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I Have Gas!!!
February 16, 2006, 09:41:03 am
No not an embaressing wind problem, but a gas supply to the house. The meter has just been fitted. Yay.

Central heating by next winter.

Sorry to bore people with my DIY stories but it is quite exciting for me.

So heres an summary of how things are going for those of you who really have nothing better to do at work.

We have:
Electricity
Gas
Water
Basic network
Concrete floors downstairs
Wooden floors up stairs
Some roof leaks (still!)
Some new windows.
A diminishing pigeon population.
A big wood burning stove.
An oven
A toilet
A shower
A sink
A dishwasher
Some lights
Some plug sockets
Unbelievable amounts of insulation awaiting installation.

We don't have:
Hot water (apart from the electric shower)
Enough new windows.
Central heating.
Any boilers
Load of other stuff.

Feeling pretty good right now. If I can make it through the next month or so before it warms up things might be reasonable civilised by next winter...

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#1 I Have Gas!!!
February 16, 2006, 11:48:47 am
Hold on, you built a campus board before sorting out hot water and heating?

Good stuff.

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#2 I Have Gas!!!
February 16, 2006, 11:59:36 am
is it mains or bottled.in the village where i live the gas main runs up the main road past the village but because some arsehole privatised the gas board its not in the now privatised company economic intrests to run it through the village.so we have use bottled gas or oil and they seem to put the price up  every time it rains.

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#3 I Have Gas!!!
February 16, 2006, 12:01:58 pm
are you actively hunting the pigeons? or have you introduced some sort of virulent plague? i have an air rifle and a fairly empty freezer so might offer my services to complete the extermination...

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#4 I Have Gas!!!
February 16, 2006, 12:49:31 pm
It's mains gas webbo, 25% price rises here we come. Can the village not club together and collectively buy a gas main? They are hideously expensive though, I hassled and argued and managed to get about 60% off my original quote, but it was still far and away the most expensive service to have installed.

The gas companies are fucking useless, it's taken me over two years to get them to sort out all the paperwork. I have to fork out a huge wedge of money, and then the blokes turn up to do the job and the first thing they say is:
"This job is not the job thats described on our jobsheet".

So we compared my quote information to their jobsheet and lo-and-behold - totally different. They then went on to expain that this happens all the time and they'll just do what I want as there's no point going back to the management as it will just delay everything again and then they'll still get it wrong.

Styler the dwindling pigeon population has a significant inverse correlation with my improving handiness at air-rifle-manship, although I doubt you'd want to eat the little mangle footed fuckers. Dirty town pigeons, certainly not endorsed by Huge Furry Whitteringball. Although if you want a shooting weekend on the cheap...

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#5 I Have Gas!!!
February 16, 2006, 02:50:31 pm
oh. what a pity... i like my pigeons like i like my women - with huge succulent breasts and impressive plumage.

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#6 I Have Gas!!!
February 16, 2006, 04:49:30 pm
The penny has finaly dropped, I know who Yossarin is!

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#7 I Have Gas!!!
February 16, 2006, 05:12:04 pm
as my old man once remarked to mick jagger, the press don't know i'm here yet. mind keeping schtum old boy?

 

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