Stevo985 Posted January 1, 2016 Author VT Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2016 Dunno who "they" are. Mine was taken by two random blokes. They knocked on the door to ask. Very polite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 The scrap metal chaps. They'll take anything that isn't nailed down usually. Couple of years back I shouted them down to say I had a fridge freezer for them and they declined because of the gasses. I've seen other posts on Facebook saying they've got fridges/freezers to collect at the end of their drives and remain untouched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 6 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Dunno who "they" are. Mine was taken by two random blokes. They knocked on the door to ask. Very polite these two by any chance? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Yep, tatters won't touch fridges in this area (Sandwell) and haven't done for a good few years now, the only options seem to be pay the council to come and collect, take it to a tip but only on the third Thursday in June between the hours of 10 and 10.33 am or, as most do, fly tip it in a farmers gate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 3 minutes ago, Jimzk5 said: Yep, tatters won't touch fridges in this area (Sandwell) and haven't done for a good few years now, the only options seem to be pay the council to come and collect, take it to a tip but only on the third Thursday in June between the hours of 10 and 10.33 am or, as most do, fly tip it in a farmers gate wont the rats have it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V01 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Charity shop came and collected our fridge freezer, even gave us £20 for the trouble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 1, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2016 Charity shop came and collected our fridge freezer, even gave us £20 for the trouble Charity shops round here won't take ANYTHING electrical. Health and safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 1, 2016 Author VT Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2016 Just to emphasise, mine wasn't taken by the scrap metal guys. Just some random guys. Still think it's worth sticking it outside your front door for a day and see if it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 21 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Just to emphasise, mine wasn't taken by the scrap metal guys. Just some random guys. Still think it's worth sticking it outside your front door for a day and see if it goes. You should post your address on here then they could drop the items outside your house :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Adele sounds like Jimmy carr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 6 hours ago, Stevo985 said: The first winter I moved into my house my boiler broke and I was too skint to fix it so I went the whole winter without heating or hot water. It was **** cold that year too. One morning the display in my car said it was -12 Bloody hell that must have been a nightmare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 2, 2016 Author VT Supporter Share Posted January 2, 2016 Just now, DK82 said: Bloody hell that must have been a nightmare Yeah it was a nightmare. I had an electric heater that I used to carry round the house with me. Had it set on a timer in my bedroom so it would warm the room up so I could bear to get out of bed, in which I was sleeping in tracksuit bottoms and a jumper If it wasn't for the fact I had an electric shower so that gave me hot water I'd have caved in and got a loan or something to fix the boiler. As it was I managed to hold on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 4 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Yeah it was a nightmare. I had an electric heater that I used to carry round the house with me. Had it set on a timer in my bedroom so it would warm the room up so I could bear to get out of bed, in which I was sleeping in tracksuit bottoms and a jumper If it wasn't for the fact I had an electric shower so that gave me hot water I'd have caved in and got a loan or something to fix the boiler. As it was I managed to hold on! We are having to punch out boiler (near the dial) in order to get it to light when it goes out - which isn't good I know! The guy who sorted a short term fix said it could be the circuit board, or the fan, or the timer... This could be costly! its working at the moment, so fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 2, 2016 Author VT Supporter Share Posted January 2, 2016 FWIW, I got mine repaired in the end for "free", providing I signed up to British Gas' boiler care thingamajig which costs me about 20 quid a month. As it happened, my boiler is totally shite, so it's broken a few times since, so it's been a solid investment for me. Might be worth looking into if you're having problems. It includes an annual service too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 The previous owners of my house left me a broken boiler which they bodged for the survey the bastards. Luckily with a bit of fiddling about and a Google I managed to trace issue to the overflow pressure valve. Picked up a brand new part off eBay for £35. A plumber mate of mine fitted it for £20 and it's been golden ever since (4 years). The boiler itself is a crappy make and very old but keeps going. We've got about 15 radiators that it has to pump through but thank god, keeps plodding on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 2, 2016 Author VT Supporter Share Posted January 2, 2016 Yeah mine's duff. NO matter how many times it gets fixed, something always goes wrong with it. It's annoying, because I don't want to sell this house. I want to keep it and rent it out when I move out, but I know it's going to cost me 3 grand or something stupid to replace the boiler when I do that because I couldn't rent it out with the current boiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PongRiddims Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Yeah mine's duff. NO matter how many times it gets fixed, something always goes wrong with it. It's annoying, because I don't want to sell this house. I want to keep it and rent it out when I move out, but I know it's going to cost me 3 grand or something stupid to replace the boiler when I do that because I couldn't rent it out with the current boiler We had a WB installed recently, albeit by a friend of the family, and even with all labour costs it was little over £1k, it's not as expensive as you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 just weighed myself and im 13 and a half stone ive put half a stone on from last time i weighed myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V01 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 You wear it well though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 2, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted January 2, 2016 8 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: just weighed myself and im 13 and a half stone ive put half a stone on from last time i weighed myself. When did you previously weigh yourself? I find that if the scales are telling me I've put on half a stone or a stone in a relatively short time (3-7 days, say) then it generally takes the same time to lose it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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