The good morning thread

[zagatoes30]

Morning all a day of repetition, the windscreen fitters coming back to refit the RR screen as it sounds like you're driving with a window open, obviously the weekly offering to St Bin of the Recycler and more WFH.

Good news mate is over from the UK tonight with the road bike I bought back in Feb, curry and a few sherbets will be the order of the evening

 

[MarkMas]

Morning everyone. Well its chucking down with rain in Cumbria this morning and I've got a chap coming round in half an hour to assess the level of contamination in the soil where my oil tank is. Last weekend I discovered that I had a big leak from our oil tank; lost around 500lts into the ground! Its soaked into around 5 cubic metres of soil, so after speaking to my insurance company and the Environment Agency yesterday, the whole lot has to be dug out and disposed of as hazardous waste. So I'm going to have a big hole but at least the garden wont smell like the oil sands of Alberta! So the insurance company will cover the costs of the oil spill and any decontamination, but not for a new oil tank or the concrete platform for it to sit on. So much for paying for a premium insurance policy. So a busy few days getting this sorted out now.

We has a similar issue a few years ago. The insurance company paid directly for all the digging etc, but I had to pay for the replacement infrastructure (seemed fair to me). It was managed by the company below, which I recommend, although thy may be a bit far from you.
http://www.oillossmanagement.co.uk/

 

[Felonious Crud]

The thought of you doing manual labour alone surprises me.

Don't be silly. Eb wouldn't do manual labour alone. He'd have a gin and watch from a deck chair while some chaps did it.

Morning, all. Today I have three calls, all of which should be interesting in their own way, and a kitchen to finish redecorating. I also need to get and fit a new set of LED ceiling lights for the kitchen, which happily means taking up part of the floor from the room above, some re-wiring to be-pass the old halogen transformer and general checking to make sure that all spur wires are gutsy enough to cope with 240V instead of 12.

You know, the more I typed of that the less it felt like a today task. Perhaps instead I should prioritise some procrastination instead. I could do that over a coffee, perhaps from the garden.

My plan is set, I shall sail bold, straight and true. To the kitchen, caffeine ahoy!

 

[Ebenezer]

Don't be silly. Eb wouldn't do manual labour alone. He'd have a gin and watch from a deck chair while some chaps did it.

Sadly the labourer had to take breaks to sup the gin as there is no one else to drink it!

Learned my lesson though - ask the SM collective first they will always have an answer. Maybe not a particularly helpful one, but at least entertining, and would count as "ongoing research" delaying the inevitable.

Eb

 

[D Walker]

Morning,
More painting for me today.
I remember those heady days of relaxing on holiday, round a pool maybe.
Instead I’m working harder than when I’m at work..
Mind we went to local for 2 drinks yesterday afternoon after my daughter fleeced me for another car..
I shall not be going to pub again for a while. Fine outside in the garden, but going in for drinks, some of the “local” locals stayed to close at bar for my liking.
Have a good day,
Dave

 

[midlifecrisis]

Morning all going to be 34° here today so after a full day in the house yesterday today will be a lazy one in the garden by where the pool will be one day
Stay Safe all.

Morning everyone. Well its chucking down with rain in Cumbria this morning and I've got a chap coming round in half an hour to assess the level of contamination in the soil where my oil tank is. Last weekend I discovered that I had a big leak from our oil tank; lost around 500lts into the ground! Its soaked into around 5 cubic metres of soil, so after speaking to my insurance company and the Environment Agency yesterday, the whole lot has to be dug out and disposed of as hazardous waste. So I'm going to have a big hole but at least the garden wont smell like the oil sands of Alberta! So the insurance company will cover the costs of the oil spill and any decontamination, but not for a new oil tank or the concrete platform for it to sit on. So much for paying for a premium insurance policy. So a busy few days getting this sorted out now.

Silver linings and all that Silvercat, Do what Phil is going to do and build a pool....oh it's Cumbria...not Calabria

 

[2b1ask1]

Morning all, feeling a little achey again but thi is probably why:


Seems I put a bit of effort in.

sadly the dog had to spend the night at the vets and will have another op today to try and close the hole from the abscess on his backside. He was doing better but it all went downhill again in the afternoon.

another day of admin and I really need to knuckle down and get things done.

Have fun all...

 

[Mr.Cambio]

Good morning good old strangers. Thought to jump in and say hello. Been watching here though. Hope everyone is fine. Love from hot (38+) Athens.

 

[2b1ask1]

Morning Nikos, long time no hear! Welcome back.

 

[CatmanV2]

More doggy hugs, Newton
C

 

[jasst]

Morning everyone. Well its chucking down with rain in Cumbria this morning and I've got a chap coming round in half an hour to assess the level of contamination in the soil where my oil tank is. Last weekend I discovered that I had a big leak from our oil tank; lost around 500lts into the ground! Its soaked into around 5 cubic metres of soil, so after speaking to my insurance company and the Environment Agency yesterday, the whole lot has to be dug out and disposed of as hazardous waste. So I'm going to have a big hole but at least the garden wont smell like the oil sands of Alberta! So the insurance company will cover the costs of the oil spill and any decontamination, but not for a new oil tank or the concrete platform for it to sit on. So much for paying for a premium insurance policy. So a busy few days getting this sorted out now.

Oil spills are a nightmare, had a customer who got the 'the Poles' to strip out his house prior to getting us in to do refurb, they removed the Aga and didn't cap the oil pipe as tank was empty, he thought he was being helpful and ordered 1000l of oil prior to us fitting new boiler, needless to say whole lot emptied over kitchen floor, our guys were there for weeks digging all the floor out and quite a bit of the surrounding garden as it spread everywhere.

 

[Silvercat]

Morning everyone. Well its chucking down with rain in Cumbria this morning and I've got a chap coming round in half an hour to assess the level of contamination in the soil where my oil tank is. Last weekend I discovered that I had a big leak from our oil tank; lost around 500lts into the ground! Its soaked into around 5 cubic metres of soil, so after speaking to my insurance company and the Environment Agency yesterday, the whole lot has to be dug out and disposed of as hazardous waste. So I'm going to have a big hole but at least the garden wont smell like the oil sands of Alberta! So the insurance company will cover the costs of the oil spill and any decontamination, but not for a new oil tank or the concrete platform for it to sit on. So much for paying for a premium insurance policy. So a busy few days getting this sorted out now.

I also know why insurance policies are so expensive. My house insurance is with M&S insurance , who are underwritten by AXA , they subcontract the job to Questgate who then subcontract to 'Total Tank Solns'. Nuts..

We has a similar issue a few years ago. The insurance company paid directly for all the digging etc, but I had to pay for the replacement infrastructure (seemed fair to me). It was managed by the company below, which I recommend, although thy may be a bit far from you.
http://www.oillossmanagement.co.uk/

Thanks Mark for the info. Our insurance company have referred to a company called Questgate who are now handling the claim and who have subbed the decontamination job to 'Total Tank Solutions'. Looks like it could mean 20 cubic metres will need shifting now.

 

[philw696]

Getting serious again here gatherings of more than 10 again banned in the Pays de la Loire so that could rule out Le Mans

 

[Felonious Crud]

Getting serious again here gatherings of more than 10 again banned in the Pays de la Loire so that could rule out Le Mans

A lot can change in six weeks, Phil... but I take your point. It's a limited window to decide if the race should be cancelled or be completely behind closed doors. Do you know by when they need to make any decision? Surely less than a month away would be too close, which means sometime in the next two weeks, at a guess.

 

[Scaf]

Morning all, been in the for the past three days and trying to get things back to normal, currently our teams out on a rota - so if there is an issue we don’t lose everyone in self isolation.

Its wfh today and currently reading legal papers in a coffee shop which is not too bad, tomorrow is a day off - we are having a staycation weekend with breakfasts lunches and dinners out - so should feel like a break of sorts.

 

[philw696]

A lot can change in six weeks, Phil... but I take your point. It's a limited window to decide if the race should be cancelled or be completely behind closed doors. Do you know by when they need to make any decision? Surely less than a month away would be too close, which means sometime in the next two weeks, at a guess.

As and when I see more I will let you guys know Adam just taking every day as it comes.
Luckily I have lots to do unluckily a lot of it's costing me money.
My concrete floor lots of money.

 

[GeoffCapes]

Morning everyone. Well its chucking down with rain in Cumbria this morning and I've got a chap coming round in half an hour to assess the level of contamination in the soil where my oil tank is. Last weekend I discovered that I had a big leak from our oil tank; lost around 500lts into the ground! Its soaked into around 5 cubic metres of soil, so after speaking to my insurance company and the Environment Agency yesterday, the whole lot has to be dug out and disposed of as hazardous waste. So I'm going to have a big hole but at least the garden wont smell like the oil sands of Alberta! So the insurance company will cover the costs of the oil spill and any decontamination, but not for a new oil tank or the concrete platform for it to sit on. So much for paying for a premium insurance policy. So a busy few days getting this sorted out now.

The tank and concrete will be a **** site cheaper than the remedial work I can assure you of that.

No policy cover wear and tear. Unless it's from DFS or somewhere similar (also a waste of money by the way).

 

[MarkMas]

I also know why insurance policies are so expensive. My house insurance is with M&S insurance , who are underwritten by AXA , they subcontract the job to Questgate who then subcontract to 'Total Tank Solns'. Nuts..

Thanks Mark for the info. Our insurance company have referred to a company called Questgate who are now handling the claim and who have subbed the decontamination job to 'Total Tank Solutions'. Looks like it could mean 20 cubic metres will need shifting now.

Yeah, when I had a leak, I called my oil supplier to ask for a recommendation, they gave me a tank supplier who gave me Oil Loss Management, who came round same day, made sure the situation couldn't get worse, installed some blowers to vent the smell, and asked be to recommend them to my insurers. All good.

The insurance company sent a bloke in a suit and a girl in a skirt from Questgate (claims management) two days later who said "Yes it's definitely an oil leak. We will need our oil expert." Then a bloke in overalls turned up a week after that and said "Yes, it's definitely an oil leak. We will need to contract this out to an oil leak specialist." Then I recommended Oil Loss Management, and they got four Welsh blokes to come round and dig out two skips full of contaminated soil. Anyway it all got fixed in the end at no cost to me, apart from paying for a better pipe from tank to boiler.

Don't get me started on Ageas, and spending 4 years fighting them every single step of the way to get my late father-in-law's house reinstated after a fire. They still owe the contractors over £100,000 six months after completion of the work.

 

[GeoffCapes]

The private rental we're in has numerous problems. An oil leak from the tank is just one of them.

As they've been arseholes ever since we moved in, I shall be reporting every single fault with the property to the council the moment we move out!
Especially as Alex's best friend works for said council in their housing department.
I don't think the landlord should be allowed to rent it out in that condition.
Which is fine at first glance, dig a bit deeper and I think it should be condemned!

Morning all!

 

[2b1ask1]

LiDl had a few vacuum wrapping machines left yesterday and I hadn’t seen them on offer before so at £19.99 I picked one up. This morning I’ve tried it out and repacked all the frozen game pie, worked perfectly except one bit that fell in the microwave on defrost... Lunch was decadent!

No dogupdate as yet.