The grumpy thread

[maxxo]

i have just managed to fall through the ceiling

i've been in this house for nearly 2 weeks

gives me something to fix i suppose

i had been worried about the valve on the tank dripping, so i went up to go and waggle it around and have a look

i put my foot in the wrong place and it went right through

in doing so i managed to smack my head off the side of the tank and pull the overflow pipe out of it

i see why people call me Frank Spencer

managed to sort the overflow but going to have to spend money i don't have tomorrow to fix the ceiling

i'm impressed with myself

[IronStar]

5 minutes ago, maxxo said:

i have just managed to fall through the ceiling

i've been in this house for nearly 2 weeks

gives me something to fix i suppose

i had been worried about the valve on the tank dripping, so i went up to go and waggle it around and have a look

i put my foot in the wrong place and it went right through

in doing so i managed to smack my head off the side of the tank and pull the overflow pipe out of it

i see why people call me Frank Spencer

managed to sort the overflow but going to have to spend money i don't have tomorrow to fix the ceiling

i'm impressed with myself

Call your landlord. Not your property, not your problem, plus if you fell through the bloody ceiling it’s absolutely not you. Oh, and it’s rented in unsafe condition. 
I’d be shocked if he doesn’t come running and knock at least some of the rent off.

[maxxo]

Just now, IronStar said:

Call your landlord. Not your property, not your problem, plus if you fell through the bloody ceiling it’s absolutely not you. Oh, and it’s rented in unsafe condition. 
I’d be shocked if he doesn’t come running and knock at least some of the rent off.

i feel somewhat embarrased about it, i didn't want to have an overflow so i want to see if it needed adjustment, it has been adjusted

yes i agree about that, it's a part of the loft which isn't floored but not hidden away so i may well alert him

[Mr Pastry]

@maxxoThe landlord will probably be able to claim for the repair on his insurance. It's just accidental damage. 

[sheffcortinacentre]

1 hour ago, MikeR said:

2 hours of driving today , just to do a return trip to the center of Liverpool some 13 miles away ...

stopped at every f in traffic light ,even my son commented we would have won traffic light bingo ,  no parking in 3 places I tried , got in a multi story at the end ..

then checked the trains I would/could of used and they went off at 2pm because of a breakdown ...  just like last week ..

tell me again why city center shops are dying ...

 

Welcome to Sheffield.

[captain_70s]

36 minutes ago, IronStar said:

Call your landlord. Not your property, not your problem, plus if you fell through the bloody ceiling it’s absolutely not you. Oh, and it’s rented in unsafe condition. 
I’d be shocked if he doesn’t come running and knock at least some of the rent off.

Worth checking the wording of the tenancy as access to and use of the attic space is often explicitly forbidden.

[High Jetter]

7 minutes ago, captain_70s said:

Worth checking the wording of the tenancy as access to and use of the attic space is often explicitly forbidden.

 

53 minutes ago, maxxo said:

i have just managed to fall through the ceiling

i've been in this house for nearly 2 weeks

gives me something to fix i suppose

i had been worried about the valve on the tank dripping, so i went up to go and waggle it around and have a look

i put my foot in the wrong place and it went right through

in doing so i managed to smack my head off the side of the tank and pull the overflow pipe out of it

i see why people call me Frank Spencer

managed to sort the overflow but going to have to spend money i don't have tomorrow to fix the ceiling

i'm impressed with myself

How is you relationship with the LL?

 

[maxxo]

30 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

 

How is you relationship with the LL?

 

no idea it's owned by a company down in Birkenhead

attic use is permitted as it's half converted

 

[High Jetter]

Accidental damage, shirley?

[sierraman]

8 hours ago, IronStar said:

Call your landlord. Not your property, not your problem, plus if you fell through the bloody ceiling it’s absolutely not you. Oh, and it’s rented in unsafe condition. 
I’d be shocked if he doesn’t come running and knock at least some of the rent off.

Not sure it works like that… I’d expect a right battle getting the deposit back now damage has been done to the property. The whole ‘not your property - not your problem’ would apply to poking about in the loft ‘fixing’ things. 

[chaseracer]

AS hive mind: who do we know in the TS postcode area might be able to help Max fix this without involving the landlord?

[beko1987]

I've always treated the loft as a grey area, I've not been told off yet for using mine. (luckily the current landlord bought it with me as a sitting tenant many years ago so it was there when we moved in, honest. 

I'm no plasterer, but can you cut a nice square out of it? Back to a joist on at least one side. Then an square of new plaster board should be easy to cut and fit. Not artexed is it? 

[Mally]

As above, its quite easy if just a painted ceiling,  and not papered.  Patch it, fill it, paint it.

Dunno, never noticed it before you mentioned it guv.

[barefoot]

Scirocco broke down this morning, cut out and wouldn't restart at a junction. Nice bloke in van helped me to push it to one side. Walked home and phoned my favourite vw specialist to collect it. Then a very nice woman rozzer knocked at my door to ask if I was OK and whether things were in hand to have it moved. Sadly forgot to take photographs and it's gone now...

[Pieman]

2 minutes ago, barefoot said:

 Then a very nice woman rozzer knocked at my door to ask if I was OK and whether things were in hand to have it moved. 

No doubt if someone had tried to nick it while it was sat there they wouldn't have cared...

[Popsicle]

@maxxo I put my foot through a ceiling many years ago, as mentioned by @Mally some Polyfilla and white emulsion had it looking as new. I even managed to put the artex swirl back in with a bog brush!

[Mally]

19 minutes ago, Popsicle said:

@maxxo I put my foot through a ceiling many years ago, as mentioned by @Mally some Polyfilla and white emulsion had it looking as new. I even managed to put the artex swirl back in with a bog brush!

When my son did it age 16 I made him 'repair' it.  Its been like that for 25 years and he can plaster now!

 

[ruffgeezer]

40 minutes ago, Popsicle said:

@maxxo I put my foot through a ceiling many years ago, as mentioned by @Mally some Polyfilla and white emulsion had it looking as new. I even managed to put the artex swirl back in with a bog brush!

Ironic as usually the bog brush is used to remove pebble dash!

[barefoot]

3 hours ago, barefoot said:

Scirocco broke down this morning, cut out and wouldn't restart at a junction. Nice bloke in van helped me to push it to one side. Walked home and phoned my favourite vw specialist to collect it. Then a very nice woman rozzer knocked at my door to ask if I was OK and whether things were in hand to have it moved. Sadly forgot to take photographs and it's gone now...

And it's back...

My fave VW blokes just dropped it off. A failed ignition module was the reason for all the fun.

[chadders]

19 minutes ago, barefoot said:

And it's back...

My fave VW blokes just dropped it off. A failed ignition module was the reason for all the fun.

If you insist on driving old VWs you deserve all that you get.

You wouldn't have that problem with an ID3 would you?

[jakebullet]

Mad Jean's got her knife out again:

No wonder people go and commit suicide, it the people in this world who have no thought for others even our own families are bad anf nasty towards us, they could not care wether we are alive or dead, yhey are so wrapped up into themselves and are very selfish. They don,t bother to even visit us, their parents, we have hardly ever seen our daughter for 30 years and now at the end of our lives they want to see us but, our will is not going to eithier our daughter or our son, that is for sure.

Well, fuck you mad Jean. She posts shit like this about everyone on the planet who isn't Jesus. Casually missing out you arrange to go there, and she doesn't answer the door or phone 'cos it's a laugh that you've just driven 70 miles for nothing.

I'm sure she's expecting to sit on a golden throne, and all the people who've wronged* her will queue up for 20 miles to beg her forgiveness. She'll turn to Jesus stood behind her, and ask has this one shown true repentance, Jesus will sadly shake his head and they will be smote for being nasty to poor Mad Jean.

[barefoot]

The plan was to take a grand tour up the west coast in the 944 stopping a couple of nights in posh hotels, until we got to the isle of skye where we'd rent a cottage for 2/3 days and come back home.

Have you seen how much s/c cottages are up there? £1,200 for 4 days! Fuck that...

Plan B...

[sierraman]

On 13/11/2024 at 09:33, chaseracer said:

AS hive mind: who do we know in the TS postcode area might be able to help Max fix this without involving the landlord?

A man of his skills I’m sure he’d be able to fix that himself 🙄

[maxxo]

On 13/11/2024 at 09:33, chaseracer said:

AS hive mind: who do we know in the TS postcode area might be able to help Max fix this without involving the landlord?

not in TS anymore! SR8 now but 2 miles down the road is TS

anyway i've sorted it out now, cut out the broken bits, screwed some plaster board to the joists and skimmed it and it looks half decent

will be painting tomorrow

[maxxo]

so i've managed to completely ruin my mobile phone

a proper job of it as well!

it's had a cracked screen since i've got it, i got it for free so wasn't too bothered

it slipped out my pocket and got slammed in the very angular door of a Citroen XM

it's not bent but the screen is just lines

apparently the local mobile shop will fix it for £30 so taking it there tomorrow

[Markeh]

57 minutes ago, maxxo said:

so i've managed to completely ruin my mobile phone

a proper job of it as well!

it's had a cracked screen since i've got it, i got it for free so wasn't too bothered

it slipped out my pocket and got slammed in the very angular door of a Citroen XM

it's not bent but the screen is just lines

apparently the local mobile shop will fix it for £30 so taking it there tomorrow

I managed to split my old Sony Xperia in half in a similar fashion involving a tight car parking space, my fat thighs and the B pillar of a Megane II

[maxxo]

7 minutes ago, Markeh said:

I managed to split my old Sony Xperia in half in a similar fashion involving a tight car parking space, my fat thighs and the B pillar of a Megane II

it seems to only be the screen that's affected

thank god for that, going to take it to a phone shop in the town tomorrow to get mended

living old school at the minute relying on the landline only for communication

[Remspoor]

Had a oil leak on the back of the engines dripping from the bell-housing. (2 litre Peugeot diesel  from 2003). So in to the garage to see what is what. News is it has not affected the clutch but it is worn plus some marks on the fly wheel. I had a new one on the car  just over 100,000 kms ago in 2017. I changed from a dual mass flywheel to a solid one. the clutch does not slip but it looks as if it is on the way out. The part number on the recent does not match any one known now. The garage who done the work closed just after Covid. So to install a new flywheel and clutch will cost around 1000€ in parts alone. In 2017 the cost including labour was just about 600€
Bugger I am not wanting to payout more to repair the car.  I have a load spent on it this year. I do like it, but the are issues other than this. Time to look for something new.
I hate the Spanish car market, incorrect details, high prices and looks to be getting even higher because of the recent floods.

 

[artdjones]

19 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Had a oil leak on the back of the engines dripping from the bell-housing. (2 litre Peugeot diesel  from 2003). So in to the garage to see what is what. News is it has not affected the clutch but it is worn plus some marks on the fly wheel. I had a new one on the car  just over 100,000 kms ago in 2017. I changed from a dual mass flywheel to a solid one. the clutch does not slip but it looks as if it is on the way out. The part number on the recent does not match any one known now. The garage who done the work closed just after Covid. So to install a new flywheel and clutch will cost around 1000€ in parts alone. In 2017 the cost including labour was just about 600€
Bugger I am not wanting to payout more to repair the car.  I have a load spent on it this year. I do like it, but the are issues other than this. Time to look for something new.
I hate the Spanish car market, incorrect details, high prices and looks to be getting even higher because of the recent floods.

 

If it's a 406 HDi, a complete  LuK 4 piece kit with DMF is under €300 on the Autodoc app.

[reductiongear]

E scooters. Just eat/Uber eats riders. Majority of them, not all of them have no road sense. Wrong way down a one way street and running through red lights.