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A day surrounded by paperwork - and a determination not to put it off for another day - no honestly !!
There is one thing that Facebook has taught me - and that is (several hours later !!) time management!!
Royal Ark Mariners this evening - playing the Organ and there is a candidate so shall probably dine out tonight again - easier than cooking :)
Busy week - with Trevor Kelway Lodge installation tomorrow - also playing the organ, and Allied Masonic Installation, Ceremony of Knights of Constantinople, and dedication of an Honours Board. But as important I need to get the accounts completed by then as well as learning the lecture and acting as Senior Deacon for the ceremony as well as playing for the evening - should be busy and enjoyable though I will be driving once again.
It is a bright day with sunshine - though I can feel the cold coming through the window as I sit at the desk. Plumbers came yesterday to do an in depth assessment of the house but still think that they can do a full upgrade of the central heating for £5,000.
Over the last ten years I have always had a reluctance to let any plumber or gas technician see out boiler - as it has been there since we moved into the house in 1983, and by the looks of it was there for at least 25 years before if not longer. It has never been serviced in that time though we did have the emissions checked a few years ago and they seemed to be alright. But it is an old beast and we thought it was probably an industrial type boiler as it had to blast hot water through 3 floors.
When we took on the house - we changed the basement from storage to a bar and spare room - now a bar/bedroom and recording studio. At the same time we engaged a plumber to add two radiators to the basement and surprisingly at the moment they are both working fine. It takes the chill and damp away form the basement. But to do this they just added a sprig into the existing pipework leading to at least three other radiators failing to warm up. More lately, the bedroom radiator, which I have had to bleed with a pair of pliers for the last three years, has rusted so far that we get no heat at all from it - and therefore are unable to bleed the system properly. We do not mind a cook bedroom, but when the chill is really in the air it is best to get up and get dressed fairly quickly.
And so, the whole system has really ground to a halt. But when I opened the kitchen cupboard to show the boiler - the plumber gasped "Oh - and Old Concord!! Wonderful!" Apparently it should be in a museum but is apparently a really good boiler and ideal for the task it has done .. A search on line will not find my boiler - but Concord is still sold as a commercial boiler.
Nowadays they say that a boiler will probably last 10 - 12 years - which will suit us happily as we do not intend to be here that long. But our trusty old Concord Boiler has done at least 3 times that period and quite possibly 5 times that period...
But while I do the search on line I see that the prices of boilers varies greatly and for many of them - the price range I have been given could easily just cover the boiler itself. But it is meant to be guaranteed for 7 years and they have measured the house to check that they think that they can heat it - so as they say in medical terms - our life is in their hands..
Just looking forward to hearing when they can commence. Meanwhile - my feet are cold as I sit here - so may have to go and put some socks on!!
Talking of mechanical things and abilities - found this little gem today - how to take a jeep apart and put it back together in 4 minutes - thought I would share it here
And so I leave you with this uplifting thought...
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