Tag: Norman's Heating

Repairs And Refurbishment

Although Storm Eowen raged outside the sun shone inside as, first

Andrew Sharp brought back the small Victorian Captain’s chair which had belonged to Jackie’s grandmother and he had returned to its original strength, then

collected our Victorian rocker in need of re-glueing joints and recovering the under side of the stainless steel sprung seat.

I had e-mailed Norman’s Heating with details of our boiler malfunction when they were closed yesterday – Sunday – afternoon. Before Andrew had driven away, not yet 10 a.m., Nathan, the heating engineer, was ringing our doorbell. After I gaped at him and showed him in, I checked my e-mails to find one asking if it was OK for him to come very soon. Clearly it was. He fixed the boiler issues.

Next, it was the turn of Matthew Fairhurst of Dials Antique Clocks to deliver and set up our long case clock on which he had repaired the broken hands and carried out a complete service.

Here he displays the cleaned up workings;

and here he carefully sets it up. The first picture shows him listening intently to the ticking notes. Then he sets the correct time and current position of the moon. The importance of tracking the phases of the moon and description of the young lady who also appears in the window above the dial is shown in https://derrickjknight.com/2016/02/05/phases-of-the-moon/

This evening we dined on Jackie’s tasty pork casserole; boiled potatoes; firm carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts; and moist spinach with which I finished the vinã Albali.

Boiler Fuel Pump And Modus Brakes

Norman’s Heating men installed our new oil tank today, left it half full with clean fuel, and attempted to fire up the boiler which they found needed a new fuel pump.

I left a message for Elaine at Tom Sutton Heating asking her to ask Stuart to bring a new pump when he comes to service our system in a week’s time.

In the dying light of a dull day I photographed clematis Cirrhosa, snowdrops, camellia buds, verbena, and Daphne Odorata.

We are somewhat confined to barracks at the moment because an unpleasant acrid smell has indicated that the Modus brakes are binding and can’t be fixed until 1st March.

In keeping with the nature of the rest of this post, I published https://derrickjknight.com/2023/02/20/droll-tales-8/

This evening we all dined on oven fish, chips, and onion rings; pickled onions and cornichons; and mushy peas, with which Jackie drank Hoegaarden and I drank more of the Cabernet Zinfandel.