Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

Tahlullah

Turned my back for a minute, a minute I tell you, and BAM! Gone! Tumbleweed blowing across an empty thread...

If I were still at school, I would think I was unpopular and you had all gone behind the bike shed to avoid me...

zagubov

Got to walk the dog ! Last night was so bright the park was fool of moonshadows of the trees and buildings. Let's see what tonight's like.

neverdespairgirl

Nikkster wrote: »

I don't think I'd actually pick flowers from the garden. I was thinking about that over the weekend, and started feeling guilty about all the flowers that get cut right in their prime so that we can put them in a vase inside our houses.

I think I need a holiday :eek:

They bring income to places in the UK that need it - daffs and narcissi are important to the economy of the Isles of Scilly, for example, and you get amazing fields full of flowers there. So don't feel guilty! I love daffs, too. So cheerful and spring-is-sprung ish.

Hope the boiler doesn't cost you any arms and legs.

zagubov

I can't keep up with science. It's only a few days back I was mentioning the controversial field of gravity waves and how there was no convincing evidence either way. And today the news is all full of what seems to be the first evidence of gravity waves.:o

neverdespairgirl

Ssssh! Either you come over and explain it to Isaac yourself, or keep quiet in case he wants me to!

lemonjelly

Nikkster wrote: »

I don't think I'd actually pick flowers from the garden. I was thinking about that over the weekend, and started feeling guilty about all the flowers that get cut right in their prime so that we can put them in a vase inside our houses.

I think I need a holiday :eek:

I've ruled out holidays for this year...:(
I do prefer flowers in pots rather than vases. I hope that in new jelly (it's sticking, so much so it gets italics...:D ) there'll be veg patches and flower patches (previously, flowers were always in tubs).

LydiaJ wrote: »

I was worried about this when I bought. In fact, I have found someone I'll call Helpful Builder. He lives just down the road from me, and was introduced to me by my next door neighbour. He used to be a general builder and now has a business that's supposed to be specialising in fitting kitchens and bathrooms but is open to doing other things if required, including small things that come more under the heading of odd jobs. I've got to the point where I know him and trust him well enough to give him a key and let him get on with it if the time when it's convenient for him to come round happens to be when I'm out. (His kids are at the same school as DS and his daughter has done babysitting for me.) If I need anyone more specialised than him, he usually knows someone he can recommend.

I found one of those! His name's doozerboy!;) (doozergirl may come to regret giving me his phone number...:eek:)

lemonjelly

Tahlullah wrote: »

Turned my back for a minute, a minute I tell you, and BAM! Gone! Tumbleweed blowing across an empty thread...

If I were still at school, I would think I was unpopular and you had all gone behind the bike shed to avoid me...

[michaels mode on] if we were going behind the bike sheds, we'd be taking you with us...[michaels mode off]

Nikkster

Boiler update:
Whilst waiting for the kettle to boil for my hot water bottle (:)), I thought I'd have another attempt at placating the boiler. I was going to wait until I'd purchased a radiator key, in case I needed to bleed the radiators (watched the plumber do it this morning, have never ever seen my parents do that), but talked myself into adding a little more pressure into the system.
Got right onto the upper limit of 'normal pressure' and hey presto - no more error. Definitely getting a radiator key tomorrow. Will sleep on it before I call the estate agent to put the house on the market and start looking for somewhere to rent
I'll still be giving Mr Plumber a call on Monday.

Edit: at least I can go to bed feeling a little more capable.

silvercar

Assume you have a combi boiler: If you bleed a radiator you will need to repressurise the system.

Now that you have brought the pressure up to normal levels, it shouldn't need topping up for a while, provided you don't bleed any radiators. The pressure does change when the heating or water goes on and the pressure will be higher if the system has been running. The test is whether the pressure drops to a warning level in the next few days.

Nikkster

silvercar wrote: »

Assume you have a combi boiler: If you bleed a radiator you will need to repressurise the system.

Now that you have brought the pressure up to normal levels, it shouldn't need topping up for a while, provided you don't bleed any radiators. The pressure does change when the heating or water goes on and the pressure will be higher if the system has been running. The test is whether the pressure drops to a warning level in the next few days.

Yes, an aged combi. One which will hopefully limp on for another year or so. The 'new boiler' and 'new bathroom' funds have just moved up the list.

Rad key was more in case the pressure started randomly rising again as it did over the weekend :eek:
Apparently the fact that the pressure rose immediately on the boiler starting up meant that the compression vessel wasn't working quite right. The rubber bladder thing was reinflated this morning, will have to see if that actually helps or just upsets the system.

I've definitely learnt more about plumbing in the past 6 months than the previous 31.5 years.