This Weather.....

[DazBob]

I'm getting bored of it now.  My car's been entombed in a block of ice for about a week now.  I'm not bothering to defrost it because the road is like an ice rink and I'm not wheel spinning a mid-90s BMW down that.

[Spider]

1 minute ago, DazBob said:

I'm getting bored of it now.  My car's been entombed in a block of ice for about a week now.  I'm not bothering to defrost it because the road is like an ice rink and I'm not wheel spinning a mid-90s BMW down that.

Just go everywhere in reverse. Problem solved.

[Traf]

9 minutes ago, DazBob said:

I'm getting bored of it now.  My car's been entombed in a block of ice for about a week now.  I'm not bothering to defrost it because the road is like an ice rink and I'm not wheel spinning a mid-90s BMW down that.

Sunday, mate.

12 degrees.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

[radcliffe white]

1 hour ago, DazBob said:

I'm getting bored of it now.  My car's been entombed in a block of ice for about a week now.  I'm not bothering to defrost it because the road is like an ice rink and I'm not wheel spinning a mid-90s BMW down that.

Dealer car 

[Zico]

car said -7.5 this morning

it looks like our pipes are frozen as well

fuck all water coming out of them

[globaldiver]

50 minutes ago, Zico said:

car said -7.5 this morning

it looks like our pipes are frozen as well

fuck all water coming out of them

The deathly gurgling noise 

[little whitt]

i have take all the paint and Rollers out the car at night 

or it Freezes 

[Spider]

It’s been 4 degrees In Lincolnshire today. Nearly took me coat off

[radcliffe white]

Boiler stopped today turns out outlet pipe was rock solid, heating on constant for next few days 

[Cheese]

1 minute ago, radcliffe white said:

Boiler stopped today turns out outlet pipe was rock solid, heating on constant for next few days 

Had exactly the same fault with ours today. Just disconnected the outlet and left a bucket under the boiler. Should be reet until the pipe thaws over the weekend.

[Spider]

Leave your boilers on a low setting and keep them programmed to come on every couple of hours.

Loads of them freeze up otherwise

[Cheese]

3 minutes ago, Spider said:

Leave your boilers on a low setting and keep them programmed to come on every couple of hours.

Loads of them freeze up otherwise

No.

[radcliffe white]

15 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Had exactly the same fault with ours today. Just disconnected the outlet and left a bucket under the boiler. Should be reet until the pipe thaws over the weekend.

Yes that’s the one but paid some fella £100 for the pleasure, he said it’s just freak weather insulating pipes would make no difference basically keep it ticking on constant for the next few days 

[Spider]

8 minutes ago, Cheese said:

No.

I didn’t mean you.

You shoukd leave yours on the maximum setting and leave it switched off overnight.

[Cheese]

1 minute ago, Spider said:

I didn’t mean you.

You shoukd leave yours on the maximum setting and leave it switched off overnight.

I'll leave you on the maximum setting and switch you off overnight.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

In laws have a long length of external pipe taking away condensate. A while back it froze, so the reduced it's length so it drained before it cooled too much.

At a recent service the engineer kindly re-comnected the severed pipe with a jointing piece.

It froze again!

M-i-l out in the dark with a hack saw cutting it again!

 

Edited December 15, 2022 by Tonge moor green jacket

[globaldiver]

Relag in summer, don’t wait for the “extreme global emergency “ event.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Bollocks. I've just chucked another log on.

[Spider]

1 hour ago, globaldiver said:

Relag in summer, don’t wait for the “extreme global emergency “ event.

Lagging external pipes is genuinely an area where you need to spend good money. I see it every day, cheap lagging that basically lets the water freeze faster.

[bolty58]

13 hours ago, L/H White said:

my car told me it was -9 this morning

i don't think i've ever known it so low

I remember the early 80's. A 'Siberian winter'. 1981 or '82? Seem to recall it was around -20C. Gas pipes, water pipes, car radiators bursting all over the place. To be fair, it did touch zero degrees here once in a place called Jandakot.

[gonzo]

-5 here already. 

[FrancisFogarty]

13 hours ago, Traf said:

Sunday, mate.

12 degrees.

Aye, 6 in morning and 6 in afternoon.

[MancWanderer]

Plumber turned up today to finish grouting the new bathroom he’s fitted. He’d left the bag of powder grout in his van overnight. Frozen solid

[stevieb]

14 hours ago, L/H White said:

my car told me it was -9 this morning

i don't think i've ever known it so low

Only Karen's on Facebook post car temperatures. They are 5 degrees out in extreme weather either way. Drama queens these vehicle thermometers

 

But... My car has the hand brake frozen if I try and drive it outside of the one hour its not minus 1 during the day. Literally can't move. 

Fucked off with it. 

That and that 1 inch of compacted ice on the pavement that won't shift now that makes you walk like you've shit yourself. You can fuck off too!