Having a bad day

[Al Cormack]

I'd go careful with that. People can be rather paranoid in the post Saville climate and explaining to a concerned parent that you were measuring up their child to see if they are small enough to fit might not go down too well.

 

I was driving the other day and saw a van. The owner must have been called James and he did handyman work - sign writing on his van was....

 

 

Jim'll Fix It!

 

 

Bet he was wishing he had called himself something else now....

[steve@black]

Filled my navara with petrol this morning if that makes you feel any better.

[sandy2210]

It;s OUT great what u can do with a 4.8m lenth of 4x2 not much fun on a snow covered

roof but its out got a small fire going and it seems ok will still have to reline it though, can i put a 4 inch liner inside the existing 6in it would be a lot easier than trying to get the old 6in one out

[john p]

Filled my navara with petrol this morning if that makes you feel any better.

 

gutted!! hungover?

[sandy2210]

hungover yes but only after taking advice from one of the first reply's to this pos

[codlasher]

Simples....I'm assuming the chimney is lined with a clay liner not a steel item. If it is a steel liner do not attempt item 2. So for steel liner; Lower the rods again or a weight on a rope. Attach a small grapnel and pull it back up the chimney. This way you will not have to get the bristles to bend the other way again.

If it is clay lined or simply a 9x9 square, borrow a 12 bore shotgun and providing the chimney is straight and you can point the gun up the flue, let go with both barells & this will most certainly dislodge the object. If not wait for the debris to clear and go again. This will also ensure your chimney is swept for the next 12 months. You need to be out of the way pretty quick in light of falling debris!

Option 3 is have a good fire and burn/melt the bristles on the brush.

Good luck.

codlasher.

[felixthelogchopper]

I was driving the other day and saw a van. The owner must have been called James and he did handyman work - sign writing on his van was....

 

 

Jim'll Fix It!

 

 

Bet he was wishing he had called himself something else now....

 

On a similar note, there is a Ready Mix company called Jim'll Mix It.

[County4x4]

If you'd employed a chimney sweep, he'd a) have had a brush retrieval tool, and b) would have been unlikely to use drain rods in a liner!

 

You might find that calling one out to get you out of a DIY disaster will mean his price goes up though!!

[growforest]

hungover yes but only after taking advice from one of the first reply's to this pos

 

Sorry. I think I said "a beer", though. Not "get wasted". Hey, your brush is out. It's Monday tomorrow. Another week full of surprises.

[steve@black]

Hungover no but the bloomin AA would not bring me home , I was only 3 4 miles away on the same road (they only bring you to a place registered to drain tanks), had to get the old man out to drag me back with his car and sort it myself.Guess I have 40 liters of high grade fire lighting material now.