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[hairnet]

13 hours ago, RobT said:

The Skizzer Espace performing daily duties.  Doesn't seem to mind -2 degrees, even if the supply of electricity is a bit questionable.  Despite that it's still superb, and my only functioning car at the moment.

ooft

 

[SiC]

46 minutes ago, Schaefft said:

Yeah, US trends are usually showing whats happening in the UK (and most other markets) a few years later. Theres probably hardly anything more in demand than hybrid Toyota crossovers right now so those eat away at the marketshare of the Prius. And when fuel prices are low nobody cares about a car like the Prius anyway, which only really exists to save fuel.

Which are the same drivetrain as some (C-HR) and just scaled up for the others. So the Prius has done its job in the market for Toyota of proving out the powertrain technology, while gaining a strong reputation for robustness. 

[JJ0063]

Been in the new house 3 full days, not even half unpacked but mrs JJ decided we needed to start painting the lounge tonight…

[Wibble]

Is that warm air heating?

[loserone]

Looks like a vent into the chimney 

[JJ0063]

5 minutes ago, Wibble said:

Is that warm air heating?

Nah it’s a vent that I removed and half smashed out to fit my phone in to record what’s behind it 😂

We want to get the fireplace opened up and plastered so we can put an electric log burner style fire in it. There’s been a gas fire in there before and it’s been breeze blocked up. 
 

Got two quotes just for someone to knock the hole back in and plaster it.. £1690 and £1900!! Couldn’t believe its so much considering that’s not actually fitting any sort of fire, just physically opening it and plastering it. 
 

I have also since found an old gas pipe I there so I guess that’s another cost to have removed.

 

this is the look we eventually want

[stuboy]

13 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Been in the new house 3 full days, not even half unpacked but mrs JJ decided we needed to start painting the lounge tonight…

brave colour.......... bit dark or will there be some rag rolling

[Wibble]

HFM? Would look nice though like that.

[JJ0063]

Just now, stuboy said:

brave colour.......... bit dark or will there be some rag rolling

Brave, skirting board is going to be black. We are weird, there’s a cabinet to the right full of skulls and taxidermy 😂

[JJ0063]

Here are the pipes I can see through the vent. Obviously long disconnected but still I assume would need a gas engineer to come and remove them / cap further up the system which will be another cost, unless there can be studwork in front but still deep enough for the electric log burner

[Wibble]

Good luck, I hope you can find a better price!

[richardmorris]

22 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Been in the new house 3 full days, not even half unpacked but mrs JJ decided we needed to start painting the lounge tonight…

Monolith vibes from 2001.

[richardmorris]

2cv in snow yesterday. Admittedly it stayed under cover as although it’s great in snow the salt is like garlic to Christopher Lee.

[JJ0063]

4 minutes ago, Wibble said:

Good luck, I hope you can find a better price!

Put it this way, we’ll either find a better quote, we won’t have a fireplace, or I buy a new sledge hammer.

[barefoot]

 

9 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Brave, skirting board is going to be black. We are weird…

Our house is way darker, way greener and way more William Morris than that.

[HMC]

26 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Been in the new house 3 full days, not even half unpacked but mrs JJ decided we needed to start painting the lounge tonight…

Han Solo in carbonite? #jabbathehutchic

[Mr Pastry]

36 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Here are the pipes I can see through the vent. Obviously long disconnected but still I assume would need a gas engineer to come and remove them / cap further up the system which will be another cost, unless there can be studwork in front but still deep enough for the electric log burner

Are you sure those are gas pipes?   More likely to be part of your central heating or hot water system,  But anyway, don't assume that they are disconnected!  

[JJ0063]

13 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said:

Are you sure those are gas pipes?   More likely to be part of your central heating or hot water system,  But anyway, don't assume that they are disconnected!  

Oh maybe not then, I just assumed they’d be gas pipes as I’m sure it would have had a gas fire originally - my old man used to live next door and his had one, I was also born in a bungalow down the end of the road which had one too. 
 

Will of course get them checked out if we decide to knock it out!

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

Been in the new house 3 full days, not even half unpacked but mrs JJ decided we needed to start painting the lounge tonight…

I hope that's an euphemism?

3 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

Here are the pipes I can see through the vent. Obviously long disconnected but still I assume would need a gas engineer to come and remove them / cap further up the system which will be another cost, unless there can be studwork in front but still deep enough for the electric log burner

Only 1 pipe needed for gas, prob 15mm, but 2 for water. Get it checked, to be certain.

[SiC]

9 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

Here are the pipes I can see through the vent. Obviously long disconnected but still I assume would need a gas engineer to come and remove them / cap further up the system which will be another cost, unless there can be studwork in front but still deep enough for the electric log burner

Middle pipe old gas line and outer two the water feed for an old back boiler?

[DeanH]

21 minutes ago, SiC said:

Middle pipe old gas line and outer two the water feed for an old back boiler?

My thoughts too

[Rust Collector]

Uh oh

I’ve been feeling rough for a couple of weeks but testing negative. I had a fever yesterday and had to take the day off which is unusual for me, but I felt too crap to even just go to work and look busy. I took a test in the evening and it confirms that I’ve got covid for like the third or fourth time now 😢 on the plus side at least I can get some bed rest for a few days and hopefully get back to feeling myself a bit quicker.

[Cord Fourteener]

V70 has four brand new Vredstein all- season tyres (after much research looking at ice tunnel testing etc etc I'm now convinced that decent all-season are the best overall for UK conditions).

It was costly enough, Bridgestone, Continental and Michelin were a bit too expensive for comfort and I've had Vredstein before and liked them very much. 

 

[PicantoJon]

Passed my driving test on the 25th of November and due to various reasons I have only just got the Picanto in a state fit to be driven. Gets up on Thursday all excited about driving into work on my own like a big boy, only to find that mother nature has decided to gift us with snow. Erm... 

HELP! 

Nothing like being thrown in at the deep end but the Picanto has handled my ineptitude marvellously, even if I am a bit heavy on the clutch still... 🙈

[vulgalour]

Small light fwd car with skinny tyres really not a bad choice at all for learning to drive in the snow.

[SiC]

Civic went in for it's MOT today.

But did you expect any less from a 7.5 year old Honda?!

Impressive lack of advisories in all its history too. That very first one isn't really deserved to be an advisory either. Especially bad if 3yr old tyres were cracking.

[horriblemercedes]

2 minutes ago, SiC said:

Civic went in for it's MOT today.

But did you expect any less from a 7.5 year old Honda?!

Impressive lack of advisories in all its history too. That very first one isn't really deserved to be an advisory either. Especially bad if 3yr old tyres were cracking.

They're described as 'cracking' - sounds like a compliment to me 

[SiC]

16 minutes ago, horriblemercedes said:

They're described as 'cracking' - sounds like a compliment to me 

That was it's first MOT. So almost certainly at a Honda dealer and then taking the piss I reckon. 

[RayMK]

My '94 Tipo passed its MOT today with an advisory on a blowing back box.  It needs to get used more often. Only about 900 miles done since the last MOT and has only covered 60.7K from new, so hardly a hard worked specimen.

The only preparation for the MOT was an oil, oil filter, plugs and leads change on Sunday.  It was too cold to give its underside and rubber gaiters an inspection (tyres are only a few months old). I did have trouble with the door locks yesterday. Both rear doors would not latch even when slammed - they just bounced open again. The grease appeared to have become ultra-viscous in the door latches but a blast of WD40 fixed that problem.

[horriblemercedes]

8 minutes ago, SiC said:

That was it's first MOT. So almost certainly at a Honda dealer and then taking the piss I reckon. 

cracking

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adjective

crack·ing ˈkra-kiŋ 

 

: very impressive or effective : GREAT