A couple of days ago I noticed a bedroom window was fogging up in-between the glass. This is an obvious sign that the vacuum has blown and the double glazing properties are blown along with the vacuum.
Wot I need is a new double glazed panel I can fit so I also need a window workshop that can build one to size.
Such a workshop was quickly sourced so me an’ her jumped in the car. Okay, her outdoors jumped in, I did that old person thing where you open the car door, hang on to the roof with your left hand, no, the car roof, supporting yourself with your right arm and hand on the open door and with your weight on your grounded right leg while transferring your left leg into the car.
This transfer is the ‘iffy’ bit when your left foot is off the ground and it’s essential to ensure everything is in sync and that you don’t exceed 20 degrees of a lean to starboard as you manoeuvre your left leg inside and crouch into the sitting position all the while keeping your head clear of sharp bits.
Anymore than 20 degrees can result in a quick and dramatic shift in your centre of gravity resulting in a greater angle of lean and if your C of G goes yet further to starboard it can quickly result in an ungainly hopping, staggering, arm flapping sort of dance to starboard as you frantically try to shift your centre of gravity back to port by getting both your legs back under, and in-line, with your body and thus re-establish your balance. This, on occasion, can result in a final location of anything up to fifteen feet away from the car.
This time, I’m happy to report, we were on our way in pretty short order. We did notice that, for whatever reason, there was a huge amount of traffic out and about today. But I digress. Yes, you’ll no doubt be surprised to learn that I can still do that, even when driving and with both hands on the wheel.
The workshop was soon located but was it open? The whole frontage had been ripped out, the entire place was dressed in scaffold and roofers, joiners and brickies and similar where all of a swarm.
Was the place open? Did we get in? Tomorrow we’ll go through the oblong window for part two of the glazing adventure.
Quote; Tommy Cooper.
“I went window shopping today! I bought four windows.”
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"Anymore than 20 degrees can result in a quick and dramatic shift in your centre of gravity resulting in a greater angle of lean and if your C of G goes yet further to starboard it can quickly result in an ungainly hopping, staggering, arm flapping sort of dance to starboard as you frantically try to shift your centre of gravity back to port"
Were you a seafarer? I notice that you use the terms "Port" and "Starboard".
Double glazing is hopeless. Surely we just need thicker glass.
TFE; Went to work on mans cargo boats, a tramp outfit, about the time steel hulls and mechanical propulsion were gaining in popularity over wood and sail. The advent of mechanical propulsion, although a tremendous boon, had the sad downside of introducing two items to the general workplace that could wreck your day before you had both socks on; ‘O’ rings and accountants. Later I went to work on another mans oil rigs - both semi-subs and jack-ups - on the marine side. By this time 'O' rings and accountants had pretty much taken over the world.
AKH; Or, better still, some of that ‘Through a Glass Darkly’ stuff you found! What could be better? Toasty warm in winter, run air-con in summer and all the hot water you could shake a stick at! How good is that? Sounds too good to be true. Oh.....
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