Daydream fund challenge part 4

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

I think last night was the coldest night we've had so far this winter.

With being away from here for just one night/day, all the residual heat was lost, so I couldn't get the living room (with its huge floor to ceiling polythene wall!) above 16c last night.

It's not freezing now, happily. Today, I have to remove all the insulation from the extended bit of the house, which has no heating at all, except the 1kw convector I sit at while writing this!

New insulation and windows/doors Monday.:j

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

With being away from here for just one night/day, all the residual heat was lost, so I couldn't get the living room (with its huge floor to ceiling polythene wall!) above 16c last night.

It's not freezing now, happily. Today, I have to remove all the insulation from the extended bit of the house, which has no heating at all, except the 1kw convector I sit at while writing this!

New insulation and windows/doors Monday.:j

Sixteen with what you have going on is TOASTY!! :T

lucielle

Lovely pic Dave. Great name as well.
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alfie_1

WHAT A LOVELY PICTURE, WHAT A LOVELY SAM glad you will be in the "civilised" zone on monday i must admit i dont know how i survived 10 years of primitive living...:o sheer stubborness of loving the house more than my sanity !! friend went to look at what they have done to the old house. they have stripped ALL the garden of everything. not a plant to be seen !:eek:. [ LIR knows how "rural" a garden it was ]the whole of the wooded area has been stripped :eek: i left the bigger shrubs behind as i thought id kill em trying to move them but wished id tried now hate it when good plants are destroyed.... horrible big gravel all at front, inside is the cheapest kitchen and bathroom she'd ever seen. no character left.:( walls badly re plastered and all radiator pipework visible down the walls ?? they havent changed the cess pit set up either ?? which was the main problem ! beggars belief.. short cuts all round .

choille

Lovely here, but white & very cold. Great to see the light on the house.

Lamb is perky in the shed so that's good. Can't stay in there for long though as it makes getting to the fridge hard! She needs her pals about as well,so I'll see how she goes.

choille

Alfie - similar thing happened when I lived in a cottage 1 mile from anyone on my own. They did the same. It's kinda what these folks are about.
All their taste is in their aaaaarrrr mouth!

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

Sixteen with what you have going on is TOASTY!! :T

It's a !!!! that they're giving -4c for tomorrow night, just when every last scrap of insulation is gone, not because I'll be cold, but because there are pipes up there that might freeze.

I will probably prop the loft hatches open a little/lot!

choille

Even use those tea lights if there's nothing flammable.

I am doing nuffin today as it's too cold.

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

It's a !!!! that they're giving -4c for tomorrow night, just when every last scrap of insulation is gone, not because I'll be cold, but because there are pipes up there that might freeze.

I will probably prop the loft hatches open a little/lot!

We found ours didn't. I think you are less likely to freeze with no insulation because the heat you generate will more easily get up to them.

You'll not be tha warm mind.

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

You'll not be tha warm mind.

I'm warm now, anyway. I'm removing eight or nine flush doors from up there, which the previous owners put in for storage, and to stand on.

Some of them clearly went in before certain alterations, so it's been a real Chinese puzzle getting them out, not to mention difficult to lower them single handed. They get so far and then I just have to let go. So far, they have fallen harmlessly.

Thought I'd have help for this bit! :rotfl: