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Fireplace in a shed?!
I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m.
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On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 15:45:10 -0000
"Commander Kinsey" wrote: I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. That was where they heated the water in a big tub called a copper to do the laundry. As recently as the 1920s, apparently, as a house I lived in had one, and my mum remembered using one. When washing machines and domestic hot water arrived the coppers were removed but the chimneys remained. |
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On 04/03/2019 15:45, Commander Kinsey wrote:
I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney!* Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney.* Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. Enthusiastic woodworkers often burn offcuts to keep their workshops warmer in winter. Brick built stack is a bit OTT but if they are building the rest out of bricks, they might choose to use all bricks. |
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"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. Oh to be young....tee hee |
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On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:06:07 -0000, Rob Morley wrote:
On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 15:45:10 -0000 "Commander Kinsey" wrote: I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. That was where they heated the water in a big tub called a copper to do the laundry. As recently as the 1920s, apparently, as a house I lived in had one, and my mum remembered using one. When washing machines and domestic hot water arrived the coppers were removed but the chimneys remained. Ah, I knew about coppers (for taking a bath in), but I thought they were filled from kettles on stoves in the kitchen. |
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On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:18:56 -0000, Bob Minchin wrote:
On 04/03/2019 15:45, Commander Kinsey wrote: I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. Enthusiastic woodworkers often burn offcuts to keep their workshops warmer in winter. Brick built stack is a bit OTT but if they are building the rest out of bricks, they might choose to use all bricks. This shed had a slate roof so was either very old, or as you say built by an enthusiast. |
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On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:31:58 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. Oh to be young....tee hee I'm 43 you know! (Shakes walking stick) |
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"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. Presumably it's used as a workshop and it's handy to be able to warm it in winter or rent it out etc. |
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Troll-feeding Senile IDIOT Alert!
On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 16:06:07 +0000, Rob Morley, another mentally deficient,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, driveled again: had one, and my mum remembered using one. When washing machines and domestic hot water arrived the coppers were removed but the chimneys remained. They ALSO seem to have removed parts of your brain, troll-feeding senile idiot! |
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Troll-feeding Senile IDIOT Alert!
On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 16:18:56 +0000, Bob Minchin, another brain damaged,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blathered: warmer in winter. Brick built stack is a bit OTT but if they are building the rest out of bricks, they might choose to use all bricks. The fact is that BOTH of you are as thick as a brick! |
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Troll-feeding Senile IDIOT Alert!
On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 16:31:58 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... another brain damaged,
troll-feeding senile idiot, babbled: Oh to be young....tee hee Oh, to be an attention-starved troll on one hand, and a troll-feeding senile asshole on the other hand, eh, senile idiot? BG |
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More Heavy Trolling by Senile Nym-Shifting Rot Speed!
On Tue, 5 Mar 2019 03:57:22 +1100, Jac Brown, better known as cantankerous
trolling senile geezer Rot Speed, wrote: Presumably it's used as a workshop and it's handy to be able to warm it in winter or rent it out etc. Are you afraid you are in the TROLL's killfile, "Jac Brown", you senile troll-feeding sick asshole from Oz? LMAO -- Richard addressing Rot Speed: "**** you're thick/pathetic excuse for a troll." MID: |
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On 04/03/2019 16:56, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:18:56 -0000, Bob Minchin wrote: On 04/03/2019 15:45, Commander Kinsey wrote: I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney!* Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney.* Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. Enthusiastic woodworkers often burn offcuts to keep their workshops warmer in winter. Brick built stack is a bit OTT but if they are building the rest out of bricks, they might choose to use all bricks. This shed had a slate roof so was either very old, or as you say built by an enthusiast. My 30 sqm workshop has a slate roof over concrete blocks clad with timber mainly for appearance. No heating needed as it is very well insulated and comfortable to work in all year round. I think I fit into the "enthusiast" group too or maybe that is OCD? |
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That is correct, My old grans house had one and even when I was a kid in
Wandsworth the flat we had had one and we used to bath in a tin bath filled from jugs from the copper. It was great fun watching my parents trying to lift the tin bath to the drain to tip the water away as well. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Rob Morley" wrote in message news:20190304160607.0ce88689@Mars... On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 15:45:10 -0000 "Commander Kinsey" wrote: I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. That was where they heated the water in a big tub called a copper to do the laundry. As recently as the 1920s, apparently, as a house I lived in had one, and my mum remembered using one. When washing machines and domestic hot water arrived the coppers were removed but the chimneys remained. |
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On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:44:16 -0000, Bob Minchin wrote:
On 04/03/2019 16:56, Commander Kinsey wrote: On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:18:56 -0000, Bob Minchin wrote: On 04/03/2019 15:45, Commander Kinsey wrote: I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. Enthusiastic woodworkers often burn offcuts to keep their workshops warmer in winter. Brick built stack is a bit OTT but if they are building the rest out of bricks, they might choose to use all bricks. This shed had a slate roof so was either very old, or as you say built by an enthusiast. My 30 sqm workshop has a slate roof over concrete blocks clad with timber mainly for appearance. No heating needed as it is very well insulated and comfortable to work in all year round. I think I fit into the "enthusiast" group too or maybe that is OCD? How can insulation provide heat? |
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Sounds like a lot of hassle, I would have just walked to the nearest river to take a bath.
On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:53:02 -0000, Brian Gaff wrote: That is correct, My old grans house had one and even when I was a kid in Wandsworth the flat we had had one and we used to bath in a tin bath filled from jugs from the copper. It was great fun watching my parents trying to lift the tin bath to the drain to tip the water away as well. Brian |
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"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:31:58 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. Oh to be young....tee hee I'm 43 you know! (Shakes walking stick) Oh well you won't remember, like I do my mother boiling up in the washouse to the rear of the tenement flat we lived in to do the weekly wash ......And I demolished hundreds of dangerous ones over the years before I retired .........sand lime mortar ...they just fell down on their own not much help required...... |
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"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message ... "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:31:58 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. Oh to be young....tee hee I'm 43 you know! (Shakes walking stick) Oh well you won't remember, like I do my mother boiling up in the washouse to the rear of the tenement flat we lived in to do the weekly wash ......And I demolished hundreds of dangerous ones over the years before I retired ........sand lime mortar ...they just fell down on their own not much help required...... the good old days.....no washing machine....no 'fridge......town gas mantle in the scullery ....stairhead cludgies .......... |
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....stairhead cludgies ..........
newspaper torn into squares on hairy string ......wooden cludgy seats ........no hot water |
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On 2019-03-04 11:13 a.m., Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message ... "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:31:58 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. Oh to be young....tee hee I'm 43 you know! (Shakes walking stick) Oh well you won't remember, like I do my mother boiling up in the washouse to the rear of the tenement flat we lived in to do the weekly wash ......And I demolished hundreds of dangerous ones over the years before I retired ........sand lime mortar ...they just fell down on their own not much help required...... the good old days.....no washing machine....no 'fridge......town gas mantle in the scullery ....stairhead cludgies .......... you're nearly describing how i live |
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On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:13:26 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message ... "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:31:58 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. Oh to be young....tee hee I'm 43 you know! (Shakes walking stick) Oh well you won't remember, like I do my mother boiling up in the washouse to the rear of the tenement flat we lived in to do the weekly wash ......And I demolished hundreds of dangerous ones over the years before I retired ........sand lime mortar ...they just fell down on their own not much help required...... the good old days.....no washing machine....no 'fridge......town gas mantle in the scullery ....stairhead cludgies .......... People throw them away nowadays. I have THREE fridge freezers which I got for nowt on freecycle in the space of a month. If I wanted to, I could get about 15 sofas. WTF are people doing? Buying new furniture when the old stuff looks like new? |
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"%" wrote in message ... On 2019-03-04 11:13 a.m., Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message ... "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:31:58 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. Oh to be young....tee hee I'm 43 you know! (Shakes walking stick) Oh well you won't remember, like I do my mother boiling up in the washouse to the rear of the tenement flat we lived in to do the weekly wash ......And I demolished hundreds of dangerous ones over the years before I retired ........sand lime mortar ...they just fell down on their own not much help required...... the good old days.....no washing machine....no 'fridge......town gas mantle in the scullery ....stairhead cludgies .......... you're nearly describing how i live good man ..... |
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"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:13:26 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message ... "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:31:58 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. Oh to be young....tee hee I'm 43 you know! (Shakes walking stick) Oh well you won't remember, like I do my mother boiling up in the washouse to the rear of the tenement flat we lived in to do the weekly wash ......And I demolished hundreds of dangerous ones over the years before I retired ........sand lime mortar ...they just fell down on their own not much help required...... the good old days.....no washing machine....no 'fridge......town gas mantle in the scullery ....stairhead cludgies .......... People throw them away nowadays. I have THREE fridge freezers which I got for nowt on freecycle in the space of a month. If I wanted to, I could get about 15 sofas. WTF are people doing? Buying new furniture when the old stuff looks like new? yes I cringe when I visit the dump...unbelievable what people throw away....... I have only recently stopped cutting 13a plugs off appliances that have died .. |
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On Monday, 4 March 2019 18:22:42 UTC, Commander Kinsey wrote:
People throw them away nowadays. I have THREE fridge freezers which I got for nowt on freecycle in the space of a month. If I wanted to, I could get about 15 sofas. WTF are people doing? Buying new furniture when the old stuff looks like new? They're throwing away old stuff which still looks new, so they can buy some new stuff that looks old. Personally, I'm very pleased I bought all my 1970s teak lounge furniture when it was cheap and unfashionable. It's coming back in again. Owain |
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wrote in message ... On Monday, 4 March 2019 18:22:42 UTC, Commander Kinsey wrote: People throw them away nowadays. I have THREE fridge freezers which I got for nowt on freecycle in the space of a month. If I wanted to, I could get about 15 sofas. WTF are people doing? Buying new furniture when the old stuff looks like new? They're throwing away old stuff which still looks new, so they can buy some new stuff that looks old. Personally, I'm very pleased I bought all my 1970s teak lounge furniture when it was cheap and unfashionable. It's coming back in again. Owain but will you live long enough for your coloured bathroom suit to be in again ? .... |
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On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:37:22 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:13:26 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message ... "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:31:58 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. Oh to be young....tee hee I'm 43 you know! (Shakes walking stick) Oh well you won't remember, like I do my mother boiling up in the washouse to the rear of the tenement flat we lived in to do the weekly wash ......And I demolished hundreds of dangerous ones over the years before I retired ........sand lime mortar ...they just fell down on their own not much help required...... the good old days.....no washing machine....no 'fridge......town gas mantle in the scullery ....stairhead cludgies .......... People throw them away nowadays. I have THREE fridge freezers which I got for nowt on freecycle in the space of a month. If I wanted to, I could get about 15 sofas. WTF are people doing? Buying new furniture when the old stuff looks like new? yes I cringe when I visit the dump...unbelievable what people throw away....... I have only recently stopped cutting 13a plugs off appliances that have died .. Nowadays they have these bloody moulded ones you can't reuse. |
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On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:37:22 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:13:26 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message ... "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:31:58 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. Oh to be young....tee hee I'm 43 you know! (Shakes walking stick) Oh well you won't remember, like I do my mother boiling up in the washouse to the rear of the tenement flat we lived in to do the weekly wash ......And I demolished hundreds of dangerous ones over the years before I retired ........sand lime mortar ...they just fell down on their own not much help required...... the good old days.....no washing machine....no 'fridge......town gas mantle in the scullery ....stairhead cludgies .......... People throw them away nowadays. I have THREE fridge freezers which I got for nowt on freecycle in the space of a month. If I wanted to, I could get about 15 sofas. WTF are people doing? Buying new furniture when the old stuff looks like new? yes I cringe when I visit the dump...unbelievable what people throw away....... I have only recently stopped cutting 13a plugs off appliances that have died .. I have an almost complete dinner set someone dumped. They did realise it was useful, as instead of putting it in the skip, they placed it beside it. |
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On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:40:21 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
wrote in message ... On Monday, 4 March 2019 18:22:42 UTC, Commander Kinsey wrote: People throw them away nowadays. I have THREE fridge freezers which I got for nowt on freecycle in the space of a month. If I wanted to, I could get about 15 sofas. WTF are people doing? Buying new furniture when the old stuff looks like new? They're throwing away old stuff which still looks new, so they can buy some new stuff that looks old. Personally, I'm very pleased I bought all my 1970s teak lounge furniture when it was cheap and unfashionable. It's coming back in again. Owain but will you live long enough for your coloured bathroom suit to be in again ? .... My bathroom suite is different colours, since some got broken. A pet parrot dropped a glass of orange juice into the sink and cracked it. My bath was damaged when I tried to destroy a 2 inch spider which was crawling in it. I may have been a bit too violent. |
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"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:37:22 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:13:26 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message ... "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:31:58 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. Oh to be young....tee hee I'm 43 you know! (Shakes walking stick) Oh well you won't remember, like I do my mother boiling up in the washouse to the rear of the tenement flat we lived in to do the weekly wash ......And I demolished hundreds of dangerous ones over the years before I retired ........sand lime mortar ...they just fell down on their own not much help required...... the good old days.....no washing machine....no 'fridge......town gas mantle in the scullery ....stairhead cludgies .......... People throw them away nowadays. I have THREE fridge freezers which I got for nowt on freecycle in the space of a month. If I wanted to, I could get about 15 sofas. WTF are people doing? Buying new furniture when the old stuff looks like new? yes I cringe when I visit the dump...unbelievable what people throw away....... I have only recently stopped cutting 13a plugs off appliances that have died .. I have an almost complete dinner set someone dumped. They did realise it was useful, as instead of putting it in the skip, they placed it beside it. yes I got a complete set of new white hotel wear I use at the caravan .......those calor gas bottles are tempting |
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On 2019-03-04 11:34 a.m., Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
"%" wrote in message ... On 2019-03-04 11:13 a.m., Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message ... "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:31:58 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. Oh to be young....tee hee I'm 43 you know! (Shakes walking stick) Oh well you won't remember, like I do my mother boiling up in the washouse to the rear of the tenement flat we lived in to do the weekly wash ......And I demolished hundreds of dangerous ones over the years before I retired ........sand lime mortar ...they just fell down on their own not much help required...... the good old days.....no washing machine....no 'fridge......town gas mantle in the scullery ....stairhead cludgies .......... you're nearly describing how i live good man ..... yes i am |
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On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:47:43 -0000, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 16:06:07 +0000, Rob Morley wrote: On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 15:45:10 -0000 "Commander Kinsey" wrote: I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. That was where they heated the water in a big tub called a copper to do the laundry. As recently as the 1920s, apparently, as a house I lived in had one, and my mum remembered using one. When washing machines and domestic hot water arrived the coppers were removed but the chimneys remained. around here years back there would often be a "summer kitchen" detatched from the house. Or it could have been a shop with a forge - or a bakery - or a butcher shop with a smoke-house - 8X6 meters is a pretty good sized out-building - almost the size of my house - - - I have made an error, I meant 8x6 feet! We use feet and metres in the UK.... This is why I was confused as to them having a fireplace in such a small building. |
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Fireplace in a shed?!
On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:49:26 -0000, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 17:44:16 +0000, Bob Minchin wrote: On 04/03/2019 16:56, Commander Kinsey wrote: On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:18:56 -0000, Bob Minchin wrote: On 04/03/2019 15:45, Commander Kinsey wrote: I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. Enthusiastic woodworkers often burn offcuts to keep their workshops warmer in winter. Brick built stack is a bit OTT but if they are building the rest out of bricks, they might choose to use all bricks. This shed had a slate roof so was either very old, or as you say built by an enthusiast. My 30 sqm workshop has a slate roof over concrete blocks clad with timber mainly for appearance. No heating needed as it is very well insulated and comfortable to work in all year round. I think I fit into the "enthusiast" group too or maybe that is OCD? I can GUARANTEE you it wouldn't be comfortable to work in here today without some sort of heat sourse!!!! Get a young lad to cuddle you. |
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Fireplace in a shed?!
On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:52:49 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:37:22 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:13:26 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message ... "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:31:58 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney! Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney. Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. Oh to be young....tee hee I'm 43 you know! (Shakes walking stick) Oh well you won't remember, like I do my mother boiling up in the washouse to the rear of the tenement flat we lived in to do the weekly wash ......And I demolished hundreds of dangerous ones over the years before I retired ........sand lime mortar ...they just fell down on their own not much help required...... the good old days.....no washing machine....no 'fridge......town gas mantle in the scullery ....stairhead cludgies .......... People throw them away nowadays. I have THREE fridge freezers which I got for nowt on freecycle in the space of a month. If I wanted to, I could get about 15 sofas. WTF are people doing? Buying new furniture when the old stuff looks like new? yes I cringe when I visit the dump...unbelievable what people throw away....... I have only recently stopped cutting 13a plugs off appliances that have died .. I have an almost complete dinner set someone dumped. They did realise it was useful, as instead of putting it in the skip, they placed it beside it. yes I got a complete set of new white hotel wear I use at the caravan ......those calor gas bottles are tempting Somebody threw away calor gas bottles?! You can return them for money can't you? |
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Troll-feeding Senile IDIOT Alert!
On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 17:44:16 +0000, Bob Minchin, the brain damaged,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blathered again: My 30 sqm workshop has a slate roof over concrete blocks clad with timber mainly for appearance. No heating needed as it is very well insulated and comfortable to work in all year round. I think I fit into the "enthusiast" group too or maybe that is OCD? You CERTAINLY fit in the troll-feeding senile idiot category, senile idiot! |
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Troll-feeding Senile IDIOT Alert!
On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 18:08:44 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... the brain damaged,
troll-feeding senile idiot, babbled: to the rear of the tenement flat we lived in to do the weekly wash ......And I demolished hundreds of dangerous ones over the years before I retired ........sand lime mortar ...they just fell down on their own not much help required...... Just a troll needed to tell him your senile bull**** stories, eh, troll-feeding senile idiot? BG |
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Troll-feeding Senile IDIOT Alert!
On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 18:37:22 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... the brain damaged,
troll-feeding senile idiot, babbled: away....... I have only recently stopped cutting 13a plugs off appliances that have died .. But you HAVEN'T yet stopped sucking off the filthiest troll around, senile idiot! BG |
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Troll-feeding Senile IDIOT Alert!
On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 18:52:49 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... another brain damaged,
troll-feeding senile idiot, babbled: yes I got a complete set of new white hotel wear I use at the caravan ......those calor gas bottles are tempting ....as tempting as the troll's cock that you keep sucking off, time and again, senile idiot? BG |
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Troll-feeding Senile IDIOT Alert!
On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 10:38:33 -0800 (PST), , another
braindead, troll-feeding, senile idiot, driveled: They're throwing away old stuff which still looks new, so they can buy some new stuff that looks old. I wish they would throw away useless driveling senile idiots like you who got nothing better to do in their lives than feed the dumbest trolls on Usenet. |
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Fireplace in a shed?!
On 04/03/2019 17:58, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:44:16 -0000, Bob Minchin wrote: On 04/03/2019 16:56, Commander Kinsey wrote: On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:18:56 -0000, Bob Minchin wrote: On 04/03/2019 15:45, Commander Kinsey wrote: I came across a shed today, 8x6m, brick built, with a slate roof, and a chimney!* Not a boiler or wood burning stove type thing, but a traditional brick chimney.* Any idea as to why someone would do that? It was seperate from the house, by a distance of about 8m. Enthusiastic woodworkers often burn offcuts to keep their workshops warmer in winter. Brick built stack is a bit OTT but if they are building the rest out of bricks, they might choose to use all bricks. This shed had a slate roof so was either very old, or as you say built by an enthusiast. My 30 sqm workshop has a slate roof over concrete blocks clad with timber mainly for appearance. No heating needed as it is very well insulated and comfortable to work in all year round. I think I fit into the "enthusiast" group too or maybe that is OCD? How can insulation provide heat? I provide the heat from manual work and several of the machines are 3hp or so. It rarely drops below 10C over night. My preferences would be for female company as it happens. |
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