Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

michaels

zagubov wrote: »

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

Worse than that, apparently saturated fats are no worse than unsaturated now...

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.

I was about to ask if you can use an immersion for hot water with the boiler off but with a combi and no tank I guess not. Forecast is for much colder this weekend :eek:

Tonights excitement is tenant has suggested (note through the door) she will leave 2 weeks early - at the end of next week! Except that although 3 weeks time is the earliest she could have left, she still needed to give 2 months notice so in reality she is in contract for 2 more months but obviously does not realise it. Fun fun fun

Nikkster

michaels wrote: »

Worse than that, apparently saturated fats are no worse than unsaturated now...



I was about to ask if you can use an immersion for hot water with the boiler off but with a combi and no tank I guess not. Forecast is for much colder this weekend :eek:

Tonights excitement is tenant has suggested (note through the door) she will leave 2 weeks early - at the end of next week! Except that although 3 weeks time is the earliest she could have left, she still needed to give 2 months notice so in reality she is in contract for 2 more months but obviously does not realise it. Fun fun fun

I thought the tenant only had to give one months notice on an AST, whilst the landlord had to give 2?

vivatifosi

Nikkster wrote: »

That might be it. I had turned off the heating last week after the one properly day, so this will teach me for having turned the heating on again on Thurs night.

After figuring out that the closest vendor of confectionery is now closed for business for the evening, I've spent a bit of time weighing up whether I am desperate enough to get dressed again to go to the next nearest shop. Or indeed whether I am desperate enough to go in my pyjamas.

I then remembered that I took the biscuits from the hotel I spent a night in for a work thing last week, thus hopefully saving me from having to leave the house at all. There may be MSE-hope for me after all...

Is it a combi or do you have a tank? If you have a tank, back up emersion heater may be a suitable retrofit. I had one in my old system and it was very handy for system breakdowns across summer months.

ETA... Sorry noticed that michaels posted same above.

zagubov

vivatifosi wrote: »

Is it a combi or do you have a tank? If you have a tank, back up emersion heater may be a suitable retrofit. I had one in my old system and it was very handy for system breakdowns across summer months.

ETA... Sorry noticed that michaels posted same above.

I need to go and invent the combination boiler and chocolate vending machine. I'm sure there's a potential market out there somewhere.

Nikkster

zagubov wrote: »

I need to go and invent the combination boiler and chocolate vending machine. I'm sure there's a potential market out there somewhere.

Or I need to go out and hook up with a plumber! Or a builder/ carpenter/ double glazing salesman/ gardener. I'm not too fussy.

zagubov

Nikkster wrote: »

Or I need to go out and hook up with a plumber! Or a builder/ carpenter/ double glazing salesman/ gardener. I'm not too fussy.

I live next to what we have all agreed is a "builder's pub". From 4PM onwards the road is full of white vans and men phoning home on their mobiles outside on the street so nobody will realise they're in the pub.

Send a photo and some details and I will circulate them for you!

LydiaJ

Nikkster wrote: »

I thought the tenant only had to give one months notice on an AST, whilst the landlord had to give 2?

Yes. The tenant only has to give one month's notice. However, it has to start on a rent day. So, if the earliest she could have left is in 3 weeks' time, then the next rent day for her to give notice on is in 3 weeks' time, so she's still in contract for 7 weeks.

I've never really seen the point of insisting on whole months, myself. Should I ever end up being a LL, I'll be like our first ever LLs, who wanted a month's notice, but didn't care which date it was, and were perfectly happy to let us finish with a part month. It's not as though calculating a fraction of a month's rent is particularly mathematically difficult.

Nikkster

zagubov wrote: »

I live next to what we have all agreed is a "builder's pub". From 4PM onwards the road is full of white vans and men phoning home on their mobiles outside on the street so nobody will realise they're in the pub.

Send a photo and some details and I will circulate them for you!

Sounds like my new idea of heaven. There is even beer.

zagubov

Nikkster wrote: »

Sounds like my new idea of heaven. There is even beer.

You'd need to be quick -there's a lot less left when they zoom off at 5PM. :eek:

lemonjelly

Nikkster wrote: »

Or I need to go out and hook up with a plumber! Or a builder/ carpenter/ double glazing salesman/ gardener. I'm not too fussy.

There's hope for me yet...;)