Winter is definitely here and it is the first week I've had the heating on. I ignored the junk mail advertising new boilers and smugly adjusted the thermostat on my "old faithful" boiler. The carbon monoxide alarm went off about 24 hours later coinciding with dinner being ready and it being time to go and pick Sadie up! I wasn't sure who to ring! I put aside wistful visions of firemen coming to my aid. John the gas man arrived (late) and, after waving his magic stick (that is not a euphemism) at our poor old Potterton Flamingo, pronounced it "dangerous to life and property". At least I think that's what he said, it was hard to hear over the shrieks of Sadie and Harriet. I would need a new boiler, he could give me a quote. Were the pound signs flashing in his eyes my imagination?
We had hoped the old thing would hang on until we were ready to renovate the kitchen. We can't put a new boiler back where the old one is. John's solution involved removing the oven, some cupboards and most of the floor. However, thanks to Dad and his super research a better solution has been found via the glow worm boiler website, where I swear I only had 5 goes on the boiler calculator (well I don't get out much). Now we can nearly put the new boiler where the old one is and can get rid of the water tank in the girls' room. It will mean running pipes along the outside of the house requiring access from the flats next door so my next project will be winning over the old biddies next door. Of course I haven't got the quote yet, ripping up the floor might seem an attractive alternative yet.
Next time.......applying lining paper and where not to put the brush
I want to know where not to put the brush!
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