Old Nick
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I had one of those quite a few years ago, had to give it a going over with a sledge hammer to stop the bloody thing beeping
What's Boiling Your Pi$$ Today?
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Don the Don
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Legal requirement up here now in jockland, those interlinked jobbies [at own expense], I had one of the old type before and you only had to fart near it and away it went dropped kicked the bugger into touch drove me nuts
Scrappy
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Had similar in my house originally, I used to refer to it as the cooking alarm cos they near deafened me every time the oven was on. I replaced them with Nest Protect smoke/CO2 alarms which don't go off when I cook, and before they do go off you are warned first with a sexy female voice.
I had a visit from Duck today & I mentioned his post re the smoke detector. Apparently it's only approx 12 months old & the mains electricity type. Therefore it's obviously faulty.Some fire services used to install and replace them for free, don't know if they still do or if they do up in Ducks neck of the woods
Don the Don
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Duck pays rent "right" so the batty old landlady can have them replaced
smib
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Do they work in cavesSome fire services used to install and replace them for free, don't know if they still do or if they do up in Ducks neck of the woods
Big Sandy
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Friggin spell check. "Jobbies" fer ferks sakes.
Jeeze, feggin spell check boils my piss! Eye Fugging no ow to spel, innit? D'st-ear?
Big Sandy
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Why woulds't want a smoke detector in a cave?Do they work in caves
Don the Don
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"Jobbies or jobby" Slang for: Turd, shit, crap,
Sarky B’stard
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I had one beep like that after 2 new batteries..... only it was fine. I was staring up the stairs at the one the floor above it before I realised the sound direction was 'off'! Drove myself nuts for 48hrs!
Big Sandy
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It's what they are. Fuggin shites.....we have three in the hall, one in dining room, kitchen, porch, and 2 in the living room. Smoke, heat and CO. Drive you mad when they all go off. Usually every time I open the stove to put more logs in.... Or cook sausages.( Misogynistic food .."Jobbies or jobby" Slang for: Turd, shit, crap,
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Sarky B’stard
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Beep................................................Beep......................................Beep....
Doc Strange
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Day 5 of boiler problems.
Had its annual service then stopped working. Had fella back twice, still not working.
He reckons it's leaking so going to try rad seal otherwise it's pulling up downstairs floor. And while we've never been fans of the laminate covering the downstairs, we aren't exactly keen to start ripping it up.
Glad the shower's electric and we have a wood burner!
DS
Had its annual service then stopped working. Had fella back twice, still not working.
He reckons it's leaking so going to try rad seal otherwise it's pulling up downstairs floor. And while we've never been fans of the laminate covering the downstairs, we aren't exactly keen to start ripping it up.
Glad the shower's electric and we have a wood burner!
DS
Scrappy
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Old Nick
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The other gymnastic daughter has a Saturday job as a trainee coach, great I thought, nice little Saturday job teach her about working and responsibilities etc etc - so I’ve been diligently dropping her off and picking her up after her 2 1/2 hour working - 60 miles all in which is a gallon of diesel (£7.85)
Just found out how much she gets paid - £2.50 a fucking hour
She can stay in bed next weekend and I’ll give her £6.25 and save me self £1.60 - fuck the work experience
Just found out how much she gets paid - £2.50 a fucking hour
She can stay in bed next weekend and I’ll give her £6.25 and save me self £1.60 - fuck the work experience
MartytheMartian
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Definitely sounds dodgy that it conks out after he serviced it @Doc Strange . What did he do during the service? Did he add glycol to the system?
Unless glycol is pre-mixed with water it's gooey and orrible and can stop the system being able to pump around and, if your system has filters in it that have been pulled for cleaning it's needs to be check that the valves that isoltate a strainer or filter from the system have been opened again to allow the system to flow.
Both the above problems have happened to my system (electric air source central heating) after an 'expert' has serviced it.
Unless glycol is pre-mixed with water it's gooey and orrible and can stop the system being able to pump around and, if your system has filters in it that have been pulled for cleaning it's needs to be check that the valves that isoltate a strainer or filter from the system have been opened again to allow the system to flow.
Both the above problems have happened to my system (electric air source central heating) after an 'expert' has serviced it.
Doc Strange
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I'm no boiler engineer, but that sounds dodgy as f#ck to me
It's the plumbing equivalent - not the car stuff
He's a good fella - nephew of a former colleague and used him for years.
Reckon as it hadn't been used for ages, bringing it up to pressure and pressure testing it caused whatever weakness was there to become a leak.
TBH, our system is very old and needs replacing - we're just trying to hang on as long as possible in case we move.
DS
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