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[TheFaQQer]

FYI: an orangutan is not the same thing as Sarah Jessica Parker

[TheFaQQer]

Does your cellar suffer much in the way of flooding?

It would if there was no pump

Every other house in the road suffers from it, and unfortunately we live in an odd-numbered house - next door is fine.

There is a hole in the cellar floor, through which the water backs up. So I have a pump in the hole with a float, so that when it gets too much it pumps it up the hose pipe in the wall, out through the garden and into the road in front of the house.

[TheFaQQer]

I want a house with a Cellar... they make excellent Man Rooms. Like Yorkies: Not for Girls.

That was my dream - the builder told me that it would be warm and dry, and could be carpeted. It was going to be my games room....

And then it flooded, builder disappeared, and left it in a mess.

[TheFaQQer]

Who's got it ?

I've heard its easy to put down, just comes on a roll and you tile over the top.

Anyone know the best (cheapest) place to buy from ?

I've got it in the bathroom. Seemed dead easy to put down, but "my people" did that for me. We bought the heat mat from the tile shop near us (plumber gets a discount there, so I just went in and asked for "Pete's discount"!) and he got the thermostat from the plumbing trade supplies place (PTS).

Good for taking the edge off the floor, but not really for heating the whole room, but we have it set reasonably low (25 degrees!)

[TheFaQQer]

I would love to be rid of ours - but we aren't on mains gas, and I haven't yet looked into whether we can get a hob which runs on LPG?

My parents village wasn't on mains gas for years.

We had a work colleague of my mum's come up at one stage, who said "oh, it's chilly tonight - you'll have to turn the gas up". My sister said "oh, we don't have gas, we're on oil".

Smug git turned round and said "You don't have gas?!? They have gas in Ethiopia!"

My (less than subtle, but quick-witted) sister responded "Yes, but we've got food, though" which fair shut him up.

[HeliCraig]

Invoicing and accounts

I also have this to do. The first part will get done today. The latter may not get done until next week now.

[cailin maith]

My parents village wasn't on mains gas for years.

We had a work colleague of my mum's come up at one stage, who said "oh, it's chilly tonight - you'll have to turn the gas up". My sister said "oh, we don't have gas, we're on oil".

Smug git turned round and said "You don't have gas?!? They have gas in Ethiopia!"

My (less than subtle, but quick-witted) sister responded "Yes, but we've got food, though" which fair shut him up.

My parents have oil - in fact they only got central heating when I moved out so 1994/95 ish.... before that it was whatever heat the solid fuel fires in the kitchen and living room spat out...

The mains gas only made it to our road last summer

[HeliCraig]

That was my dream - the builder told me that it would be warm and dry, and could be carpeted. It was going to be my games room....

And then it flooded, builder disappeared, and left it in a mess.

My friend had his tanked professionally and it worked a dream - but it was very very expensive. It was an amazing place though - three rooms of man stuff. Brill.

He foolishly thought it would add value to his house. What it did, I suspect, is stop it by falling so much.

He had no choice to sell it last year anyway as part of the divorce. A very bad year for him.

[TheFaQQer]

I also have this to do. The first part will get done today. The latter may not get done until next week now.

It will only sting you in the end. I need to email my spreadsheet to the accountant and get MrsF to take him the accounts folder this week.

HMRC are offering better interest on early payment than my reserve account at the moment, so I may as well get it in early!

[BrowneIssue]

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