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Betterthanever

With moving to a new build, "smart" stuff is all around us....it is a minefield trying to work out what us actually going to be worthwhile.....all very confusing and much research/costing still required on our part!

Karmacat

:wave: Hiya!



That's true, I'm sure. I definitely need to buy some electrical stuff - so my issue is about how *electronic* ie smart that stuff needs to be. I've just been introduced to the concept of a steam mop - that will go down very well, I think - and my tv is dying, though that may just be some connections that need to be repaired. And I'm getting the kitchen done ... Definitely need a new cooker. How connected does that need to be? Loads and loads of research needed.


I have some emails from my new bank to sort through, I want to plant the rest of the sprouting garlic, plus saw another couple of laurel trunks, and after that I'm having the longest shower my hot water tank will cope with

Karmacat

betterthan, are you still going to manage to be in your house for Christmas? I feel for you with all of that, even though it's a new build, there's got to be a ton of stuff to personalise it.

rtandon27

Karmacat wrote: »

...so my issue is about how *electronic* ie smart that stuff needs to be...

In the spirit of 'would it work if the power was cut' my vote would be for a gas cooker! Or at least a propane bbq out back as a back up! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

In my dream world we'd have a wood burning stove that heated underfloor pipes & hot water. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Our reality is an electric flat top hob & a fan assisted oven - both of which I loathe!

Karmacat

Hiya RT :hello:

So this now becomes confession time. I need a flat hob surface - induction, ceramic, whatever. I'm used to a gas hob, had one for years, and I never, ever keep them clean. And I'm so fed up with that. I know I won't change, so I'm going to take action accordingly.

I have a couple of camping stoves I've collected over the years (and at one stage, I made a rocket stove out of two tins, some fireproof cement, and a pack of vermiculite ) but gas hobs don't usually work in a power cut because of the ignition system - mine doesn't I know that for sure. Hence one of the camping stoves!

greent

I light our gas hob with matches if we ever have a power outage! I wouldn't personally switch from gas hob to electricity because it means I can still cook for everyone (we do have a gas bbq and a camping stove but they are in the garage and would need getting out and connecting to gas - much quicker and simpler for me to just use matches with the kitchen hob) )

Karmacat

Oops! Then maybe there's something wrong with my gas hob ... thanks for the input!

Truth is, though, that day by day slovenliness takes precedence over the occasional power cut :o:o I'm a baaaad person :rotfl:

Betterthanever

Yes We will be in for Christmas. Anything else is not an option!!

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Karmacat wrote: »

Hiya RT :hello:

So this now becomes confession time. I need a flat hob surface - induction, ceramic, whatever. I'm used to a gas hob, had one for years, and I never, ever keep them clean. And I'm so fed up with that. I know I won't change, so I'm going to take action accordingly.

I have a couple of camping stoves I've collected over the years (and at one stage, I made a rocket stove out of two tins, some fireproof cement, and a pack of vermiculite ) but gas hobs don't usually work in a power cut because of the ignition system - mine doesn't I know that for sure. Hence one of the camping stoves!

We're all-electric here, no mains gas within miles:(, so electric cookers are all I've even been used to. A lot of people locally use Calor gas for their cooking, supplied by those huge 'bottles' outside. Never fancied that myself though, I like electricity. Sadly though we've had endless trouble with our electrics this past year, the whole house needs a full rewire as the cabling is 1970 vintage and was pretty much 'condemned' by the emergency electrician I had to call out just before Christmas last year when everything kept cutting out and couldn't be reset by me at the junction box ( or whatever it's called). The box is only about 5 years old and so supersensitive that the slightest blip trips the whole system:eek:. He had to isolate a lot of the sockets from the system and we are left with about a quarter of them for the whole house. One of the ones he had to disable was the cooker so I've been managing with a Remoska; a 2-pan portable induction hob (causing another problem as not many of my pans are compatible); a George Forman grill; a sandwich toaster and a microwave until OH decides he'll part with some money and have the work done. I can cook pretty much everything I need with that lot though, we've had a 'proper' dinner every evening, but it's inconvenient having to constantly juggle what's being used and when as only 2 single kitchen sockets can be used at the same time.


I think it was thanks to a suggestion on here:T when I first bemoaned my lack of sockets that someone suggested a camping stove. I bought a small, cheap one purely as back-up in case of power cuts or our remaining electrics finally conking out altogether. In the summer someone gave me a small gas barbecue that they'd upgraded from and once I remember to buy a gas canister we'll be all set should the worst happen, even if it means cooking outdoors in the snow:rotfl:

Betterthanever

I've always had a gas hob....except in this rental where it is a hideous solid electric thing that you can't control. The new house has an induction hob which I have heard mixed reviews on....but which I will have no choice but to master!