Daydream fund challenge part 4

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Choille is this the plumber you had all the problems with?? Or the other one that was after him??

Really hope its sorted soon. Are you going to report them to trading standards??

Well its VERY cold and frosty out!! Now this will knock back all those plants that are coming into growth/ bud etc..

Having the wood and new stairs delivered this afternoon.. And the builder and hubby are going to make a start tonight..

Davesnave

Looks bad out there, but the chicken water isn't entirely frozen, so it's really only a few degrees of frost.

My brushcutter's with the repair man, who seems to think the symptoms are terminal. He says Hondas don't last past 6 years, which is not what I heard when they sold it to me! If I have to replace, I'll go somewhere more convenient than a shed up a hill in the middle of nowhere.

Thought I'd finished tiling, but DW came home last week and said, "Oh look, that one's different from all the others!"

I hadn't noticed. It's not that obvious, but one has a slightly different surface, so it had to come up.

You are getting on well, CTC. Plumbers are 'definitely' coming next week to us, so a real bath could be on the cards soon. By the way, I found this site useful for basic bathroom stuff, rather than risk taking a punt on something from China:

http://www.idealstandard-sales.co.uk/

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Went to our local diy store that is closing, didn't realise it was next month, they had an ex display shed for £20!! And a lovely wooden seat feature thing reduced down to £40!! Cut ali g story short hubby wouldn't come over to have a look last night, went back this morning at they had just been sold!!! That will teach me,
But I did pick up 2 wooden planters with trellis for £5 each, and another garden wooden plant feature thing for £20

We asked about the display kitchens, but they had all been sold..

We looked at other things then, and they had lovely work tops reduced to £43 .. And we managed to blag them for £35 each.. Not wood that I wanted , BUT.. As we are not having a Belfast sink now.. And we really do need to watch every penny.. I can live with that compromise .. We also picked up 3 door frames reduced down to £5 each..

The kitchen carcasses are reduced by 25% , so going to work out exactly what we need and go back and see if we can blag more money off lol..


Home for a quick cuppa, and back to do some work outside, its cold, but nice

choille

The plumber was the first one we got in who we now know is not qualified & is fine for tiling & basic stuff but doesn't know how to design a heating/water system.

Agas & Rayburns seem very tricky & you need someone who really knows them to sort the system out. We will get someone here on Friday to talk us thro & he can have a real look at what is happening & what is not happening with it.

The brush cutters are alright to fix if you have someone on hand who likes tinkering with them, but we had a loan of one from someone who used to be here but we would end up having to get stuff welded or new bits machined up in a factory we knew did that sort of thing.

Well I just eventually got the price out of the skins folks - the price has rocketed.

2016 is proving very expensive so far.

I_have_spoken

Agas & Rayburns seem very tricky

Yes. Maybe Rayburn have blueprint on their web-site for adding HW/CH for the model you have?

lucielle

Choille, do you want me to collect them?
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COOLTRIKERCHICK

Choille his much do the skins sell for??

choille

IHS - they do seem very tempermental but seems that ours been plumbed wrong & the pump is in the wrong place, but we have someone coming Friday to take a look. Someone who has worked with them for a long time.

Lucielle - I would like that - I will give you a bell.

CTC - Less than I paid to get them tanned.......!!!!

Quite cold here & a bright moon - cracking frost.

alfie_1

HI ALL .....
im gonna have a moan !


my son has a medica problem involving PAIN... seen doctor 3 times now and all he keeps saying is "take pain killers"... :mad:
he hasn't even examined him !
son had blood tests done and scan , [of his own volition] and yesterday he walked into a&e in so much pain.... they said his doctor has to refer him to a neurologist... docs app today... FLIPPIN PAINKILLERS AGAIN!... he had to force him to refer him.


he did the same with me ... infact said I cant be in that much pain or id take painkillers every day...... I said I didn't think it healthy to KEEP taking them FOREVER , every day ...
yep... he gave me a prescription for ....more painkillers !! I forced him to refer me by asking "ok, so will you take full responsibility if my back problem [syrnx] goes tittts up by not scanning it to check the size"..........


sadly the best doctor we had has semi retired and this one is bluddy useless !


moan over

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Do you sell them?? Have you got any pics ??

Well hubby and builder made a start tonight, its nice when your builder friend does a days shift, and then does our work in the evenings .. And charge us mates rates...

I just can't get over how expensive building materials cost...