The parts Geoff needed apparently didn't turn up yesterday, and he
closed at noon today for 10 days.

It's the same temperature inside the house as outside, but fortunately
the weather forecast is for daytime highs of as much as 8C.

In article ,
GB wrote:
The parts Geoff needed apparently didn't turn up yesterday, and he
closed at noon today for 10 days.

It's the same temperature inside the house as outside, but fortunately
the weather forecast is for daytime highs of as much as 8C.

I keep a couple of fan heaters for such an eventuality. They don't take up
much room.

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On 20/12/2019 13:17, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
GB wrote:
The parts Geoff needed apparently didn't turn up yesterday, and he
closed at noon today for 10 days.

It's the same temperature inside the house as outside, but fortunately
the weather forecast is for daytime highs of as much as 8C.

I keep a couple of fan heaters for such an eventuality. They don't take up
much room.


Yes, I'm just going to get one. It's not quite accurate that the whole
of the house is the same temperature as outside, just some parts.

In article ,
GB wrote:
On 20/12/2019 13:17, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
GB wrote:
The parts Geoff needed apparently didn't turn up yesterday, and he
closed at noon today for 10 days.

It's the same temperature inside the house as outside, but fortunately
the weather forecast is for daytime highs of as much as 8C.

I keep a couple of fan heaters for such an eventuality. They don't
take up much room.


Yes, I'm just going to get one. It's not quite accurate that the whole
of the house is the same temperature as outside, just some parts.

Luckily, it's pretty mild for this time of the year. So much for the press
warnings about a hard winter. So far.

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On 20/12/2019 13:45, GB wrote:
On 20/12/2019 13:17, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Â*Â*Â* GB wrote:
The parts Geoff needed apparently didn't turn up yesterday, and he
closed at noon today for 10 days.

It's the same temperature inside the house as outside, but fortunately
the weather forecast is for daytime highs of as much as 8C.

I keep a couple of fan heaters for such an eventuality. They don't
take up
much room.


Yes, I'm just going to get one. It's not quite accurate that the whole
of the house is the same temperature as outside, just some parts.

When I had no heating (because I decided to fit new rads and boiler
between Christmas and New Year) it was below zero in the daytime.
I managed with a couple of those 2kW £20 convector heaters and fan
heater. The fan hear would have kept me awake at night.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/manrose-h...r-2000w/855FT?

for example.


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Adam

On 20/12/2019 17:33, ARW wrote:
On 20/12/2019 13:45, GB wrote:
On 20/12/2019 13:17, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Â*Â*Â* GB wrote:
The parts Geoff needed apparently didn't turn up yesterday, and he
closed at noon today for 10 days.

It's the same temperature inside the house as outside, but fortunately
the weather forecast is for daytime highs of as much as 8C.

I keep a couple of fan heaters for such an eventuality. They don't
take up
much room.


Yes, I'm just going to get one. It's not quite accurate that the whole
of the house is the same temperature as outside, just some parts.

When I had no heating (because I decided to fit new rads and boiler
between Christmas and New Year) it was below zero in the daytime.
I managed with a couple of those 2kW £20 convector heaters and fan
heater. The fan hear would have kept me awake at night.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/manrose-h...r-2000w/855FT?


for example.



I bought this one the other day:

https://www.screwfix.com/p/ch-2010c-...00-2000w/941fy

I was about to go and buy a fan heater, but SWMBOI (the final I stands
for Instantly) overruled me.

I'm sure we'll be all right for the next couple of weeks, but it would
have been nice to get the boiler working. Because gas is so much cheaper
than electricity, it would have saved me money to pay for express
delivery of the parts Geoff needed.

On 20/12/2019 18:08, GB wrote:
On 20/12/2019 17:33, ARW wrote:
On 20/12/2019 13:45, GB wrote:
On 20/12/2019 13:17, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Â*Â*Â* GB wrote:
The parts Geoff needed apparently didn't turn up yesterday, and he
closed at noon today for 10 days.

It's the same temperature inside the house as outside, but fortunately
the weather forecast is for daytime highs of as much as 8C.

I keep a couple of fan heaters for such an eventuality. They don't
take up
much room.


Yes, I'm just going to get one. It's not quite accurate that the
whole of the house is the same temperature as outside, just some parts.

When I had no heating (because I decided to fit new rads and boiler
between Christmas and New Year) it was below zero in the daytime.
I managed with a couple of those 2kW £20 convector heaters and fan
heater. The fan hear would have kept me awake at night.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/manrose-h...r-2000w/855FT?


for example.



I bought this one the other day:

https://www.screwfix.com/p/ch-2010c-...00-2000w/941fy


I was about to go and buy a fan heater, but SWMBOI (the final I stands
for Instantly) overruled me.

I'm sure we'll be all right for the next couple of weeks, but it would
have been nice to get the boiler working. Because gas is so much cheaper
than electricity, it would have saved me money to pay for express
delivery of the parts Geoff needed.

Fitted the "big £2K electric fire" yesterday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gip3...ature=youtu.be


It's going to need a plasterer and decorator to finish it off.


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Adam

In article ,
GB wrote:
I bought this one the other day:

https://www.screwfix.com/p/ch-2010c-...00-2000w/941fy

I was about to go and buy a fan heater, but SWMBOI (the final I stands
for Instantly) overruled me.

Beauty of a fan heater for emergency use is it heats up the room more
quickly than any other type. And is small to store afterwards. The second
part being rather important, if you think about it - unless you have
plenty storage.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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"GB" wrote in message
...
The parts Geoff needed apparently didn't turn up yesterday, and he closed
at noon today for 10 days.

It's the same temperature inside the house as outside, but fortunately the
weather forecast is for daytime highs of as much as 8C.

I got "lucky" when similar happens to me last year

I had heating but no hot water for 2 weeks

I have to bath in what I could boil in a kettle

tim

In article ,
tim... wrote:


"GB" wrote in message
...
The parts Geoff needed apparently didn't turn up yesterday, and he closed
at noon today for 10 days.

It's the same temperature inside the house as outside, but fortunately the
weather forecast is for daytime highs of as much as 8C.

I got "lucky" when similar happens to me last year

I had heating but no hot water for 2 weeks

I have to bath in what I could boil in a kettle

tim


I'm glad I ignored all the advice about changing to a combi boiler. With a
storage system, an immersion heater comes almost free. ;-)

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Dave Plowman London SW
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
tim... wrote:


"GB" wrote in message
...
The parts Geoff needed apparently didn't turn up yesterday, and he
closed
at noon today for 10 days.

It's the same temperature inside the house as outside, but fortunately
the
weather forecast is for daytime highs of as much as 8C.

I got "lucky" when similar happens to me last year

I had heating but no hot water for 2 weeks

I have to bath in what I could boil in a kettle

tim


I'm glad I ignored all the advice about changing to a combi boiler. With a
storage system, an immersion heater comes almost free. ;-)

except for the space that it, and the header tank, take up

Living in a flat (in one that I have just moved to from the above), I
achieved a 5% increase in usable space that would have been impossible to
have archived otherwise, by replacing a cupboard full of plumbing "stuff"
with a combi on the wall of the kitchen.

tim

On 22/12/2019 12:07, tim... wrote:



I'm glad I ignored all the advice about changing to a combi boiler.
With a
storage system, an immersion heater comes almost free. ;-)

except for the space that it, and the header tank, take up

Living in a flat (in one that I have just moved to from the above), I
achieved a 5% increase in usable space that would have been impossible
to have archived otherwise, by replacing a cupboard full of plumbing
"stuff" with a combi on the wall of the kitchen.

You are of course both right. My son lives in Germany, and his
bathroom has a 21KW 'instant' electric water heater. It's quite compact
and it's powered by 3 phase electricity. That's entirely standard over
there, he tells me.

On 22/12/2019 12:12, GB wrote:
On 22/12/2019 12:07, tim... wrote:



I'm glad I ignored all the advice about changing to a combi boiler.
With a
storage system, an immersion heater comes almost free. ;-)

except for the space that it, and the header tank, take up

Living in a flat (in one that I have just moved to from the above), I
achieved a 5% increase in usable space that would have been impossible
to have archived otherwise, by replacing a cupboard full of plumbing
"stuff" with a combi on the wall of the kitchen.

You are of course both right. My son lives in Germany, and his
bathroom has a 21KW 'instant' electric water heater. It's quite compact
and it's powered by 3 phase electricity. That's entirely standard over
there, he tells me.


How much does he pay for a KiloWatt/hour of electric, now that they have
shut down all their nuclear power stations ?

On 20/12/2019 13:59, tim... wrote:


"GB" wrote in message
...
The parts Geoff needed apparently didn't turn up yesterday, and he
closed at noon today for 10 days.

It's the same temperature inside the house as outside, but fortunately
the weather forecast is for daytime highs of as much as 8C.

I got "lucky" when similar happens to me last year

I had heating but no hot water for 2 weeks

I have to bath in what I could boil in a kettle


Electric shower - cover most bases.


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Cheers, Rob

On Friday, 20 December 2019 20:09:46 UTC, RJH wrote:
On 20/12/2019 13:59, tim... wrote:



The parts Geoff needed apparently didn't turn up yesterday, and he
closed at noon today for 10 days.

It's the same temperature inside the house as outside, but fortunately
the weather forecast is for daytime highs of as much as 8C.

I got "lucky" when similar happens to me last year

I had heating but no hot water for 2 weeks

I have to bath in what I could boil in a kettle


Electric shower - cover most bases.


--
Cheers, Rob

I had a gas smart meter fitted a few years back. Come November I noticed that the meter wasnt updating. I eventually called the Gas board and was told no engineers were available - it was the year of the bad floods in England - and all the Scottish engineers had been sent down there. Braw free gas I thought but it was a very mild winter and we didnt need much heating, we actually had the heating off for a while. Took them 6 weeks to refit a dial meter.

On 20/12/2019 20:31, sintv wrote:
On Friday, 20 December 2019 20:09:46 UTC, RJH wrote:
On 20/12/2019 13:59, tim... wrote:



The parts Geoff needed apparently didn't turn up yesterday, and he
closed at noon today for 10 days.

It's the same temperature inside the house as outside, but fortunately
the weather forecast is for daytime highs of as much as 8C.

I got "lucky" when similar happens to me last year

I had heating but no hot water for 2 weeks

I have to bath in what I could boil in a kettle


Electric shower - cover most bases.


--
Cheers, Rob

I had a gas smart meter fitted a few years back. Come November I noticed that the meter wasnt updating. I eventually called the Gas board and was told no engineers were available - it was the year of the bad floods in England - and all the Scottish engineers had been sent down there. Braw free gas I thought but it was a very mild winter and we didnt need much heating, we actually had the heating off for a while. Took them 6 weeks to refit a dial meter.


I would have fitted my own meter.

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Adam

Its always a good idea to keep a spare oil filled heater and a fan heater
about the place for such eventualities.

Brian

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"GB" wrote in message
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The parts Geoff needed apparently didn't turn up yesterday, and he closed
at noon today for 10 days.

It's the same temperature inside the house as outside, but fortunately the
weather forecast is for daytime highs of as much as 8C.

On 20/12/2019 17:03, Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote:
Its always a good idea to keep a spare oil filled heater and a fan heater
about the place for such eventualities.

And an actual oil heater if the electricity goes off.

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