Weather

Heavy downpours through out the night,to much surface water to take Tag out for a good walk.
Brighter now suns out and milder.
Have a nice day, hope you get your ch going Tony.
Boaby

Sorry to hear the CH is still on the blink Tony, has to go wrong at the worst time of the year doesn't it. Hope you find a solution soon.
Been a really nice day down here today, relatively warm and a good deal of sunshine. Managed to get in to Falmouth to get a few things done, gave the van a good airing as well. Finally, had another really good look at the leaky lounge window and really hoping after another modding of a door seal on the floor above it I may have a cure. Only time will tell. Need a full blast southerly with heavy rain to find out now.

Have a great evening all 

Longer walk out with Tag as the rain held of earlier, although wet underfoot,it's mild with a light breeze.
Hope your re-sealing has done the trick GH, how's the C/h doing Tony?
Have a nice day.
Boaby

Just after 8.30 and still 15 minutes to sunrise, with sunset at15.30 today.quite dull and cloudy, dry with cold wind. Don't think the house lights will be switched off today.

Shortest day.
Weird expression when you think of it, all days are 23hrs and 56 mins. (Also a bit weird when you think of it, but we have the fun of leap years...)
Should be shortest dayLIGHT day!
Once got stuck at Thule AFB in north Greenland, for a week. Total 100% darkness and -26c unvaryingly the whole time...

So much warmer and more pleasant here 8c already this morning and a hopeful sunrise, walk to town this morning (all of 800m!)

Tony, Einstein said if you do what you always do, you will get what you always get. May be time for a fresh pair of eyes. Good luck finding someone before Christmas holiday though.

Tony - we had a leak from one radiator so had the valve replaced, after which the two radiators furthest away from boiler were  stone cold. We have 10 radiators.  Apparently the radiators should have been 'balanced' after the repair but British Gas (subcontracted to Dynorod for plumbing repairs) didn't. Googled the problem. Turned off every radiator in the house by closing the thermostat on each one (one cannot be closed) except for the two cold ones. Then bled the two, and waited, hot water forced through to the far ones before opening thermostats again and been fine ever since. Got to be worth a try.


Very heavy rain during night, now dry but dull.

Definitely warmer here again today. The Hive thing on the wall said it was 19 degrees in our hall last night. I know we havnt got to the normal snow season ie January or February but this weather will do for now.
After muttly has had his walk a visit to Sainsburys is planned for some bits daughter wants for lunch on Christmas Day. She is working up to Christmas Eve. Hopefully it will be a quick shop I would prefer to go across the road to Lidl because it’s never as busy.

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Paulmold wrote:Tony - we had a leak from one radiator so had the valve replaced, after which the two radiators furthest away from boiler were  stone cold. We have 10 radiators.  Apparently the radiators should have been 'balanced' after the repair but British Gas (subcontracted to Dynorod for plumbing repairs) didn't. Googled the problem. Turned off every radiator in the house by closing the thermostat on each one (one cannot be closed) except for the two cold ones. Then bled the two, and waited, hot water forced through to the far ones before opening thermostats again and been fine ever since. Got to be worth a try.


Very heavy rain during night, now dry but dull.

Exactly the same here Paul, except we have 26 of them , balancing and bleeding that many was trial and error and took a lot of patience. Turned them all off except the main flow one and the one that didn't get warm, pumped the water through to shift the air and the faulty one started getting hot. Fine now.
Not needed today, blue skies and sunny, 14 degrees, Lady G has just hung out some washing so hope it stays that way.
Best get on and do a bit of clearing up outside otherwise I will be getting told off.
Have a great day all  

Dry clear night, breezy,no rain. Good walk with Tag down the promanard and back up the north side .
Have a nice day,hope you get your heating sorted Tony.
Boaby

4 degrees and gentle wind, clear nightvwith nice day promised.

Van hooked up to electric last night and fridge switched on to increase chilled storage capacity for extra few days. Turkey etc pick up due tomorrow morning then don't intend to go out till after Christmas. 

Sitting contemplating life in downstairs cludgie last night when I heard what sounded like rain, but no clouds. Still present this morning so will need to investigate once daylight arrives, suspect overflow from cistern in upstairs bathroom is dripping.

Have a good day

Hmmm, so the system seem to be running freely so theoretically it can't be the TRV valves on the rad as it is getting hot which would indicate ( in my very humble opinion) either the pump is not sufficient or the boiler is not producing enough hot water. Word of caution though, when we had a similar issue we had the pump replaced for an industrial one and it made no difference whatever. Have you tried temporarily turning up the water temperature to see what that does? You must be getting well hacked off with it by now, hope you find a solution soon.

Grey and dismal down here, dry so far but heavy rain forecast for later but at least it isn't cold, currently showing 14 degrees on the outside thermometer. For once looking forward to heavy rain and a strong southerly so I can see if my leak fix has worked!
Not a lot else planned for the day, maybe a bit of inside window cleaning, how did we ever have time to go to work?

Have a great day all

It started grey and chilly on our morning walk but by the time the window cleaner got here it was drizzling and yuk. I think it will be an afternoon in the workshop with the heater on. As far as I know my festive duties are on track unless management has some thing she thinks I have forgotten.

Rain stayed of overnight,some cloud coming in ,not as cold as yesterday, good long walk with Tag down the south side of the promanard.
Have a nice day, take care if your traveling.
Boaby

Still and peaceful night, 3 degrees, sunrise at 8.47 so noticeable improvement on 8.40 a couple of days ago.

Off out to collect meat order from butcher and pick up a couple of other things, then time to pull up the drawbridge on BB towers and escape from the madness until after boxing day.

Hope everyone's plans work out as envisaged

A dry night but very foggy, the fog is now lifting which I am glad about as a 110 mile round trip for the Better half’s hospital visit for her monthly MS treatment, call at the butchers on the way home then it’s time for a beer and a mince pie

It was an excellent decision not to go back to the family in Canada this year, currently -27 in Calgary with a wind chill factor up to -55 in Southern Alberta. That is dangerously cold.
Much better here in balmy Cornwall, 14 degrees at the moment with a light breeze. Back from the early shop for us too, busier than normal but plenty of stock and really quite bearable
Next stop Landkey in Devon for Christmas and as long as we want really, it will be a proper old fashioned Christmas with our son and family in their traditional cottage. Doubtless a hikel on Boxing Day come rain or shine. 
Don't want to see another shop now until 2023!
Have a great day all

For those with CH woes and plumbing in general, I can recommend the plumbers forum as a good source of everyday information  - 
www.plumbersforums.net .    Even if you don't have an existing problem, it makes good reading.