Brrr!

[JanetAnne]

Oulton Broad this morning

 

[AndyTBoater]

Also the time of year when I find out Mrs Lovejoy has neglected to dust the cobwebs from the garden

[Lulu]

I’ve also been slacking with the dusting

[Andrewcook]

As it's freezing my Boiler has packed up as this weather has some effect on things going wrong the Household is bloomy cold but got the living room Gas. Fire as a backup thank god.

[SwanR]

Hope you can get sorted out asap Andrew with this cold set to last all week. 

[floydraser]

23 minutes ago, Andrewcook said:

As it's freezing my Boiler has packed up as this weather has some effect on things going wrong the Household is bloomy cold but got the living room Gas. Fire as a backup thank god.

I hope you get sorted today. If you need help let us know and I'm sure one of us can help out with electric heaters. I have two on the boat doing nothing at the moment.

[BrundallNavy]

48 minutes ago, Andrewcook said:

As it's freezing my Boiler has packed up as this weather has some effect on things going wrong the Household is bloomy cold but got the living room Gas. Fire as a backup thank god.

If it’s a condenser boiler it’s probably the drain frozen just boil the kettle and pour over the drain hole.  

[ChrisB]

Certainly brought down the autumnal leaves that were hanging on:-

The beach was busy, not, but there were two ladies all season swimmers, just got out.

[grendel]

Well the leaves have dropped off my tree, I wonder when the apples will get ripe enough to fall.

[Andrewcook]

Hi Brundallnavy just to let you know yes it was the Condenser causing all the problems now the Boiler is working once again thank goodness as I'm now thawing out 

[LizG]

Guess where I was today!!!

[LizG]

[Cal]

Not even a frost here in Worksop today. Positively tropical at 2 degrees this morning. 

A few miles down the road in Sheffield there is 3 inch of lying snow!

[grendel]

last night we held our astronomy meeting just outside dover in alkham, about 9 pm there was a tremendous noise on the roof, we checked outside - hail, this turned to a snow blizzard, and great concern was had at the state of the hills to get out of the village, anyway we carried on, and when we departed at 10, there was about 3" of the stuff and more falling, in driving home, about 2 miles out of dover the snow cleared and it was a beautiful clear night for star watching, but not for me at -2 degrees, theres only so much i can take while in shorts and tee shirt.

[BroadAmbition]

Up here outside Donny we got above freezing for a few hours this afternoon.  Now we have freezing fog and I have to drive into Donny and back  in a few moments

Griff

[BroadAmbition]

Those condenser pipes do cause problems freezing up.  When we had our latest boiler fitted I insisted the drain condensing pipe was run inside the house into the main downpipe drain.  Never had an issue.
 

Only a month ago I force bled individually every radiator in turn commencing with the furthest one from the boiler.  Improved performance and heat output no end.  It is worth doing this every autumn on an annual basis, also everyone should consider fitting a magnetic type filter in the heating system - should be mandatory imho.  Plumbers hate them as they save breakdowns and power flushing out systems and radiators

Griff

[webntweb]

Like Griff I had the drain condensing pipe fitted inside and a magnetic filter. I wouldn't have any idea how to do a force bleed though.

[BroadAmbition]

I wouldn't have any idea how to do a force bleed though.

Its' simples:-

Go round the house closing one valve on each radiator apart from the furthest one sited from the boiler.  Turn on the central heating to highest setting so the pump is running.

Bleed the one radiator that has both valves open until all the air (If any) is expelled. Go to the next furthest radiator, open the valve you closed earlier.  Go back to the radiator you have just bled the air out of and close one of the valves.  Back to the radiator you have just opened the valve, bleed the air out of that one.

Repeat steps above working your way back to the closest radiator to the boiler.  The idea is that with the central heating running the pump is only feeding one radiator at a time, therefore bleeding the air out of it should be simple and get rid of any air locks that may be present.  Once all radiators have been bled, then open them all up for normal home heating.

If after this process if you have any radiators that are cold at the bottom of them by feel this means they are full of muck and gunk.  The only proper way to cure that is to physically remove the radiator to outside, up end it and flush out with a hose pipe.  There is another way using a radiator vibrating pad to loosen any build up of muck but DON'T do this unless you have a 'Magnex' type filter in the system to catch it all before it passes through your boiler.  Even then it should be checked / cleaned out after every radiator has had the vibration treatment

Hope this helps,

Griff

[MargeandParge]

1 hour ago, webntweb said:

Like Griff I had the drain condensing pipe fitted inside and a magnetic filter. I wouldn't have any idea how to do a force bleed though.

Just take the boat into any yard for repair they  will show you what forced bleeding is all about.  sorry I'm only joking. 

Kindest Regards Marge and Parge 

[ExSurveyor]

The snow arrived in North Kent yesterday evening. It took an hour and a half to do what would normally be a  fifteen minutes journey home.

Not a gritting lorry in sight all day or evening. We ended up with 6" of snow.

I miss a 4x4,  but the garden looks nice. 🎅

[ExSurveyor]

A later shot with better light.

[SwanR]

That’s the kind of light you only get with snow. Thank you for the photos. Nothing but frost to report here in my part of Norfolk. 

[Bikertov]

2 inches of snow is south Hertfordshire. But roads themselves are actually quite clear once you get out.

[ScrumpyCheddar]

Slight dusting of Snow and -3C on Bodmin Moor this morning 

[Lulu]

Car park at work on the outskirts of Cambridge. Was not fun driving . My little car is hopeless in bad weather. Wish I still had my Rav 😞