He suggested that I get a hairdryer on it and when water starts running wrap the pipe in blankets.
Took about 10 minutes with the hairdryer and I've got water again, for now. Plus the pipe didn't burst, yet.
He suggested that I get a hairdryer on it and when water starts running wrap the pipe in blankets.
Took about 10 minutes with the hairdryer and I've got water again, for now. Plus the pipe didn't burst, yet.
Buy yourself an early Christmas present.
https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Pipe...B&gclsrc=aw.ds
It's got some of that on it. He said it's not enough.
The good old gravy train.
Everything is an EMERGENCY nowadays.
I'm over it now. Snow's absolutely mega, I don't even mind driving in it, but the rock hard slippy ice that's left over from Friday's snow can get lost now.
I'm a twit
There's a couple of empty seats. They could be outside having a smoke.
I doubt they're on an hourly rate.
Looking like we'll be back in double digits by the weekend. It's been a crap mushroom season so far so hopefully that'll spur the buggers on.
If you know of a field that produces free drugs, you'd be a mong not to check it.
Football's been called off for the entire week with venues too lazy to clear their pitches after 1 night's snowfall that is staying due to the temperatures. I'd be pissed about it but it's actually well-timed as I need to rest an injury.
14 degree rain forecast for Monday. Throw another shrimp on the barbie, will ya?
Yeah, just seen next week's weather. Talk about out of the sewer into the shit.
Just give me May now please.
Ive to go on a 350km round trip tomorrow morning with no motorways. Might indeed die.
-9 here this morning.
It's only -5 here but that's enough for the traffic to have miraculously quartered in 24 hours because weak cowards are working from home / not going to school.
Windscreen washers are some pain in the bollocks these days.
I had a new boiler put in in my parents house as I've had to move in here for a bit (I'm clearly cursed because after my already stellar year so far my landlord died and his estate want to sell the flat I was in) and it stopped working and the company reckoned it was this.
Out fucking watering my outpipe with hot water like a crazy person (sounded like a recipe for a cracked pipe to me but Google assures me it's fine so what's the worst that could happen?) and it hasn't even fixed it.
The absolut fucking state of this.
Honestly not sure which type of weather is worse.
We've got about a millimeter of snow here, but that is enough to close daycare, schools, museums, libraries, etc. Bunch of good for nothings.
Just been out and after faffing about defrosting the car windows I then had the pleasure of driving into the sun for most of my journey.
The lad who looked at my pipe (oi oi) said that water isn't a great solution. If doing water it should be warm, it can take a lot of it and you run the risk of burst pipe.
He said that a hairdryer is a much better option (it worked for me) and then wrap said pipe in a blanket/towels to help it not re-freeze.
However I have no idea if that will work on a boiler out pipe.
I might buy a hairdryer, just in case my pipes freeze one day.
Buy a heat gun.
Feels like -10 this morning. Thank God for our Russian gas.
-6C here (saaaaf London). Snow's clung on all week, but because our little close hasn't been cleared, what was here has just been compacted into ice making it a total ice rink.
The delta in my house between upstairs and downstairs feels like about 15C. Upstairs – sauna, downstairs – ice dungeon.
Boiler leak
Meanwhile I had to wear a t-shirt today since it's 20 degrees over here.
Magic makes a good point there that I'd previously overlooked.
So deep it belongs on a picture of a sunset.
And they say men can't multitask.
Went to Tesco this morning at 7 and they gritted fuck all last night.
The warmest today is getting is -3.
It's quite nice here today. Clear sky, sun's out, temperature up a bit (4 degrees apparently) and all the ice is gone.
The kebab man won't come to the house.
I tried hard - very hard - to effect a souvlaki delivery yesterday, but it didn't happen. The struggle begins again 6pm.
Going down to -16 today. Daycare is closed until Tuesday and both the library and the children's museum decided to also close. Not sure what I am supposed to do with my daughter until Tuesday.
Maybe try actually spending a bit of time with her, you dickhead.
Definitely can't think of any major [family] events between now and Tuesday.
Staying inside all fucking day is not a lot of fun for anyone.
Utterly miserable 4-8C and rain for the rest of the year. Bring back sun and -9C.
Big time. The frost is always very pleasant rather than this crap.