Daydream fund challenge part 4

Davesnave

alfie_1 wrote: »

IT IS BLUDDY FREEZING COLD HERE :eek: albeit not as cold as choille/ctc

My weather map says you're a couple of degrees warmer there than I am here.

Even CTC has one degree over me! :T

But Rummer and IHS are into minus figures.....

COOLTRIKERCHICK

evening all,


congrats!!!!! gran & Bumpa...


What a lovely picture.... thank you for putting the picture up so all us 'cyber' aunties and uncles to coo over...


We had a dusting of snow last night.... I have been working 2 days solid I raking out the old lime mortar and flipping concrete between the stone walls. also hubby and friend have been hacking off more walls, totally clearing out the rubble in one of the rooms etc, my hands feel like claws, and my back isn't feeling very good lol...


so in house 1 just for tonight to bath and wash/dry clothes.. will be back up caravan/ranch tomorrow..

lostinrates

It's so beautiful CTC.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

thank you LIR..


we are a bit confused though, just above the fire place, there is 2 bits of wood ( the long-ish looking stone) why would they do that?? there s no bolt holes or anything, that maybe a iron hook might have been attacked.


but then again, as Alfie will agree, not much makes sense in the build of the ranch lol

lucielle

Its looking good CTC. Not at all envious.........nope not one bit........ok maybe a teeny tiny bit.
L

choille

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

thank you LIR..


we are a bit confused though, just above the fire place, there is 2 bits of wood ( the long-ish looking stone) why would they do that?? there s no bolt holes or anything, that maybe a iron hook might have been attacked.


but then again, as Alfie will agree, not much makes sense in the build of the ranch lol

CTC - Wood is there for strength - far stronger than the same depth of stone. Allows movement of the structure/settlement. A thin strip of stone is very fragile. Wood is light weight, easily handled/lifted into position & usually readily available. Used in construction of fireplaces throughout the whole country - traditional. Some have carvings by the joiner. Sometimes they were recycled from other constructions....boats even. Have seen masts used in seaside places.

Free listing on the bay - starts midnight till tuesday!

phoebe1989seb

lostinrates wrote: »

They have ripped everything out at my last garden too. Makes my mother really angry. The great shame is she specifically asked saying we'd love lots of stuff IF they didn't want it and they said no they wanted it, yet within a fortnight they had diggers pulling it out. .

Its absolutely their right of course but needlessly greedy.

It happened to our old garden (last-house-but-one now, lol ) too

Our buyers professed to love the garden which we'd spent a small fortune planting up as the previous owners very obviously didn't have a green finger between six of them. They then announced - by way of a text after completion - that he had received a chainsaw as a house-warming gift :eek:

When you look on streetview now parts of the garden are totally devoid of plants - some were lovely mature specimen trees planted when the house was rebuilt in the 1930s too - such a shame as we would have taken some of the smaller items we had planted. I did insist to DH that we dig up a few things, such a a peony that had been removed from my grandparents' house before it was sold and which I remember from my childhood

They erected *lovely* black and gold railings round the perimeter too

Philistines......grrrr!

lostinrates

Does anyone know anyone with an ESSE ironheart? DH saw one yesterday and trying to decide if its a compromise between range and woodburner or a bit of a pigs ear at both. I'm not a huge fan of ranges but would use it if it were on and any good.

lucielle

LIR hope this works
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4994294 post 1389. Not sure if its the same model. Lovely person who used to live in the Orkneys. Will help with any questions.
L

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

Does anyone know anyone with an ESSE ironheart? DH saw one yesterday and trying to decide if its a compromise between range and woodburner or a bit of a pigs ear at both. I'm not a huge fan of ranges but would use it if it were on and any good.

Reviews are mixed. There seem to be some quality issues, suggesting it's built-down to its price of around £4k new.

http://www.whatstove.co.uk/esse-ironheart-cooking-range-reviews~1