What we all working on this week ?

[king of pipes]

I have a insurance job to try and rescue a poorly installed quad shower the customer wants to save the tiling if possible and has a few spare so fingers crossed it may work , the loss adjuster allowed em £1500 that will just about cover materials. Kop

 

[Lou]

Morning all.

It is Friday and its sunny here this morning.

Got a bit of work to do this morning..

@Alan Wright nice to see you back

 

[Ric2013]

The hospital are full, the roads are crowded, the death rate is at its highest, the number of cases keeps rising after and during these so called lock downs.
Nice one Boris.

Not entirely Boris' fault, I agree, townfanjohn. Most governments have handled this badly.

In fairness, this situation is hardly typical, and I'm not saying a Corbyn-led Labour government have would necessarily handled it better: certainly the Conservative Party would be directing all the blame in that direction. But to be honest, to my knowledge, it's not us 'snowflake lefties' who are arguing the toss about wearing masks and shutting pubs (actually I'm typing this from a storeroom of a shop and am not in contact with the public so legally I do not have to wear a mask, but I'm still wearing one). Couldn't we argue that it's the 'snowflake' right who are obsessed with their civil liberties being trodden on at this time?

However, if we ignore the ideology, when Dominic ***mings decided to go for a drive after suffering Covid himself and then and his eyesight was so bad he ended up driving some distance in the wrong direction entirely (libel teams: this is called satire) and MPs decided to make the government look stupid by being interviewed saying his actions were reasonable rather than forcing him to say his actions were wrong, what sort of message does it give?

When the police say they won't enforce customers wearing masks, what message does this give?

What possible sense was there in initially making customers wear masks and not shop workers too? What sense in announcing that Colchester and another town nearby were a lower tier than surrounding areas and allowing those from higher-tier nearby towns to attend to do their Christmas shopping and infect the Colcestrians instead of closing access between regions as Italy did? Or the 'eat out to help out' scheme to boost the economy in the summer when we needed to keep infections as low as possible? And I've been saying this sort of thing consistently all year: a bit of iron rod admittedly wouldn't have gone amiss.

Can anyone wonder that individuals make bad personal decisions when there is a lack of clarity in above? If the authorities hardly inspire confidence, how can we expect individuals to maintain a collaborative and organised approach? Far too easy to blame selfish individuals!

 

[townfanjon]

@Ric2013 , no person or government on earth knows what to do , every country is in the same boat , there is no answer to it , we all just have to work through it , be patient , look after each other and “ stay safe “ .

On another note where in Italy are you ? , I have been going to ask you for ages lol

 

[Ric2013]

To be honest, I don't think we'll ever know how well countries come off, until we see the excess deaths for this period compared with other years. When you look at the stats, the problem is that every country has its own way of testing and reporting so I'm reluctant to accept at face value that, say, Taiwan has only 37 cases per million and only 7 deaths in total. Even if true, the fact that Taiwan recently had SARS means compliance and understanding in the general population is likely to be very good.

I'll PM my location.

 

[Lou]

Morning everyone! Its snowing!!!

 

[king of pipes]

Well chaps you all know my situation covid 19 this second time round has really hit my family hard my brother is still suffering the effects of long covid, all his close family have been infected but have got over it reasonably well, my elderly mother she's 80 this year is absolutely shot to bits mentally she's frightened of everything shakes from head to toe and is severely depressed, I am supporting her the best way I can we have appointments in place for a specialist mental accessment and she's now on antidepressants but 2 weeks in and she's not much better, I took her to get her first covid phizer jab yesterday a visit to the opticians, doctors and dentist just to try and make her life a little easier you just have to deal with it the best way you can.
I have kept well as I am almost sure I had covid last December before all this came out it took weeks to get over the symptoms and load of test came to the conclusion it was a virus. No way Sherlock 🤣
Work has still trickled in but customers are very wary of having you in and I take all the precautions I can to avoid contact, i had a customer pass away this week from cancer and my close friends mums funeral so a crap week their life's were definitely shortened by covid and the restrictions in place for the specialist treatments they needed to keep them alive . Keep well and look after your loved ones chaps kop

 

[Murdoch]

Morning everyone! Its snowing!!!

its not down here - 😠

 

[townfanjon]

Well chaps you all know my situation covid 19 this second time round has really hit my family hard my brother is still suffering the effects of long covid, all his close family have been infected but have got over it reasonably well, my elderly mother she's 80 this year is absolutely shot to bits mentally she's frightened of everything shakes from head to toe and is severely depressed, I am supporting her the best way I can we have appointments in place for a specialist mental accessment and she's now on antidepressants but 2 weeks in and she's not much better, I took her to get her first covid phizer jab yesterday a visit to the opticians, doctors and dentist just to try and make her life a little easier you just have to deal with it the best way you can.
I have kept well as I am almost sure I had covid last December before all this came out it took weeks to get over the symptoms and load of test came to the conclusion it was a virus. No way Sherlock 🤣
Work has still trickled in but customers are very wary of having you in and I take all the precautions I can to avoid contact, i had a customer pass away this week from cancer and my close friends mums funeral so a crap week their life's were definitely shortened by covid and the restrictions in place for the specialist treatments they needed to keep them alive . Keep well and look after your loved ones chaps kop

Bloody hell pal , your poor mum . Continue what you are doing you cant do anymore, hopefully the vaccine may help her mentally . Sorry I couldn’t press the “like” button on a post like this .

 

[Ric2013]

its not down here - 😠

Several feet of it on the buildings here in the Italian Alps. People would pay you if you wanted to take it off their roofs - they get worried about the weight once there's more than 6 feet of it settled. I'm not worried, but you can have mine for free - and easy access through a Velux.😁

 

[Scott_D]

Bit of iron this week

 

[SimonG]

Just got back in from doing an outside tap for somebody at the top of the road, also re sealed a shower enclosure that was leaking. Upshot is pricing to do their main bathroom and the ensuite and the kitchen floor.

Got a nice new soil stack to put in tomorrow ready for the new extension to go up. Better remember the thermal socks.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Bit of iron this week
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What did you use on the threads?

 

[Scott_D]

What did you use on the threads?

Locktite 55 and jet blue

 

[Dan]

Morning all. Hope you're all doing alright.

My downstairs loo is blocked, not sure why. Took the loo out, bought some drain rods that attach to jet wash and can get about 10ft down but then it stops, not sure if that's where the block is or whether it's a bend. Wont unblock though. Got covered last night so had three showers and bleached everything around the loo, and threw out my clothes and shoes and even my watch strap lol

Going get Dynorod out or something.

 

[Aquarius]

Probably in the manhole - did you check here? (Quite possibly frozen - had that before now).

 

[Dan]

Probably in the manhole - did you check here? (Quite possibly frozen - had that before now).

Yeah there was a little backup in one of the manholes but cleared that out and the level in the stack pipe didn't drop. There are three manholes on our property though and the other two seem clear. To be honest 2 and a half hours is about my maximum I'm allocating to shyte lol so it's somebody elses problem now I'll just pay the bill.

I'm sure at one point I saw some kids bedroom wallpaper come flying past me, "Cars" that talking red car one. Lightning McQueen I think he's called. Trying to work out which neighbour might have a kid into that but there's no way I'm knocking on with it, can't even find it now it must have gone back down at some point or got swept up at the end in the dark.

Our other loo is fine luckily so we're not stuck or anything.

I have the actual loo outside and it keeps going below zero, do you think I should bring it in? I don't want any moisture in the ceramic freeze and crack it - is that a thing? Or are they pretty sturdy? You'd think I'd know being a tiler and coming from Stoke on Trent a 'potter'. Might find a rug throw over it or something to take the worst off it perhaps.

 

[SimonG]

Yeah there was a little backup in one of the manholes but cleared that out and the level in the stack pipe didn't drop. There are three manholes on our property though and the other two seem clear. To be honest 2 and a half hours is about my maximum I'm allocating to shyte lol so it's somebody elses problem now I'll just pay the bill.

I'm sure at one point I saw some kids bedroom wallpaper come flying past me, "Cars" that talking red car one. Lightning McQueen I think he's called. Trying to work out which neighbour might have a kid into that but there's no way I'm knocking on with it, can't even find it now it must have gone back down at some point or got swept up at the end in the dark.

Our other loo is fine luckily so we're not stuck or anything.

If its shared drains then all out the local water author
I have the actual loo outside and it keeps going below zero, do you think I should bring it in? I don't want any moisture in the ceramic freeze and crack it - is that a thing? Or are they pretty sturdy? You'd think I'd know being a tiler and coming from Stoke on Trent a 'potter'. Might find a rug throw over it or something to take the worst off it perhaps.

If its shared drains call out the local water authority. Their responsibility.

 

[Aquarius]

If its shared drains call out the local water authority. Their responsibility.

Good all mate, forgot about this. 😳

 

[Roy_66]

Yeah there was a little backup in one of the manholes but cleared that out and the level in the stack pipe didn't drop. There are three manholes on our property though and the other two seem clear. To be honest 2 and a half hours is about my maximum I'm allocating to shyte lol so it's somebody elses problem now I'll just pay the bill.

I'm sure at one point I saw some kids bedroom wallpaper come flying past me, "Cars" that talking red car one. Lightning McQueen I think he's called. Trying to work out which neighbour might have a kid into that but there's no way I'm knocking on with it, can't even find it now it must have gone back down at some point or got swept up at the end in the dark.

Our other loo is fine luckily so we're not stuck or anything.

I have the actual loo outside and it keeps going below zero, do you think I should bring it in? I don't want any moisture in the ceramic freeze and crack it - is that a thing? Or are they pretty sturdy? You'd think I'd know being a tiler and coming from Stoke on Trent a 'potter'. Might find a rug throw over it or something to take the worst off it perhaps.

Well done Dan for doing all that.

Had something similar happen a few years ago when a neighbour tipped effluent down the drains and blocked them. Good local jetting company I think, but in the process of trying to find the common outlet they accidentally jetted my confined space downstairs loo. Just couldn't go in there for two weeks. What I did learn is the drains (nearly) always follow the road even if that goes uphill for a bit.

For the loo outside after you are sure it's drained (lift it so outlet pointing down) stick it upside down on a couple of bits of wood somewhere sunny and wrap it up in old cloth then plastic. (Ok easier to put inside)

Is salt the answer?

All reminds me on the trains before electric heat, when stored overnight the guard chucks salt down the pan. You then need a swizzle stick. Take care if you pick up the green flag . . .

Very best of luck and well done again in advance.

Roy

 

[Roy_66]

Had the jab on Friday. Pfizer one as expected.

Only got mild reaction to it which is good (time to worry is when you get no reaction).

Shovelling very modest amounts of snow yesterday and this morning so can't complain.

Can I ask a question - should we be building more VMIC facilities in the UK for vaccine (and mAB etc. etc.) production:

Home - VMIC

Leading a new era in vaccine development, to protect and improve lives in the UK and beyond. Find out how we can help you.

www.vmicuk.com

Perhaps one South Wales, one North East, one Glasgow, one Ireland (somewhere straddling the border)

Can I also ask to answer that from a pure engineering view, and not political etc. (Otherwise I'm on the wrong forum here)

Cheers,

Roy

 

[Ted808]

Having a weird time, no work then work but worried about catching virus if I go. Been self employed and so had the government grant and that will help. The future feel so uncertain, and just when I was hoping to build up enough business to take on an appy to do the work my knees won't let me do. Fed up to be honest, wish I could retire...

 

[Dan]

Well done Dan for doing all that.

Had something similar happen a few years ago when a neighbour tipped effluent down the drains and blocked them. Good local jetting company I think, but in the process of trying to find the common outlet they accidentally jetted my confined space downstairs loo. Just couldn't go in there for two weeks. What I did learn is the drains (nearly) always follow the road even if that goes uphill for a bit.

For the loo outside after you are sure it's drained (lift it so outlet pointing down) stick it upside down on a couple of bits of wood somewhere sunny and wrap it up in old cloth then plastic. (Ok easier to put inside)

Is salt the answer?

All reminds me on the trains before electric heat, when stored overnight the guard chucks salt down the pan. You then need a swizzle stick. Take care if you pick up the green flag . . .

Very best of luck and well done again in advance.

Roy

Thanks for the reply Roy.

Loo is fully drained though moist as hell, and cold. Now the harshness of the odour has gone I might dare bring it back in and just place it near the stack for now. Seems it might be a few days before somebody with a sensible price is willing to come out during this lark. Thank god it's a second loo.

 

[verdigrey]

Morning everybody.

1. Hope you are all well. What have you got on today / the rest of this week?
2. How are we all feeling? I think we need help each other out a bit when we're in times like these. Hope you're doing okay.
3. When are you up for your jab? - Do you know yet?
4. How's work, is it still trickling through or has it dried up? Or perhaps you're booming at the moment with boilers breaking left right and center.
5. What PPE extras are you taking?
6. Which suppliers are open physically? Which are online only? Where are you getting your stuff from?

Answer all or any or nowt. Let's see if we can check in and help each other out.

Hello Dan ,
I am well thanks , but not been very busy as I am not going into anyones house . All of a sudden we have 2 External Oil boilers to fit . My son is also a plumber so he will do the inside work . He is really busy at the moment .
Hoping to get the Jab in February . RE PPE , just the usual Mask and gloves and Sanitizer .
Our local Buildbase and Travis Perkins are open as usual . We also use BES who are really good .
Cheers

 

[GinaMC]

Morning everybody.

1. Hope you are all well. What have you got on today / the rest of this week?
2. How are we all feeling? I think we need help each other out a bit when we're in times like these. Hope you're doing okay.
3. When are you up for your jab? - Do you know yet?
4. How's work, is it still trickling through or has it dried up? Or perhaps you're booming at the moment with boilers breaking left right and center.
5. What PPE extras are you taking?
6. Which suppliers are open physically? Which are online only? Where are you getting your stuff from?

Answer all or any or nowt. Let's see if we can check in and help each other out.

frustrated with my thermostat 😕

 

[Aquarius]

frustrated with my thermostat 😕

Which thermostat? Can’t see a thread.