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Brendawymms Thu 09-Jan-14 16:22:14

Realised that there was something wrong with the central heating at 13.30 today and rang British Gas. The engineer arrived at 14.05 and the central heating was working again at 15.30. Some valve needed changing that controls where the water goes.
I have to give British Gas a flowers

petra Fri 10-Jan-14 17:53:58

That is one of the brain training games on my DS. Very hard.

numberplease Fri 10-Jan-14 17:13:59

Ah, I know what you`re on about now, I saw this a while ago, it takes some doing!

Elegran Fri 10-Jan-14 17:06:57

number This is not quite what I remember, but it is similar. You have to say the colour, not the word. astalythe.wordpress.com/category/stuff/page/3/

Elegran Fri 10-Jan-14 16:51:51

I think you have to see it to understand it! If I can find it I will post it, but not sure what to put in the search box.

numberplease Fri 10-Jan-14 16:28:13

Now you`ve lost me Elegran!

Elegran Fri 10-Jan-14 11:04:28

number - #Meanderingabit - Visual stronger than verbal. Have you met that thing where the name of a colour is displayed, in a font which is not in the colour named? "Blue" printed in yellow, for instance? You are supposed to read the text out loud, and it changes to another word in another colour pretty rapidly. Most people start saying the colour they see, not the one named in the text.

I would put a link to an example of it, but I don't know what (verbal) clues to search for.

Iam64 Fri 10-Jan-14 08:59:05

We have a contract with British Gas to service the two fires, boiler, and hob. It isn't cheap, but it is a brilliant service, speedy and efficient responses, and all work guaranteed. We live in a 50's house, which is well insulated now, but we do need it heated. When we lived in a 3 story stone terrace, we just had gas fires in the two downstairs sitting rooms. The walls were so thick that we very rarely needed to put the temporary heater on in any of the bedrooms, the house held the heat.

numberplease Fri 10-Jan-14 01:20:02

Elegran, don`t know what I was thinking doing that!!
Petra, we don`t have central heating because we can`t afford to have it put in. My sister told me to contact Help-Link, but they`re providing new boilers, and you already have to have a boiler which of course we don`t. We do have gas fires, but no heating in the bathroom, which is like the Arctic in winter, it`s murder having a bath!

BlueBelle Thu 09-Jan-14 20:42:20

Forgot to mention my BEST FRIEND hottie bottles in my bed. Double duvet in singe bed so I m in it like a sleeping bad and a hottie top and bottom as snug as a bug in a rug

BlueBelle Thu 09-Jan-14 20:39:59

I don't have any central heating either Petra I live in a large Victorian house it would be too expensive for me to ether have it put in or keep the place remotely warm I have a gas fire in each main room and thats it but I don't find it as bad as others do

gratefulgran54 Thu 09-Jan-14 18:57:56

I'm in the same boat Petra...small village, no mains gas, 3 night storage heaters that take £4 off my leccy key at night, just to be almost cold again by the time I get home from work (even with the vents shut), so I don't bother!
Have a small halogen heater for if it's really cold (half hour warms the room up), lots of blankets, warm clothes, slippers and a hotwater bottle.
Managed so far, and very seldom get a cold...if I do have some sniffles, it's only for a day or two, and not severe.

Have to say, used to be in a centrally-heated house, but wouldn't go back to it...my health, and particularly my asthma, have been much better since I moved to this place...weird, but true! smile

dustyangel Thu 09-Jan-14 18:27:01

We don't have central heating either Petra. We don't have mains gas and the alternatives are too expensive to run.

petra Thu 09-Jan-14 18:07:32

Numberplease, can I be very nosy and ask why you don't have central heating. If you think I'm being rude, feel free to say so.
It's just that I'm so manic about being cold.

Nelliemoser Thu 09-Jan-14 17:51:40

Nonu I will post a bit later, I need to get tea and go out soon. Can't go digging upstairs right now. smile

Nonu Thu 09-Jan-14 17:47:57

Roughly , how much does that cost per month ?

Nelliemoser Thu 09-Jan-14 17:43:59

Well yes Nonu there is no such thing as a free Gas Fitter! You can buy their service contract without having them as suppliers.

Elegran Thu 09-Jan-14 17:36:06

[blue] ? [green] ? did you mean sad ? envy ? Then you type sad and envy, not blue and green. Or am I being too literal?

Nonu Thu 09-Jan-14 17:32:41

I thought with British gas you paid a monthly service fee !

Nelliemoser Thu 09-Jan-14 17:23:19

I do live in a well serviced town and not in the middle of the country but I have to say I have always found British Gas very good with their repair service.

Last time, in mid December I rang them at 10:30 pm. They asked questions about the health of the household to see if we were priority.

The agreed time was between 8 and 1pm the next day. The guy then rang from his previous job to say he was about 20 mins away, he was a bit late as the motorway was congested. He had to spend quite a time cross testing which of two possible connected faulty parts it was. He fixed the problem, did a service and also serviced the gas fire.

I can recommend them.

Brendawymms Thu 09-Jan-14 17:17:07

Yes I was impressed. It would not have been as quick if I really needed the heat today but it was a lovely sunny day so it got fixed double quick! grin

numberplease Thu 09-Jan-14 17:08:25

Emoticons didn`t work!

numberplease Thu 09-Jan-14 17:07:34

I`d LOVE central heating! (said in a piteous tone) [blue] [green]

Charleygirl Thu 09-Jan-14 16:50:36

Are you sure that you did not dream it?

kittylester Thu 09-Jan-14 16:45:27

Wow!!

harrigran Thu 09-Jan-14 16:42:21

Well impressed smile