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7 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

Going to be leaving an empty house on Wednesday for a month, what's best practice for stopping pipes freezing in a cold spell? Was going to leave the gas central heating on the timer at lowest setting, not sure if I need the hot water on as well. @Zen Archer (Raconteur)

welshbairn has an empty! Everybody round to his place on Saturday.

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3 hours ago, welshbairn said:

Going to be leaving an empty house on Wednesday for a month, what's best practice for stopping pipes freezing in a cold spell? Was going to leave the gas central heating on the timer at lowest setting, not sure if I need the hot water on as well. @Zen Archer (Raconteur)

If you have thermostatic radiator valves the settings 1,11,111,1111 or 1,2,3,4 refer to temperatures.

3 is 20 degrees C and go up and down in 4 degree intervals, so setting the valves to 2 would give you frost protection of 12 degrees, this should be sufficient to prevent a dew point.

If you have a combi boiler, there will be no usage of water, if you have a hot water cylinder, again there will be no usage of water, but leaving background heating as above you should have done enough to protect the pipework.

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1 hour ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said:

If you have thermostatic radiator valves the settings 1,11,111,1111 or 1,2,3,4 refer to temperatures.

3 is 20 degrees C and go up and down in 4 degree intervals, so setting the valves to 2 would give you frost protection of 12 degrees, this should be sufficient to prevent a dew point.

If you have a combi boiler, there will be no usage of water, if you have a hot water cylinder, again there will be no usage of water, but leaving background heating as above you should have done enough to protect the pipework.

Excellent, just what I was after, cheers.

P.S. Although for 12 degrees would I not have to set the valves to 1, ie 8 degrees below 3?

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5 hours ago, welshbairn said:

Excellent, just what I was after, cheers.

P.S. Although for 12 degrees would I not have to set the valves to 1, ie 8 degrees below 3?

Setting it at II makes you clear of 12.

Stop being a cheapskate and get it at IIII, we'll be round about 6pm.

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Is there any compensation rules for flights outside of the UK/EU? Flight back from Singapore a few days ago was delayed 3 hours, so missed connection and arrived home about 7 hours after original flight time, but can’t find any conclusive information online if there’s compensation for that?

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15 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said:

Is there any compensation rules for flights outside of the UK/EU? Flight back from Singapore a few days ago was delayed 3 hours, so missed connection and arrived home about 7 hours after original flight time, but can’t find any conclusive information online if there’s compensation for that?

Who did you fly with? 

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Are there any other P&B weirdos out there that can mirror write without having to think about it?  

If using my left hand (I'm right handed btw), I struggle not to mirror write with it, and that can be in joined up form too.

Handy for spelling things on the interior of shop windows, although I don't work in a shop.

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2 hours ago, Hedgecutter said:

Are there any other P&B weirdos out there that can mirror write without having to think about it?  

If using my left hand (I'm right handed btw), I struggle not to mirror write with it, and that can be in joined up form too.

Handy for spelling things on the interior of shop windows, although I don't work in a shop.

All makes sense now

 

 

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5 hours ago, Honest_Man#1 said:

Is there any compensation rules for flights outside of the UK/EU? Flight back from Singapore a few days ago was delayed 3 hours, so missed connection and arrived home about 7 hours after original flight time, but can’t find any conclusive information online if there’s compensation for that?

I don't think you're covered through UK legislation, and the minimum delay you can claim for with long haul flights is usually 4 hours, but if you booked both legs of your flights through Qatar you might be able to claim directly from them due to you arriving 7 hours late. Don't fancy your chances but no harm in firing off an email.

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On 12/11/2023 at 10:46, Salt n Vinegar said:

I appreciate that this question is addressed to a fairly niche audience, but here goes...

Do any P&Bers have the books that accompany the "Speak Gaelic" TV series and if so is it just a collection of the worksheets and supporting info that's on the website or does it contain other learning aids? I was about to order them but will save my loot if it's all on-line.

Slàinte!

Tha e an aon rud. Its the same thing. You can print it off free.

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Why do some downpipes extend up like this, whereas others just stay flush with the gutter?

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Of the 2 at the back of my house, this is 1, the other is flush.

My neighbour on one side, both their pipes are extended up and beyond the gutter, neighbour on the other, neither are. So I can't work it out due to lack of pattern.

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11 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said:

Why do some downpipes extend up like this, whereas others just stay flush with the gutter?

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Of the 2 at the back of my house, this is 1, the other is flush.

My neighbour on one side, both their pipes are extended up and beyond the gutter, neighbour on the other, neither are. So I can't work it out due to lack of pattern.

Is that one actually connected to the gutter?  It doesn't look like it so I wonder what purpose it serves unless the gutter down pipe is at the other end and that's connected to a drain further down for some reason.

ETA - Just to be clear, I am not a professional plumber. 

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9 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said:

Why do some downpipes extend up like this, whereas others just stay flush with the gutter?

20231116_074642.thumb.jpg.6e8ffb334c6721b1fe68963b0ebe4b89.jpg

Of the 2 at the back of my house, this is 1, the other is flush.

My neighbour on one side, both their pipes are extended up and beyond the gutter, neighbour on the other, neither are. So I can't work it out due to lack of pattern.

Waste hot water drainage?

Let off some steam, Bennett.

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1 hour ago, Boghead ranter said:

Why do some downpipes extend up like this, whereas others just stay flush with the gutter?

20231116_074642.thumb.jpg.6e8ffb334c6721b1fe68963b0ebe4b89.jpg

Of the 2 at the back of my house, this is 1, the other is flush.

My neighbour on one side, both their pipes are extended up and beyond the gutter, neighbour on the other, neither are. So I can't work it out due to lack of pattern.

Could be a soil gas vent, these need to be raised a certain amount above any windows. 

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1 hour ago, Boghead ranter said:

Why do some downpipes extend up like this, whereas others just stay flush with the gutter?

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I think it's simply as a pointer for the roofer to remind him where that single, faded tile is that needs replacing.

(Don't know why that's getting me more than the extended pipe).

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