OneGuyFromBarlick

He isn't looking forward to it!

Tell him I am with him in spirit..... I know only too well how frustrating things like that can be but I always won in the end and so will Col!

I have complete faith.....

The boiler connections made with no serious problems but the chimney has taken the whole weekend. It's all back together now though, with the extractor fan in place. Finishing touches to the tile edges will be done after all the units go in. There will be some small cupboards either side of the stove with narrow sections of worktop stopping stuff falling down the sides.



Changes to central heating piping upstairs next...more floorboards coming up.

Lovely! So smart! Glad to hear that kippers can't fall down the sides..... Did you know that gelignite smells terrible when it's left to fester? Look up the old Blaster Bates recordings......

Love the tiles Wendy.

She needs a matching Pinny Moh and a rail to hang it on.......

Nothing to report from the kitchen, but a major re-jigging of the central heating system is underway. We wont even be able to light the woodburner for a week or two....where is the warm weather when you need it??

Stanley do you have a 40mm spanner that Col can borrow? He is trying to get at a fairly inaccessible fitting on 1" pipe and there isn't room for the mole wrench.

I'm not quite sure about a 40mm spanner but I've a couple of big adjustables, Let me know before 8 30am and I'll leave them outside the garage for you to pick up. I'm off out until 11-00 am.

Thanks Plaques but an adjustable won't do, it is a very confined space.

Wendy. Tell Col this is one of the old fashion type the width over the head is 90mm with a 15 degree crank handle. total length about 15 inch. The current standard of new adjustables are about 120mm head width.

Still too big I'm afraid.

Wendy, sorry but I haven't got 40mm but I have two spanners that are very close and the jaws can be ground out to size. I will give them to him so he can modify them how he wants. Call in for them. He can cut , bend or reduce them to suit.

Exactly what he's looking for Stanley. He will pop in this morning if that's OK.

He's been and gone away a happy man. I have fresh eggs, garlic, onions and tomatoes. I can see a big Spanish Omelette coming on at teatime!

Job done, Stanley to the rescue!

Lovely! You have no idea how it cheers me to be able to make a difference. I've always said that poor folks have to help each other because nobody else will! I was congratulating him on the standard of the work he is doing and the finish. He said it's the finish that takes the time. Unlike me he is a perfectionist and it can make life hard. Bit like my engines, I don't do finish! I do working engines. If someone else wants to tart them up go to it. Reminds me of Ian actually.....
He will remember where I am, if he wants anything making that's unobtainable you know where to come.



... is always open!

I have no doubt Col is working flat out on the heating and cooking arrangements. I await news of his triumph!

He is. It's a complex task!

As my friend Ethel used to say; "It ain't easy!". Give him my best as you rub him down with scented oils. (Clarins is very good.....)

Stanley wrote:As my friend Ethel used to say; "It ain't easy!". Give him my best as you rub him down with scented oils. (Clarins is very good.....)

I don't want him to leave home till the kitchen is finished!

I may be counting my chickens before they are hatched, or even putting the cart before the horse...but the central heating task could be nearing completion. I have detected a slight lightening of mood. Testing the Joints Day tomorrow.

I have everything crossed for him.....

Just a couple of weeping joints to tighten up! Various pumps and stuff to wire up next, but by tomorrow night we should be warm & cosy.

Good! Just in time as well as the nights are getting colder!