some wiring as well. As cooker is 90cm where as 100cm seems to be a more common industry standard, cost of replacement oven starts at £600 for single oven like we currently have, rising to £1000+ for the dual oven style I would prefer. DIY route seeming more appealing by the minute :cool::D

After all that a bit of retail therapy was on the cards. Have shared an approved foods order with my mum to reduce postage costs. Mostly couscous, noodles and dried pulses. Got a few cake mixes for quick and easy lunchbox fodder too.

Going to have a soak in the bath and relax with my book on the nook (currently reading the book thief). Will have to make sure not to drop it, already had one electrocution too many tonight :rotfl:

in_need_of_direction

Given that the wiring appears defective, can you pursue the builder? I'd be wary of fixing things if there's an underlying problem.

pavlovs_dog

It was a private builder who renovated old house so no 10 year guarantee like you get with new builds. Fairly certain caveat emptor would be the case here, especially as we've been in house almost 3.5 years.

pavlovs_dog

oven fixed thanks to the help of my very clever FIL. New part cost £20odd in the end, so much cheaper than a new oven In the process, we also discovered that the oven is essentially a big mecchano set for grown ups, so should it break again we'll have no problem stripping it down into its component parts to try and fix things.

Mortgage statement arrived. Will sit and digest it properly at the weekend, but initial figures look good. Mortgage now in advance by over £6k, and where they've recalculated our monthly payment, our built in OP is now £136.63 a month, so that's £1639.56 OPed over the course of a year before we even begin :j

Very tired. busy busy busy in work and a colleague is facing a horribly unfair situation which has caused me quite a moral quandry. TGIF tomorrow.

Alchemilla

Virtual hugs for your colleague and WELL DONE on the overpayments.

edinburgher

we also discovered that the oven is [STRIKE]essentially a big mecchano set for grown ups[/STRIKE] encrusted with bits of cheese and old casserole. There, fixed that for you, or is it just my oven? :rotfl:

Hopefully you can get a reasonably early night, I often find that real life concerns (such as your friend's quandary), can physically tire you out.