The grumpy thread

[myglaren]

Civic off to the bean tin factory.  Driver collecting it was concerned that I haven't yet received payment from the insurers.

Full of petrol too.

[Datsuncog]

15 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

I'm more disturbed by the small box of gravy powder for £4.19 and the tub of salt for £2.53 🤣

Corner shop convenience* pricing, for your convenience.

Not sure the supermarkets are much cheaper these days, to be fair. Everything seems to have pretty much doubled since last year - but that's a grump for another time...

[sdkrc]

Kitchen tap has an integrated light that's been stuck in an endless loop of turning on/off. I can't figure out how to disassemble it, the button is totally fucked and unfixable. Had a quick Google for parts and holy fuck, the mixer is £800.

[horriblemercedes]

52 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

Kitchen tap has an integrated light that's been stuck in an endless loop of turning on/off. I can't figure out how to disassemble it, the button is totally fucked and unfixable. Had a quick Google for parts and holy fuck, the mixer is £800.

It's the fucking Catalina Wine Mixer!

[vulgalour]

1 hour ago, sdkrc said:

Kitchen tap has an integrated light

I'm aware this might be a very stupid question with a very normal answer and yet... why?

[High Jetter]

^^^ My thought too.

[chatsharris]

3 hours ago, chatsharris said:

10.5k needed for a new roof, and around 1.8k needed for repairs to the wife's C-Class.  Then found some holes where there shouldn't be holes in the Flexus.  All while our first born is due next month.

This month has been fucking Cosmic.

Weird update on this - just had the house insurance surveyor come round as we were hoping to try and go down the storm damage route.

He's emphatically told us we don't need a new roof.  Just take the old insulation out, fit the right amount in so it can breathe, and sort out a bit of leadwork where one house leads to another.  It should therefore, be a much more palatable bill.  I have had two quotes from contractors that the letting agents use, who both want 10k+.   Seems absolutely shifty to me.

[Talbot]

27 minutes ago, chatsharris said:

letting agents

There's a letting agent involved in a roof you have to pay for?

[chatsharris]

17 minutes ago, Talbot said:

There's a letting agent involved in a roof you have to pay for?

So I'm working abroad at the moment, so I'm renting my house out in the meantime.   The letting agent is meant to be managing my property but they're pretty shit at it.   A few terse emails back and forth have been sent today.

[loserone]

Sounds like it's got one small leak and some overzealous insulation blocking the ventilation 

[Tenmil Socket]

I ordered a not cheap kitchen from B&Q on the 24th October but it only arrived on Saturday as one particular cupboard was out of stock.

One of the smaller plastic pieces received was broken into 2 so I went to B&Q the same day to arrange a replacement which arrived today (delivered by them) broken into 3 pieces 😂

Also, my dad’s a time served joiner and he ordered it and he’s fitting it. When he’s gone through the stuff that’s been delivered he’s realised the young lad he dealt with in B&Q has ordered a lot of wrong parts and the correct replacements will only arrive on the 20th December 😩

I’ve got over £700 pound back so far though for the incorrect parts!

 

[MikeR]

Eat in I tapped and got a take out bag , with a eat in sticker on it ...

[hairnet]

keep thinking its friday and keep trying to think about arranging stuff for saturday

need a slap i think

 

[hairnet]

54 minutes ago, MikeR said:

Eat in I tapped and got a take out bag , with a eat in sticker on it ...

nahhh - saves fucking with a tray

as long as the order is ok and warm

[vulgalour]

1 hour ago, MikeR said:

Eat in I tapped and got a take out bag , with a eat in sticker on it ...

Not sure that's the best graphic design on the bag either, just looks like it's shouting ON AIDS at you.

[Remspoor]

3 hours ago, loserone said:

Sounds like it's got one small leak and some overzealous insulation blocking the ventilation 

The only thing I know insulation can block is heat escaping.

5 hours ago, chatsharris said:

Weird update on this - just had the house insurance surveyor come round as we were hoping to try and go down the storm damage route.

He's emphatically told us we don't need a new roof.  Just take the old insulation out, fit the right amount in so it can breathe, and sort out a bit of leadwork where one house leads to another.  It should therefore, be a much more palatable bill.  I have had two quotes from contractors that the letting agents use, who both want 10k+.   Seems absolutely shifty to me.

Do not accept any  work that could possibly lower the EPC rating.

[Talbot]

2 hours ago, Remspoor said:

The only thing I know insulation can block is heat escaping.

Not trying to be rude, but that would indicate an utter lack of understanding of what insualtion can do.  Incorrectly applied insulation that blocks ventilation can cause some awful damp.  It can also track moisture from one place to another and do all sorts of other negative things to a house.  Insulation absolutely has to be installed correctly, otherwise you cause more harm than good.

[Remspoor]

38 minutes ago, Talbot said:

Not trying to be rude, but that would indicate an utter lack of understanding of what insualtion can do.  Incorrectly applied insulation that blocks ventilation can cause some awful damp.  It can also track moisture from one place to another and do all sorts of other negative things to a house.  Insulation absolutely has to be installed correctly, otherwise you cause more harm than good.

No sorry, you are being rude.  Thermal insulation is the reduction of heat transfer.   Maybe I was being over simplistic in my first post.  There is very little information about the issue(s) with this house. Say this that and the rest is the problem is a pure guess.

 

 

 

[ruffgeezer]

I don't like it when mummy and daddy fight. 🙄

[Talbot]

6 hours ago, Remspoor said:

No sorry, you are being rude.  Thermal insulation is the reduction of heat transfer.   Maybe I was being over simplistic in my first post.  There is very little information about the issue(s) with this house.

I wasn't talking about the specific issues with this house, I'm talking about what thermal insulation can and can't do.  My point is that it can do a lot more than just reduce heat transfer and to assume that is the only thing it does is wrong.

[hairnet]

fuck being up early on days off

need to go boots to buy some earplugs

tea now and repair shop

and resolve spark plug snafu

[chatsharris]

2 hours ago, Talbot said:

I wasn't talking about the specific issues with this house, I'm talking about what thermal insulation can and can't do.  My point is that it can do a lot more than just reduce heat transfer and to assume that is the only thing it does is wrong.

I think you are correct in this instance. I was overzealous in some insulation and it's definitely blocked off some ventilation.  I'm planning to return to the UK, rip out the old stuff and replace it with new stuff, although with it possibly needing to dry out in there first, I'm in a bit of a bind as I won't be able to go back again to sort it - the wife is due in a month and I can't be stuck!

[Bren]

One of my back teeth is giving me gyp.

Went to dentist to hopefully make appointment - closed. Sign says closing at 1730 yet it was shut at 1400.

Maybe it's the xmas doo?

 

[sdkrc]

On 14/12/2023 at 12:49, vulgalour said:

I'm aware this might be a very stupid question with a very normal answer and yet... why?

I was going to post a video of it in action but we're only allowed MS paint and 4kb jpegs on this site. Instead, here's a promotional video of what it looks like. 

 

I have used the lights twice since we moved in 8 months ago. Both times were when I was showing them off to visitors. Beyond that I suspect it's for inspecting vegetables/plates etc or if you're trying to read in the sink. 

Unnecessarily complex taps and induction hobs are both a thumbs down in my book. 

[chadders]

That's useful to know if my missus' lunch mates tell her that she must get one.

Telling her it's £800 will soon kill that idea stone dead.

[Pieman]

BBC news has pissed me off today.

Missing woman's body found.
Woman killed in explosion on industrial estate.
Missing 17yo reappears after six years.
Hungary takes a massive metaphorical shit on Ukraine.

And what do the BBC put as headline news?  That fucking ginger cunt, as per fucking usual.  Y'know, the one who doesn't want publicity.

FUCK OFF.

[loserone]

1 hour ago, sdkrc said:

Unnecessarily complex taps

Until yesterday my understanding of this was ceramic taps rather than old fashioned rubber washers.  Absolutely fuck that.  Amazing that someone specced that, is it from the original kitchen when it was built?

[chaseracer]

2 hours ago, sdkrc said:

Unnecessarily complex taps and induction hobs are both a thumbs down in my book. 

When we had the kitchen redone last year, we didn't go for the Quooker tap (£1000? FRO...!) but I was persuaded that an induction hob would be an improvement over the gas equivalent.

Still not convinced.

[beko1987]

11 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

When we had the kitchen redone last year, we didn't go for the Quooker tap (£1000? FRO...!) but I was persuaded that an induction hob would be an improvement over the gas equivalent.

Still not convinced.

We had zip branded fancy taps in my old office. Without fail every 4/5 months there'd be a zip branded van in the car park and one of the 3 taps would be getting essentially fully rebuilt after thousands of uses. 

Current office has different branded hot and cold water taps, and they've been heavily worked on for an entire business day 3 times in a year, and currently it's broken but in a way that makes it better to use but frantically unsafe, the hot tap side should spring back and was horrible to use before, now its loose and floppy but fa nicer to use! 

I expect next week it'll be out of action whilst they throw parts at it. 

Old_old office had a tank on the wall that did the boiling water and bar needing a de scale every year never went wrong! The cheapo kettles stay out on the side in the office, I then stay at home as it takes ages to get a brew when 30+ people are trying to do the same

[sdkrc]

There we go. Came with the original kitchen. I will say that the spray thing is handy as is the extension thing