Can you lovely lot help me?

Primrose

Could you buy one of these little one-ringed portable gas burners which operate on tinned gas canisters? You can buy them in hardware shops, camping stores, etc. and they cost around £15. We have one which we use outside in the garden and they're surprisingly economical to use in terms of gas. There's a surprising number of meals you can cook in one saucepan/frying pan if you're a little ingenuous.

miserly_mum

searching_me wrote: »

im hoping it wont be to bad... i just hate the idea of strangers wandering around my house.....
miserly mum- i'll ask the council about that tomorrow thanks x

My experience with workmen (oooo errrr missus ) is to leave out a few biccies and tell them to help themselves to tea etc. It's amazing how much you go up in their estimation if you do this

waddy80

Ok I had a rewire and new kitchen about 18 months ago, I'll share what happened.

My re-wire was done in bits by BF's uncle. The power doesn't need to be off all the time. I would also imagine that if you left the kettle on the same extension as fridge and freezer, council workman wouldn't see it without power for long! As said above bribe them, provide biscuits etc. Your freezer should be fine as long as it isn't off for more than 4/6 hours at a time.

We camped in the living room with a microwave and a george foreman. I had a load of ready meals in my freezer.(It was pre my old style light bulb moment) Tins of soup, beans etc were also important. I had no sink for nearly 3 weeks, and I relied on paper plates / bowls from my local pound shop. Washing up in my bathroom was not fun!

searching_me

i was thinking of bribing them... already had a few shouting "alright darlin" builders eh? :rolleyes: .... im gonna washin everything i can think of before they start so i dont have worry about clothes for to long... i hand washed for 2 years before i got a job i refuse to go back to that.... im gonna get some freezer tubs on monday im away this weekend and if i send my oh he'd come back with everything but what i asked for :rotfl: .... good job i still have a few tins of soup and others tin that have been murking in the back of my cupboards :rotfl:

Errata

Don't let them use your leccy ! The price the contractors are charging the council they should all be using gold plated rechargeable wotsits !

What else? Oh yeah ............

Lots of OAP's who started smoking when they were fighting WW2 as they were told it was good for their nerves will have to stand in their gardens in the piddling rain if they want a fag as they're not allowed to smoke when workmen are in their home ! or if no garden I guess they'll have to stand in the street grrrrr

pigpen

When the council here did that they set people up with a kitchen in another room.. I'd ask about it.. if you have children that NORMALLY live with you they are not permitted to leave you without a kitchen.. I'd be doing some yelling..

searching_me

just read you message as couldnt sleep so thought id check whats going on here.... they say to send children to a family member or friends... i had to argue about the dog coz he had no way to go (closet family or friend is in hull and im in sheffield) ... luckily enough my aunites gonna have my daughter while its getting done as they are stripping out the upstair ceiling or she'd have no where to sleep... gonna miss her like crazy though.... i was gonna ask what food keep best after being cooked? as im gonna batch cook on monday and i thought you ever so lovely lot might know ...thanks again you've been a big help xxx