The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

Starting to think I'll just put up with my storage heaters......at least they just work and don't require maintenance!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Had a quick look at the manual, for the one here. Suggests a leak in the system, or in the diaphragm(in the boiler).

Does bleeding the radiators help. The other suggestion being close each one off in turn, and see if anything changes.

Hope you get it sorted soon.

I'm thinking boiler problem, theres no obvious leaks, and the radiators have been bled.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

blimey, is it that old ?

12 year old boiler, if it goes completely its no hot water and we're relying on the gas fire in the lounge for heat.

 

[classic33]

Bore da pawb.

Dry and cold here at the moment although the Met Office has a yellow snow and ice warning. 🥶

Now that could be a lot of yellow snow!

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Lough Derg is wrong shape!

 

[screenman]

I've come across that problem before, in a previous house, as long as I can keep represurizing this one we have heat and hot water, if it goes compleatly then we're knackered, but the plumber has said that if that happens then ring again and we'll get someone out ASAP.

Expansion vessel/diaphram fault if it is losing pressure with no obvious sign of a leak. We have one in the boiler and another one in the system, the external one we can pump up not that it has ever needed doing. The one in the boiler went at 9 or 10 years.

 

[pawl]

Same in the Kog home , Ive diagnosed my problem as a split diaphragm in the pressure vessel . Mrs Kog reluctant to have outsiders in the home. So the morning top up continues. dave r just seen your later post
“receptionist “ my plumber/ heating man is a one man in van outfit so I speak to him directly. my boiler is not a combi , old style with separate hot water tank.

We have just had a new boiler fitted . Not a combi.Dosent have a pressure gauge or as far as I am aware need topping up Don’t know much about gas boilers .Just wondering if the boilers referred to are different.

 

[Dave7]

DIVORCE...... SOME WEIRD SPLITS.
Our neighbours 2 doors away are getting divorced. We had no idea there was a problem although tbh he is quite surly so we won't really chat.
Anyway......... the point is that they have an 8 year old daughter AND 3 dogs.
She is taking the 3 dogs and leaving him with the daughter.........that's what I find weird

 

[Paulus]

DIVORCE...... SOME WEIRD SPLITS.
Our neighbours 2 doors away are getting divorced. We had no idea there was a problem although tbh he is quite surly so we won't really chat.
Anyway......... the point is that they have an 8 year old daughter AND 3 dogs.
She is taking the 3 dogs and leaving him with the daughter.........that's what I find weird

Sounds like my kind of woman 🐶

 

[Paulus]

Just back from a lovely but cold 2 1/2 hour walk across the fields and woods.
MrsP's xray took all of 10 minutes, in and out.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

My Xmas present from the eldest lad has finaly got here, my Good Lady is threatening to confiscate the Pontefract Cakes.

 

[Paulus]

I love liquorice

 

[Dave7]

My Xmas present from the eldest lad has finaly got here, my Good Lady is threatening to confiscate the Pontefract Cakes.


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MrsD is on her way......you had better hide them or eat them quickly

 

[BoldonLad]

DIVORCE...... SOME WEIRD SPLITS.
Our neighbours 2 doors away are getting divorced. We had no idea there was a problem although tbh he is quite surly so we won't really chat.
Anyway......... the point is that they have an 8 year old daughter AND 3 dogs.
She is taking the 3 dogs and leaving him with the daughter.........that's what I find weird

We had a similar “parting of the ways”, between our next door neighbours.

We are not exactly friends, but, did chat to them occasionally.
One day, “he” just disappeared, haven’t seen him since.

there is no freshly dug up areas in their garden, so, I assume they have split

 

[numbnuts]

I've been shopping the last for the year
and had a belated Christmas gift from my nephew £75 gift voucher from Amazon

 

[oldwheels]

No snow here and got out on the trike at last for a final run this year. Temp 6.3C but a brisk northerly wind which is good in some respects as I get a push up most of the hills and run back down against it but there are small hills on the way back and with a head wind it is a reasonable push. Some ice by the roadside but nothing serious and the roads are clear.
A pair of Mallards have appeared on the loch for the winter but no other birds to be seen.
Tomorrow and the following few days forecast to be sunny but still north wind. I would normally be away to get some longer mainland runs in but covid stops that as we are still level 3 but mainland level 4.
Breakdown in communication between GP, surgery office and pharmacy means a prescription which was supposed to be sent from Salen as the only GP doing phone calls seems to be there has vanished somewhere. Since the item is not in stock it will be Wednesday before the next delivery.
Somehow I have mislaid a torch which normally lives just inside my front door. You would think such a thing would be easy to find. Fortunately I have small torches stashed in various places around the house so it can be replaced until it appears from wherever I left it. Senility strikes again.