fernicarry
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The weather really is mad this year. 12' one day then -1 the next... repeating every couple of weeks.
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This is my happy news. The amazing sash window restorer has fixed the frame of the little window in our downstairs toilet. He thought he would have to take it all out, that he would be likely to damage it as lead is so soft....then actually he just gouged out the rotten wood and has replaced it with some fresh wood and my lovely little window is intact!
Gothichome
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Beautiful window, nothing says classic age than a hand blown bullseye
I just adore it. So pleased it didn't get broken! And I really like this thread!
Flyfisher
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Very true. I drove from north Wales to Norfolk at the weekend. It was about -1C when I left with about an inch of snow on the back roads. By the time I reached Telford there was no sign of snow, Birmingham to Cambridge was heavy rain and by the time I got home it was 12C. It was warmer outside the house than indoors!
Zebra
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Gosh. I sucked 100ml from four windows this morning. Not personally, you understand...with the Karcher thingy.... Really good to have that moisture down the sink and not re-evaporating from a wet cloth.
LadyArowana
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Well, it seems nobody has had anything to cheer about for a looooooong time, but I am here to change that. We needed to get a water meter in. I was sure it would be a case of the shaken head and “no can do”, too close to gas line and electricity, no proper access, ‘elf and safety non compliant, cut out a chunk of your cabinets and move the pipe +++ then we might return. But no, a man arrived at the allotted time and he was not about to let any of those things stand between him and his task. Yes it was difficult, yes he had to work lying on the floor and unable to see what he was doing as he was doing it, and check by torchlight afterwards, but IT GOT DONE. And he had travelled all the way from Auckland too, tough lot those kiwis
That IS something to be cheerful about. To be fair we had a very good experience with our fibre internet installer recently.
Given it was a subbie working for a contractor working for openreach I wasn’t holding my breath but he turned out to be an absolutely lovely Polish chap, mega enthusiastic, arrived early - spent 30 minutes understanding what we wanted and ended up proposing an alternative route into the property for the cable that was much neater and gave us better performance.
All done in 2 hours and even vacuumed after himself. He then rang me 2 hours later on his mobile to check we were definitely happy with everything, all was working as expected and offered to come back if there was anything we were unsure about.
Given it was a subbie working for a contractor working for openreach I wasn’t holding my breath but he turned out to be an absolutely lovely Polish chap, mega enthusiastic, arrived early - spent 30 minutes understanding what we wanted and ended up proposing an alternative route into the property for the cable that was much neater and gave us better performance.
All done in 2 hours and even vacuumed after himself. He then rang me 2 hours later on his mobile to check we were definitely happy with everything, all was working as expected and offered to come back if there was anything we were unsure about.
I can't describe how much I love dead space under cabinets being used for secret utility hiding! Well done.