The grumpy thread

[sheffcortinacentre]

3 hours ago, wuvvum said:

However shit the world might be at the moment, it has been made slightly better by the fact that there exists such a thing as an inflatable Vulcan bomber.

Remember these & I think spitfire.

[Zelandeth]

Update on the no show landscaper from yesterday.  Got an email and hour or so back saying "Looking forward to seeing you at..."

Yeah...you got both the day and time wrong.  Good start.

Replied, advising there seemed to have been some confusion and advising I wasn't available today.  However could manage any time tomorrow, just let me know.

Reply ten minutes later.  "Sorry, are you available tomorrow?"

Yes, this gives the impression of a very organised lot with an eye for detail that I'm *entirely* confident to entrust a job that's almost definitely going to have a five figure price tag to.  

[Metal Guru]

23 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Yes, I just *love* waiting all day for a tradesman to fail to turn up.  It's my favourite way to waste a whole day.

I once had British Gas booked for a pm service call, so popped  out in the morning intending to be in by 12 noon. 
11.15am, get a call on my mobile saying “British gas bodger here ( think he might have said engineer), I’m ringing your door bell but no one’s answering.”. I say , it’s a pm call , I’ll be there by 12. “I’m not coming back”.

So I say , “look I’ve taken a day off work for this “. “We’ll you could have stayed in then”.

At this point I tell him to f@ck off. I then phone BG to complain and get told he’s told them he’s too scared to attend because. I swore at him. Resisting the temptation to swear again, the woman on the phone concedes I was justified and arranged someone else that day.

[Rust Collector]

Text from my neighbour this morning:

‘Are you aware you have a hole in your roof?’

I was not aware, and I was blissful in my ignorance.

Now that I’m encumbered with the knowledge of a hole in my roof I am grumpy.

I guess my Friday evening is going to involve a ladder then.

[Dyslexic Viking]

At least it was nice of the neighbor to tell you about the hole in the roof.  Hope it hasn't been there long and is quick and easy to fix.

[Rust Collector]

1 minute ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

At least it was nice of the neighbor to tell you about the hole in the roof.  Hope it hasn't been there long and is quick and easy to fix.

Yeah the neighbours here are great so can’t fault them for telling me, I just could’ve done without another thing to fix 😅

It looks like I should be able to re-use some or all of the tiles. There’s also someone locally giving a load of them away free and they appear to match my roof so I should be sorted for some already weathered replacements.

God knows what made the hole though.

[Mally]

11 minutes ago, Rust Collector said:

Yeah the neighbours here are great so can’t fault them for telling me, I just could’ve done without another thing to fix 😅

It looks like I should be able to re-use some or all of the tiles. There’s also someone locally giving a load of them away free and they appear to match my roof so I should be sorted for some already weathered replacements.

God knows what made the hole though.

I'd say the timber batterns that the tiles hook onto are broken. Possibly the rest are suspect.

Be careful, you need a roof ladder.   Although you may be able to reach those without climbing on.

[richardmorris]

17 minutes ago, Rust Collector said:

Yeah the neighbours here are great so can’t fault them for telling me, I just could’ve done without another thing to fix 😅

It looks like I should be able to re-use some or all of the tiles. There’s also someone locally giving a load of them away free and they appear to match my roof so I should be sorted for some already weathered replacements.

God knows what made the hole though.

Kamikaze Pigeon?

[Rust Collector]

6 minutes ago, Mally said:

I'd say the timber batterns that the tiles hook onto are broken. Possibly the rest are suspect.

Be careful, you need a roof ladder.   Although you may be able to reach those without climbing on.

I’m in a bungalow so I’ll be able to get to those easily on a ladder without going on the roof itself.

If the battens have let go then I wonder if there’s another issue at play. On the other side of the roof it’s solid, as I’ve walked on that a few times to get to the chimney and clean the conservatory roofs.

[Mally]

47 minutes ago, Rust Collector said:

I’m in a bungalow so I’ll be able to get to those easily on a ladder without going on the roof itself.

If the battens have let go then I wonder if there’s another issue at play. On the other side of the roof it’s solid, as I’ve walked on that a few times to get to the chimney and clean the conservatory roofs.

It's all solid until you fall through. I used to know a roofer. 

Can you get in the loft to check underneath first?

[Rust Collector]

4 minutes ago, Mally said:

It's all solid until you fall through. I used to know a roofer. 

Can you get in the loft to check underneath first?

I can but it's not all boarded out and the pitch is so low that I can't get to the far edges. I should be able to see everything I need to from the ladder without going onto the roof itself.

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Kamikaze Pigeon?

@beko1987 nicking lead/cake/batons/guttering

[hairnet]

stadium mk

fuck right off

[Remspoor]

2 hours ago, Rust Collector said:

Yeah the neighbours here are great so can’t fault them for telling me, I just could’ve done without another thing to fix 😅

It looks like I should be able to re-use some or all of the tiles. There’s also someone locally giving a load of them away free and they appear to match my roof so I should be sorted for some already weathered replacements.

God knows what made the hole though.

Can I suggest whilst you are up the ladder you also take the opportunity to clean the plants growing in the gutter.

[richardmorris]

18 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Can I suggest whilst you are up the ladder you also take the opportunity to clean the plants growing in the gutter.

They look like they’re doing ok.

[beko1987]

56 minutes ago, hairnet said:

@beko1987 nicking lead/cake/batons/guttering

Not me guv, I've been playing with 1000 domino's pizza locations the last few days, not left the house! 

I could show you how it makes a 1 mile buffer around each store, does a total paf count on the covered area, compares that against the full postal sector paf count and does a penetrstion comparison and spits out a nice little excel and pdf map of each location. 1000 times! Quite pleased with it but I need to go get some food now, no time for nicking lead. 

The sales person is gonna shit themselves, it's not even the full store list I'm just messing around waiting for data

[rattlecan]

2 hours ago, Rust Collector said:

I can but it's not all boarded out and the pitch is so low that I can't get to the far edges. I should be able to see everything I need to from the ladder without going onto the roof itself.

Don’t go duin a Rod Hull. Everyone else seemed to know Emu’s couldn’t fly apart from him

[rattlecan]

1 hour ago, hairnet said:

stadium mk

fuck right off

Nike can fuck right off an all

[hairnet]

2 minutes ago, rattlecan said:

Nike can fuck right off an all

jawohl herr oberst

[Rust Collector]

46 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Can I suggest whilst you are up the ladder you also take the opportunity to clean the plants growing in the gutter.

Already done, wouldn’t leave that whilst I was up there.

+10 points to @Mally, the battens are rotten. I’ve shored it up to keep the worst of the rain out and will have to phone for a responsible adult next. Happy days.

[Mally]

18 minutes ago, Rust Collector said:

Already done, wouldn’t leave that whilst I was up there.

+10 points to @Mally, the battens are rotten. I’ve shored it up to keep the worst of the rain out and will have to phone for a responsible adult next. Happy days.

I've got a Bungalow, same tiles as you.  Had a slight leak, felt was split in the loft.

Cost me 6K for a new roof. 

[Popsicle]

1 hour ago, Rust Collector said:

Already done, wouldn’t leave that whilst I was up there.

+10 points to @Mally, the battens are rotten. I’ve shored it up to keep the worst of the rain out and will have to phone for a responsible adult next. Happy days.

Let me know when you find a responsible adult please, I need one to pick somebody up from hospital next week, can't find one anywhere.....

[hairnet]

Yesterday

today

 

Ffs

[Metal Guru]

28 minutes ago, hairnet said:

Yesterday

today

 

Ffs

On Friday , I could have posted similar pics  but labelled 9 am , 10 am , 11 am and 9.15am , 10.15 , 11.15.

Several times it was pouring with rain and bright sun at the same time.

[Supernaut]

On 22/03/2024 at 19:04, Mally said:

I've got a Bungalow, same tiles as you.  Had a slight leak, felt was split in the loft.

Cost me 6K for a new roof. 

6k isn't bad.

The parents just got quoted 8k for some pointing, some flashing and two dormer window surrounds on their farmhouse.

The person quoting got told to sling their hook.

[Bren]

Our mondeo has adaptive xenons. The n/s bulb that illuminates when you turn has gone.

Can I get the unit out of the car? No. I watched vids on youtube - all are older than ours and lower spec - light comes out easy.

I did the other side 12 months ago and it was a PITA but I got the light unit free. I am mindful I do not want to break anything so I do not want to lose my temper. I have put my tools away.

I really have no love for this car.

[brownnova]

On 22/03/2024 at 14:22, Rust Collector said:

Text from my neighbour this morning:

‘Are you aware you have a hole in your roof?’

I was not aware, and I was blissful in my ignorance.

Now that I’m encumbered with the knowledge of a hole in my roof I am grumpy.

I guess my Friday evening is going to involve a ladder then.

Roofs are a pain when they start going…. We’ve had a roofer out a couple of times recently as we had a leaking dormer and a hole in the roof following a storm in a similar position to yours. Being a dormer bungalow I had to climb into the roof space to investigate… 

Through the hole… 

Temporary repair. 

Not much space: 

Reminds me, I need to retrieve that bucket now the roofer has been. 
 

On water based grumps, we have a leaking heating system somewhere, as we now have a hole in the ceiling in the hole where water has dripped through… floorboards lifted, and so far can’t find it. Which means I need to move all the bedroom furniture to lift the next boards along. 

[brownnova]

On a car based grump… (which is why I came here before being distracted by roofs) 

We bought (well PCPd) a brand new MG for the good lady a couple of years ago because we wanted the security of her not breaking down whilst the kids were babies and having a warranty if it did. Two weeks ago it broke (steering column has broken). Tbh in over 2 years we’ve had absolutely no issues, so that’s ok, cars break sometimes. However, MG agreed to look at it a few days later, and when we told them it was being recovered to them they claimed to have no record of the booking (despite having confirmed over the phone they would have it.) and informed us it would be another couple of weeks before they could look at it. We tried the other two MG dealers and got “end of April” and “looking at June mate” 

The dealer won’t provide a courtesy car. So we will have been paying for a car for a month which is sat broken on the drive. And who knows how long it will take them to get parts in.

Which would be fine if the wheel bearing on the XC90 didn’t fail and the Saab’s MoT wasn’t expiring this week. 🙄
 

Might have to buy another car at this rate! 

[Rust Collector]

38 minutes ago, brownnova said:

The dealer won’t provide a courtesy car. So we will have been paying for a car for a month which is sat broken on the drive. And who knows how long it will take them to get parts in.

Is it still on finance? Might be worth giving the finance company a poke and mention the lackadaisical dealers and booking error on their part. I've known of them to 'encourage' the dealer to resolve the issue due to the fact that as you rightly say, you're paying your finance agreement but you don't have the vehicle to use.

[artdjones]

If it's a straight finance agreement the finance company own the car until the final payment, and are renting it to you in the meantime. So if their goods have broken and you can't use what you are paying for it's up to them to do something about it.