Freezing conditions to last into spring offer fulltimers a electric hook up

tadpole58 said:
and with perfect timing our boiler at home has packed in. Parts to fix it won't arrive till next week. We are going off in the van - it will be much warmer than the house!
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Make sure the heating sys has a good mix of antifreeze in it,25% is good and it stops corosion,drain the main water tank down in loft.
 
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On Tuesday the dog and I are leaving the soft south coast for a couple of weeks in Northumberland and the Borders and the grin on my wife's face gets wider by the hour.
 
antiquesam said:
On Tuesday the dog and I are leaving the soft south coast for a couple of weeks in Northumberland and the Borders and the grin on my wife's face gets wider by the hour.
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Stay in Portsmouth, I know you don't get snow and ice.

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are really looking cold, keep warm at home.

Take your dog for walks on the beach instead :dog:
 
antiquesam said:
On Tuesday the dog and I are leaving the soft south coast for a couple of weeks in Northumberland and the Borders and the grin on my wife's face gets wider by the hour.
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I hope you relise how cold it gets up here when the wind comes off the North Sea. Snow is very likely under those conditions in Winter. When I was born in mid April 1947, the snowdrifts were up to the bedroom windows in my street. :scared:
 
maingate said:
I hope you relise how cold it gets up here when the wind comes off the North Sea. Snow is very likely under those conditions in Winter. When I was born in mid April 1947, the snowdrifts were up to the bedroom windows in my street. :scared:
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Thank you for your kind concern, but I was born and lived in South Shields for 18 years before spending 10 years in Oldham. The question is how thin my blood has got after 30 odd years on in the south.
I don't often get permission to go off by myself and I'm b*ggered if I'm going to miss out.
 
Went out this morning to workshop,after 15 min i came in with feet like ice:scared:the woodwork job i was doing can be sorted in warmer weather,it is blowing a cool north east wind which makes it feel colder than normal for this time of year.
 
just my luck......freezeing weather forcast so my hall heater packs in.

been on phone nearly all morning trying to get hold of gas engineer.....finally managed to contact one......who said he would call Monday.........im not holding my breath, however, it would be wonderful if he keeps to his word......fingers crossed......

my hall heater keeps the upstairs and the core of the house warm........so it looks as tho I will be shuffling around with a hot water bottle up me jumper for a while............huh

just hope it can be fixed.....so I don't have to buy a new one....
 
Well it looks like a fun 5 weeks in Scotland lol anyone know what the temp is when my gas stops working 😂😂😂
 
trixie88 said:
just my luck......freezeing weather forcast so my hall heater packs in.

been on phone nearly all morning trying to get hold of gas engineer.....finally managed to contact one......who said he would call Monday.........im not holding my breath, however, it would be wonderful if he keeps to his word......fingers crossed......

my hall heater keeps the upstairs and the core of the house warm........so it looks as tho I will be shuffling around with a hot water bottle up me jumper for a while............huh

just hope it can be fixed.....so I don't have to buy a new one....
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I have a couple of brand new calor gas heaters packed away for those sort of occasions, full gas bottles in the garage, they need no electricity so can be used off grid so to speak,

Yes they cause condensation but better than being freezing cold.

:bow::bow::bow:
 
trixie88 said:
just my luck......freezeing weather forcast so my hall heater packs in.

been on phone nearly all morning trying to get hold of gas engineer.....finally managed to contact one......who said he would call Monday.........im not holding my breath, however, it would be wonderful if he keeps to his word......fingers crossed......

my hall heater keeps the upstairs and the core of the house warm........so it looks as tho I will be shuffling around with a hot water bottle up me jumper for a while............huh

just hope it can be fixed.....so I don't have to buy a new one....
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How can one rad pack in.
 
harrow said:
I guess its one of these sort of things Valor Brazilia F8S wall heater natural gas Oak | Wolseley
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I wouldn't use one of those it will cause condensation everywhere AND have you seen the PRICE OF CALOR recently. Damp house and bankrupt as well ...Go and get a radiator key and blled the top radiators until they stop hissing. If it is a newer type system it might need to be filled if it has lost pressure. Go and look on the unversal education system You-Tube ,to see how it is done if you do not know, there is bound to be somebody on there who has put a film on it.
 
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