Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkk!!!!!!

[lynda66]

twas my birthday on sunday .... so yeah lol ta xx

wow i just opened the dishwasher up and ....... everything's all shiny

though shall probably have to walk round all day with a blindfold on, so i can't see just how much of a mess the kitchen is .... i have realised though, i probably should pull the fridge and cooker out more often to clean under them.

off to town shortly to get a new mop, so sons g/f can clean when she wakes up from her drunken stupor, and gets over her hangover, think i'll go make loads of noise outside the bedroom too, to get her in a really bad mood

[Comfreyfan]

You lot do make me laugh! It's excellent to feel in good company. We bought a dishwasher and ended up building an extension because we had to move a cupboard so we could move the washing machine so there was still room for the fridge..........

Lynda, marry a plumber, have you any idea how expensive it is to call one out when 'someone' cuts through a pipe late on a sunday afternoon, bank holiday weekend, when I had already pointed out how close the pipe was and got told to mind my own business?

[Mikey]

Right serious head on for a change!!, you should not connect up your dishwasher to a hot feed, they are cold fill only, you run a high risk of damaging the internal thermostat by doing this.

Second ignore Alice's comment on trades, the plasterer is not the only trade you cannot do yourself, as no electrics should be touched in the kitchen without it being done by a qualified electrician. Failure to do so, is breaking part p of the building regulations, if and when you chose to move from your property will have to pass the hip, if you cannot produce documentation as to the satisfactory completion of electrical work within the kitchen you will have to pay for the work to be surveyed, aswell as any potential remedial work that may be required.

Current legislation 17th edition electrics also states that when undertaking electrical work on a property the electrician has to ensure that the earth is a minimum of 6mm in existing properties and 10mm in new builds, and that if the fuse board does not have a tester switch on it, the fuse board must be changed, they have no option.

On a lighter note I hope the kitchen refurb is going smoothly for you hun.

[lynda66]

i think i'll marry a plumber with an electrician dad and a plumber brother ..... oh yeah, and i could do with a joiner brother too, to build the chicken house ..... *checks out lonely hearts columns* I never touch electrics, well other than to change a fuse or a light bulb,

seriously, though, my next door neighbour is a plumber, that can plaster, but he's away on holiday and i'm impatient, but hopefully he will do it next week, when he gets back, as i can't attach the cupboards till the radiator is out. The electrics are fine, although i could probably do with a couple more plug sockets, but the council are toying with the idea of rewiring all the houses anyway (fingers crossed) and i wouldn't do dangerous stuff.

i can solve the hot fill thing by turning the boiler off whilst the dishwasher is on, so it only gets cold water

no probs if anyone cuts through a pipe, thats what the council emergency plumbers are for, ........ i found that out when i was removing nails from the floor in the back bedroom (last tenant had nailed the carpet down, there were hundreds).

i couldn't get one of the nails out so i bashed it into the floor with a hammer, and 2 hours later my kitchen was flooded, cos i'd gone through a pipe .... oopsssssss


but it's getting there slowly and i've just been and bought a new mop and bucket, so it might even get cleaned too ....... think i may knock a couple of walls down this afternoon ..... now where did i put that sledge hammer???

[tootles]

Yay for living in France then Mikey.
Mr T is 'doing' all the electrics here. Nothing here but four bare wires on a pole when we arrived. So long as it passes the inspection for a permanant supply (another few months off) it doesn't matter who has done the work.
Lynda, should I ever tire of Mr T I will send him your way!! (electrics, plumbing inc central heating, plastering, stone work, roofing, floor replacement, you name it + much more!)

[lynda66]

Yay for living in France then Mikey.
Mr T is 'doing' all the electrics here. Nothing here but four bare wires on a pole when we arrived. So long as it passes the inspection for a permanant supply (another few months off) it doesn't matter who has done the work.
Lynda, should I ever tire of Mr T I will send him your way!! (electrics, plumbing inc central heating, plastering, stone work, roofing, floor replacement, you name it + much more!)

thanks ......i'll send him a plane ticket

[Mikey]

But Mr T couldn't do it here, so Lynda you are just gonna have to move to france!!

[tootles]

Ah now see he could, the householder can do electrical work but no-one else (paid or otherwise). It may still need to be inspected if the hip insists - but it would pass with flying colours!!!
(An inspection would be far cheaper than an electrician)

[lynda66]

oooooooo good plan ...... gets my own plane ticket ...... actually i have been thinking about spain ...... my parents live there, my sister has a 5 bed apartment nearby too, so i'd have somewhere to live, and my mum has already said jobs are easy to get over there, just not sure i'm ready to desert my son yet lol.

[Mikey]

Ah now see he could, the householder can do electrical work but no-one else (paid or otherwise). It may still need to be inspected if the hip insists - but it would pass with flying colours!!!
(An inspection would be far cheaper than an electrician)

No tootles, the householder is only permitted to carry out minimal electrical work now, changing a socket cover fitting a new light fitting, but even then it is not permitted in either a kitchen or a bathroom.

[Mikey]

oooooooo good plan ...... gets my own plane ticket ...... actually i have been thinking about spain ...... my parents live there, my sister has a 5 bed apartment nearby too, so i'd have somewhere to live, and my mum has already said jobs are easy to get over there, just not sure i'm ready to desert my son yet lol.

If you told him of your plan he'd move, and I'm sure the GF would follow.

[tootles]

Utterly crazy.
Why should we (were we in UK) have to pay for a job we (royal we) are perfectly able to do??
(obviously I blame you personally!!)

[lynda66]

No tootles, the householder is only permitted to carry out minimal electrical work now, changing a socket cover fitting a new light fitting, but even then it is not permitted in either a kitchen or a bathroom.

it all changed a couple of years ago, just as my dad was rewiring their house, though he is a retired electrical engineer, because he had been retired for 20 years,i'm sure he had to get it certified that it was safe.

[lynda66]

If you told him of your plan he'd move, and I'm sure the GF would follow.

yeah but he's got 4 years of uni ahead and i want to make sure he eats properly, and has somewhere to bring his washing...... but in 4 years maybe

[tootles]

The reasons for us to came back to the UK are dwindling!!!!!