I would just like to say

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Stone56 said:
25 here yesterday Sun already out and hot today going to be water shortage this year can see it coming have a good Sunday May put my shorts on to top up the tann 😁🌞
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One swallow doesn't make a summer! I thought we were going to have another baking summer last year in the UK after June was hot and dry, but then it drizzled through most of July and August. Just as well too, because I'd planted loads of little trees the previous winter and I'd have lost a lot of them if it had carried on. Make the most of the fine weather while it lasts.
 
gstuart said:
Many thks and blimey what a mess , along with the huge amount of stress tied in with it

Indeed writing to ur MP but then it’s all ur time and worry of when will it get sorted , wonder who the governing body is for ur water board are as maybe they can assist

So sorry to hear of all the agro ur having and its resolved sooner rather than later , apologises that’s not much help but will mull it over in case I can think of anything from a plumbers point of view
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The water company is the not-for-profit Welsh Water and I'm not really sure how it is 'governed' as it is in a unique situation in the UK. I am generally pleased with the not-for-profit company but I do feel that my problem has been swept under the carpt - until the next big burst. I am sure it must be cheaper for them to fit a prv than have to engage third party companies to come to restore all the damage caused by such serious bursts.
 
derwendolly said:
As you may remember I have been having serious problems with the water company and their very high pressure main which feeds directly into my property - it is almost a year now since they were supposed to be fitting a pressure reducing valve on the mains feed OUTSIDE my property and they have yet to do it. Until that is done I am not prepared to do anything on my side of the inlet feed. Water coming in at between 8 and 10 bps (?) is a lot of gushing water - I have had two husepipes burst in the garden!!
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That is indeed very high, most peeps only have about 2 bar (30psi) mains pressure. Had a client who wanted hot water to his outside tap, with a mixer valve to cool the hot water for when he washed his dog. Cold water was at 7 bar and the hot at just 2, had to bring the hot down as the mixer couldn't handle that kind of pressure differential.
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derwendolly said:
The water company is the not-for-profit Welsh Water and I'm not really sure how it is 'governed' as it is in a unique situation in the UK. I am generally pleased with the not-for-profit company but I do feel that my problem has been swept under the carpt - until the next big burst. I am sure it must be cheaper for them to fit a prv than have to engage third party companies to come to restore all the damage caused by such serious bursts.
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Have a whinge to your local MP, and keep making noises to him and Welsh Water, at the end of the day it's your life and your dogs lives ...

If the water washes the foundations of your property and you have a partial collapse how long till you're found and help comes ?
 
Hippo said:
A small car is cheaper to run. 60 to the gallon is more than twice what a d3 will do. Parts and servicing are cheaper. The sooner it goes the sooner his motoring costs drop.
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Well, yes I know that. Having done some of my regular trips in more economical cars than the Land Rover, it's 'cheaper' but only by the price of a coffee and bite to eat in a motorway service station (not that I waste my money on such things, but it puts it into perspective). Given the price of putting a roof over one's head in Dorset, it's going to be very difficult to hypermile one's way to a house. There's just not enough years left in one's life. If I were able to put away £1000 a month in savings (which is a challenge on most ordinary wages), it would take, say, 30 years to afford a house (or a Lamborghini) at today's prices, so I'd be in my 90s, by which time they'd have gone up anyway. Of course, every penny saved helps - I've watched all those 'living frugally' videos on Youtube - but it's several orders of magnitude away from the price of property. I think I'd rather have a car I'm happy with today than save for something I won't be able to afford tomorrow.
 
Good morning all,
Plants watered, had a walk lots of wildlife and puppy cuddles. Cute wee working cocker jumped up to say hello and get a fuss. Now off to treat myself to a tank of diesel. My old focus would be full at what I put in for half a tank in this. Def get better milage though. Feeling very happy.
 
Hippo said:
A small car is cheaper to run. 60 to the gallon is more than twice what a d3 will do. Parts and servicing are cheaper. The sooner it goes the sooner his motoring costs drop.
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A friend of mine has just got himself a used Fiat Qubo (ex mobility scheme with only 26k on the clock). It is like a shed on wheels it is a 1.3L diseasel but it does 75MPG on a run. So, yes a bit better than the 18MPG on my Rangie.
 
DanClarke said:
A friend of mine has just got himself a used Fiat Qubo (ex mobility scheme with only 26k on the clock). It is like a shed on wheels it is a 1.3L diseasel but it does 75MPG on a run. So, yes a bit better than the 18MPG on my Rangie.
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I bought a 'new-to-me car yesterday, too. It also is ex-mobility, a Volvo XC40 yr 2020 with just 50,000miles on the clock. On insurance and road tax it accounts for a saving of over £700 each year. That was my reason for changing and I'm happy.
 
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Brown said:
Well, yes I know that. Having done some of my regular trips in more economical cars than the Land Rover, it's 'cheaper' but only by the price of a coffee and bite to eat in a motorway service station (not that I waste my money on such things, but it puts it into perspective). Given the price of putting a roof over one's head in Dorset, it's going to be very difficult to hypermile one's way to a house. There's just not enough years left in one's life. If I were able to put away £1000 a month in savings (which is a challenge on most ordinary wages), it would take, say, 30 years to afford a house (or a Lamborghini) at today's prices, so I'd be in my 90s, by which time they'd have gone up anyway. Of course, every penny saved helps - I've watched all those 'living frugally' videos on Youtube - but it's several orders of magnitude away from the price of property. I think I'd rather have a car I'm happy with today than save for something I won't be able to afford tomorrow.
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Yer bonkers. Somefink the size of a ford focus will do 60mpg. Tyres are cheaper. Insurance less. Tax less. Fool bill less than half. Yer need to take into account he's on a fixed budget and needs help finking ahead. The origional plan was to avoid the ulez change by moving to a petrol v8 big freelander. He dun't travel into ulez often. Its the bonkers approch to saving money. Like myself, he dun't need a big car wiv big car running costs. Even a pug 3008 would be cheaper. A lot cheaper fish n chops at the services in comparison. I use other cars for wuk. The mpg between my hippo and them is shocking. I sometimes fill up when not needed because the needle ain't moving and eye dun't want to risk travelling into remote area's.
 
Afternoon folks :).

Clear and sunny here too showing 25😅.
Ms been mowing again and I have been in the pit fixing the side step on the 322.

You knows those things that when you put in a shopping basket and you get a remark like "why do you want that, half of its missing" Well that's why its cheap;).
So Its only been sitting on the shelf in the garage for a year, Was I glad of it today:). Small 90degree air drill, missing out of the box was the chuck key and the airline fitting but the sale price was 50% off:). Had to sacrifice 2 drill bits to the grinder to make them stubbies, only had 5inches space to get it in straight.
Worked a treat and drill me oles and inserted rivinut, had to use the manual method of squishing them as no space to get the tool in.
All good now so M can now use it as a step, I will continue to clean it with the back of my trouser leg;).
So I have earnt the glass of beer that I have in front of me now.

J
 
Hippo said:
Yer bonkers. Somefink the size of a ford focus will do 60mpg. Tyres are cheaper. Insurance less. Tax less. Fool bill less than half. Yer need to take into account he's on a fixed budget and needs help finking ahead. The origional plan was to avoid the ulez change by moving to a petrol v8 big freelander. He dun't travel into ulez often. Its the bonkers approch to saving money. Like myself, he dun't need a big car wiv big car running costs. Even a pug 3008 would be cheaper. A lot cheaper fish n chops at the services in comparison. I use other cars for wuk. The mpg between my hippo and them is shocking. I sometimes fill up when not needed because the needle ain't moving and eye dun't want to risk travelling into remote area's.
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My old focus was 2.0 petrol mpg 29mpg Freelander 36
 
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