Brummie a long time ago
master brummie
In our third house, (a bungalow this time) about 30 years ago. There was a little cast iron pot boiler in an alcove in the kitchen. It had a back boiler that serviced the hot water tank, and an uncontrolled radiator in the bathroom as a heat sink. A few bags of smokeless nuggets lugged indoors, together with the cleaning out and re lighting ritual and its days were numbered. We had a Calor tank put in the garden, then I replaced the contraption with a condensing gas boiler, and put radiators in every room, with thermostats.
As a side story. We had a good crawling space under the floors, so I was able to run the pipework below the floor, coming up to the radiators as required. We had a puppy then, and Julie was in stitches watching him run about trying to track me tapping and scraping underneath. He wouldn't come down the access hole with me though. (To be fair, neither would Julie).
We also had old wooden single glazed windows, where the wood alternates with sponge, and the putty looks like crazy paving. Go for broke, called in the double glazing firm with the same name as a famous mountain. All went without a hitch until the lounge. The apprentice left the lounge door open, (opened into the lounge). As the old window came out, a gust of wind caused an unscheduled high speed door closing event. The door had 4 panes of reeded glass in it which were unprepared for this, and promptly departed the door in small pieces over the lounge carpet. To their credit, it was cleaned up and reglazed within the day.
Older houses can be fun!
Andrew.
As a side story. We had a good crawling space under the floors, so I was able to run the pipework below the floor, coming up to the radiators as required. We had a puppy then, and Julie was in stitches watching him run about trying to track me tapping and scraping underneath. He wouldn't come down the access hole with me though. (To be fair, neither would Julie).
We also had old wooden single glazed windows, where the wood alternates with sponge, and the putty looks like crazy paving. Go for broke, called in the double glazing firm with the same name as a famous mountain. All went without a hitch until the lounge. The apprentice left the lounge door open, (opened into the lounge). As the old window came out, a gust of wind caused an unscheduled high speed door closing event. The door had 4 panes of reeded glass in it which were unprepared for this, and promptly departed the door in small pieces over the lounge carpet. To their credit, it was cleaned up and reglazed within the day.
Older houses can be fun!
Andrew.