The House That Laura Ashley Built

It would appear that the previous occupants of our field with a house in the corner, were obsessed with Laura Ashley chintz. If the company made it they bought it, however as we are unpicking we are finding all design and no substance.

In the latest investigation (post “Aisource Heat Pump” Gate), we have changed out the 3 Arc spotlights on the side of the house (these took 4 hours to warm up and could then be seen from Mars) these have been replaced with something a little more respectable and less nuclear power plant intense. On changing one of the lights, we have found this is wired directly into the mains, no switch and no easy way to disable it either, since you can’t trace where the power comes from, however despite this we have a solution as ever. But this isn’t the reason for this latest blog, no you see whilst hunting high and low (sounds like an 80s song from Aha) looking for the power source we decided to look above the cooker extractor, just in case, and sometimes really wish we hadn’t

Yup all that extracted smoke and air doesn’t actually vent outside since Mr and Mrs Laura Ashley didn’t actually bother to get the extractor hooked up. Again another challenge since it is behind this bespoke designer unit which will all need to come out

So that’s the next challenge, can’t wait to unearth the next item, oh that’s right we have, we need to replace the garage roof which appears to be made of a porous material, hey ho at least it looks pretty.

This rant was brought to you by a man on his 18,263 day on planet Mirth.

Economical and Green

So our house is supposed to be GREEN, good insulation and running an “Airsource” heat pump which is greener than a green thing that is really really green. The idea is it sucks heat from the air and converts it to energy, yeh right!!

So no surprises then after a 33 day period of using this Uber efficient system to get our first electric bill £276, yup that’s right more in electric than we used in 4 months in an inefficient oil fired heating system in the last house.

So given we have a field, this is our next investment

At Gnome for Christmas

Early(ish) rise this am, with an early morning romp up the field to watch the world awaken.

Prezzies, Bucks Fizz and fun

Time to detect some ring pulls

And then the official siting of Mrs Fogg’s Gnome Land Security Gnome

Wishing you all well for Christmas and thoughts out to CaddyFrog who is back in hospital recovering. Our thoughts with you young man.

Boris is All Set

All wrapped up in bed ready for the fat guy in his sleigh.

Got the folks over for Christmas, so what better surprise than finding our severed head waiting for them in their bed.

Time to play cards against humanity then

Not Long Now

Only 1 hour left in the office, silly hat – Check, silly T-Shirt – Check, ready for Christmas – Check, NORAD Santa Tracker all set for Christmas Day – Check.

That’s it Chrimbo 2017

Steak

It’s almost Christmas, so time to cook those 16oz Tomahawk Steaks I had in the freezer and they were awesome!

A little mash to make it a healthy meal tho.

5 Gold Rings

4 whopping pumps

300m of pipework,

2 controller Units

And hopefully a warm Christmas for us!

The ever more impressive, eco friendly, zero carbon rates, Air Source Heat Pump is so unbelievably inefficient it now not only has 1, but 4, yes you heard right FOUR heat pumps to circulate the water to the underfloor, radiators and water tank. The electric needle spins so fast we’re able to harness its gyroscopic capabilities! Put it this way with the “Uber” efficient system our electric bills would cripple the national debt in Nigeria.

Come summer, this bad boy is getting ripped out for a smelly, dirty, carbon nasty “Oil Tank”.

Now over to you Mr McCartney, try blowing on these pipes of peace