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sparkin
11-Feb-2005, 00:31
Been having a bit of a bad run of luck recently,kids in hospital,parents passing on etc.
When I thought it couldn`t get any worse,the gas board came round yesterday to fit a new meter(every fifteen years apparently)and discovered we had a leak(never smelt gas thou)the leak was bad enough for them to cut me off there and then:o:o:o
Couldn`t trace the leak,only got a cooker and a boiler and they were both ok:puzzled: My worst fears came true,the pipes under the concrete floor from when the house was built were almost definetly the cause:o
So a quick call to me mate Tantrum(Numptystrada pilot)he surveyed the problem and by tea-time tonight he had got one of his guys round and a whole new gas line had been fitted from the meter to the boiler and cooker:)


Mates hey,the best thing in the world:roll:

madmav
11-Feb-2005, 00:46
When the rain stops!
the sun always comes out !;)

chin up son:D

sparkin
11-Feb-2005, 00:48
Originally posted by madmav
When the rain stops!
the sun always comes out !;)

chin up son:D

A trip to the Ring would help:D

madmav
11-Feb-2005, 00:50
just say the word my boy !

if i dont get out there soooooon i'm gonna divorce herindoors!

i'm doing her head in! lol:lol:

TP
11-Feb-2005, 01:59
Originally posted by sparkin
Been having a bit of a bad run of luck recently,kids in hospital,parents passing on etc.
When I thought it couldn`t get any worse,the gas board came round yesterday to fit a new meter(every fifteen years apparently)and discovered we had a leak(never smelt gas thou)the leak was bad enough for them to cut me off there and then:o:o:o
Couldn`t trace the leak,only got a cooker and a boiler and they were both ok:puzzled: My worst fears came true,the pipes under the concrete floor from when the house was built were almost definetly the cause:o
So a quick call to me mate Tantrum(Numptystrada pilot)he surveyed the problem and by tea-time tonight he had got one of his guys round and a whole new gas line had been fitted from the meter to the boiler and cooker:)


Mates hey,the best thing in the world:roll:

Nice to here mate, this is the culture I was brought up in.

Good to see it had origins over here ....

sparkin
11-Feb-2005, 09:25
Originally posted by tp-996

Nice to here mate, this is the culture I was brought up in.

Good to see it had origins over here ....

Oh yes:) Those peeps doing TA Cadwell will know doubt bump into him on his trick Multistrada,me myself is struggling to get the time of work for it,as my assistant has already booked a fortnight in the Algarve:mad::mad:
On a better note,I`m now going over to my engineers to have a look at my bike and check progress,it`s been gone three months now:(

sparkin
23-Feb-2005, 22:16
Just when I thought things were on the up,with Cristians(my 11 week old son) blood transfusions starting to pull him out of the woods:saint:house now re-gassed and my bike coming back Friday:D Low and behold we have no heating and hot water again:sniff::mad:
So a quick call to me mate Tantrum:cool: AGAIN and he diagnoses a burnt out circuit board in the boiler:pig:and yet again I`ll be in his debt as he`s coming out tomorrow with a new circuit board;):saint:
For he is a star!

sparkin
23-Feb-2005, 22:28
Originally posted by Dseered
Hope all is well with your son, as you say, mate is where its at with regard to things like heating, hop all gets sorted matey........

DCR

Hope so, using the heat off the back of the PC now:o

Felix
23-Feb-2005, 22:54
Hey, Sparkin, two things: One, you need a new assistant. I mean really. Two, you haven't got one of them Ideal Standard Icos boiler. Apparently, they all fail on the circuit board. Mine did, when we were on Holiday a fortnight ago.:mad:

ducv2
23-Feb-2005, 22:57
Originally posted by sparkin
Just when I thought things were on the up,with Cristians(my 11 week old son) blood transfusions starting to pull him out of the woods:saint:house now re-gassed and my bike coming back Friday:D Low and behold we have no heating and hot water again:sniff::mad:
So a quick call to me mate Tantrum:cool: AGAIN and he diagnoses a burnt out circuit board in the boiler:pig:and yet again I`ll be in his debt as he`s coming out tomorrow with a new circuit board;):saint:
For he is a star!
Think you need to buy him a beer or two:D:D

sparkin
23-Feb-2005, 23:21
Originally posted by ducv2
Originally posted by sparkin
Just when I thought things were on the up,with Cristians(my 11 week old son) blood transfusions starting to pull him out of the woods:saint:house now re-gassed and my bike coming back Friday:D Low and behold we have no heating and hot water again:sniff::mad:
So a quick call to me mate Tantrum:cool: AGAIN and he diagnoses a burnt out circuit board in the boiler:pig:and yet again I`ll be in his debt as he`s coming out tomorrow with a new circuit board;):saint:
For he is a star!


Think you need to buy him a beer or two:D:D


When we get to Cataluyna GP the beers WILL be flowing;)

Henners
23-Feb-2005, 23:41
All the very best Sparkin - hopefully the last cold night you'll endure for a long time. Chin up :)

gasmanrus
23-Feb-2005, 23:47
hey sparkin, glad your boys on the mend.

for anyone thinking of replacing their boiler, if you leave it till after 1st april you will only be able to have a condensing boiler fitted
this is to conform with the governments new part L energy efficiency regulations.

although condensing boilers are slightly more efficient than regular boilers, they are initially a lot more expensive to buy and along with the extra controls/pipework & extra labour to adapt to your heating system, they are considerably more expensive to have installed.

for a guide to how much it will cost, get a quote from british gas then half it
that should be about right:lol:

sparkin
24-Feb-2005, 18:42
Well,by one oclock it`s hot house flowers again:D as the man does it again.Excactly as he thought,burnt out circuit board.
Now it`s time to put the bunting up,`cos the triple eight is coming home tomorrow:sing::bouncy::D:D:smug:

TP
24-Feb-2005, 18:45
Originally posted by sparkin
Now it`s time to put the bunting up,`cos the triple eight is coming home tomorrow:sing::bouncy::D:D:smug:

How is WeeJohnnyB gonna help you? Put him up where? I know he's small ....

To ward off crashing? I don't think that's gonna help you ...

:frog:

ok ok, I'm off to the pub ;)

[Edited on 24-2-2005 by tp-996]

sparkin
24-Feb-2005, 21:25
Originally posted by tp-996
Originally posted by sparkin
Now it`s time to put the bunting up,`cos the triple eight is coming home tomorrow:sing::bouncy::D:D:smug:

How is WeeJohnnyB gonna help you? Put him up where? I know he's small ....

To ward off crashing? I don't think that's gonna help you ...

:frog:




ok ok, I'm off to the pub ;)

[Edited on 24-2-2005 by tp-996]


You know what I mean!Ward off crashing,what are you trying to say"with WJB about your odds of crashing decrease by 50%" :lol::lol:;)

rcgbob44
24-Feb-2005, 23:11
Good luck mate.;)