[Noel Kelly]

Just checked outside. -17

[Iain Goolager]

Looking forward to a skiddy trip to Altens tomorrow 
AND one of the neighbours complained to the council and I have to knock down my igloo 

 Inuit would come to this .....................boom boom 

Iain

[Ben Dixon]

Same here Noel what temp does diesel go tits up at?

Ice on inside of letterbox in kitchen, front door handle frozen on inside, frost on walls in bathroom but all that is normal in my house in winter time.  What's not normal is the temperature in the main body of my cottage, had a new stove fitted in September, sat in shorts looking at the icicles outside my living room window.  Serious improvement over last year

Looking forward to a skiddy trip to Altens tomorrow  

Iain

At least the cream cakes in the passenger footwell will stay fresh, think of the positives Iain  

Ben

[Mike Barrio]

Pleased to hear you are warm Ben .... serious improvement on last winter!

Cheers
Mike

[Matt Henderson]

No snow fresh snow over night in town.  But it is brass monkeys, my nostrils froze when I was walking between the carpark and the office. 

[Noel Kelly]

-20.5 at Kintore 6.30 this morning. That's the coldest I have ever experienced anywhere.

[Peter McCallum]

My car refuses to climb anything over a 1 in 10000000 slope if there is any sign of snow, the way it is reacting to the snow, it almost looks like it must be alergic to the stuff.

Almost cost me a new drivers door today,  I very nearly altered its appearance with my walking boot this morning

Need to get better tyres sorted or narrower rims and narrower profile tyres.

Kev.

Tried it today Kev?   

Winter tyres are like hens teeth 

On a positive even though it was -6 this morning Sonja got up the hill out of the village, but said the drive to Brechin was not good - get into the workshop & finish that vice mannie

Peter

[Mike Barrio]

[Mike Barrio]

Got frozen pipes in the kitchen again this morning, so no water from the taps

Never ceases to amaze me how you can live in a 30 to 40 year old house where all the old stuff works grand ..... and you let some folk in to do an extension and replace the old stuff with super new stuff ........ and it all goes downhill from there!

If it ain't broke folks ..... don't fix it

........ and yes the heating was left on all night

Sorry ...... rant over!

[Ben Dixon]

Not funny any more, took me a long time to get extracted from my house today, without help I would still be there unable to open the door.  Could do F*&k all really so took some pics.

Inside of Kitchen door last night


Outside of house last night


Inside of the same door at about 10:30 last night


Inside of door this morning, frozen solid


Trying to open said door this morning to leave for work.  I failed.



Called for assistance, they almost failed too.


Not a good start to today really, ready to leave for work at 8:45, escaped from house at about 10:30, got car started by 11:30, got to work at 12:30 

Ben

[Mike Barrio]

Looks like hard work Ben ....... I think you need a Beardo

Bit of ice about here as well

Cheers
Mike

[Noel Kelly]

Ben that looks a nightmare. Have you a plan to prevent that happening again? If not I suggest get a large tub of grease and paint a good coat all around the mating surfaces. Prob best find one that doesnt smell 2 bad! Agri suppliers or the like should have.

[Irvine Ross]

Ben

Shouldn't be so bad tomorrow as the temperature is a tropical 0oC at the moment and it won't be so cold tonight.

I would give your door a good coat of WD40 around the edges and in the lock tonight if I were you. (if you haven't got WD40 then remember whisky doesn't freeze easily)

Cheers
Irvine

[John Reid]

Vaseline has lots of uses as well Ben  one of them as a grease, if you give the door frames a thin smear of vaseline it will save the door from freezing shut.  I would also go with Irvine's suggestion of WD40 in the lock as well.

Alternatively get Lessels to fit full central heating to your house! 

PS Have the mice moved back in yet to keep you company in your toasty livingroom? 

[Matt Henderson]

My last car had a real problem with the lock freezing. I used to spray in WD40 but it would refreeze very easily. I switched to some bicycle oil and it worked much better.

[Mike Barrio]

Could be worse .................

[Alex Burnett]

Ben

I've found the KEY to your Kitchen Door!



Alex

[Mike Barrio]

Nah .... you can't use an epoxy drier like that one for unsticking doors Alex

[Alex Burnett]

Nah .... you can't use an epoxy drier like that one for unsticking doors Alex

Well I thought it would either melt the ice or burn the door down
Either way Ben would be able to get out without resorting to an Axe!!

Alex

[Kevin Muir]

After being confined to the house for a few days because of the road, I managed to get up the hill today.

What a great feeling to be able to go anywhere you like again, fantastic.

New rims and spare snow tyres will be sourced ASAP.

I should have bought that 4 x 4 that I saw for a great price in the spring, it was a bargain.

I hope this white stuff moves on sooner rather than later.

Now back to tying a few flies and attempting a step by step.

Kev.

[Hamish Young]

New rims and spare snow tyres will be sourced ASAP.

What size rims and tyres you looking for Kev

H 

[Kevin Muir]

Hi Hamish

I am looking for 5 stud 17" rims to take 205 / 50 X 17" tyres.

The stupid fat low profile things are just crap in the snow without seriously aggressive tyres.

You will have sussed that I am not very impressed with the stupid B****y thing in the snow.  Rant over.

At least I got out today to help out a mate who also had car problems this morning.

Oh the joy of winter motoring.

Kev.

[John Reid]

What are the smallest wheels that will go over the disks Kevin?  I am trying to get 2 cheap 17" BMWs allows for an e92 3 series to get skinnier winter grips on the better half's car.

[Ben Dixon]

Frozen in again this morning    Could have been worse, at least the car started!!

Pleased you got moving Kev, did you let the tyres down to get up the hill?


Ben

[Kevin Muir]

Hi John, I will have to measure the discs to check wwhat size rim I need to go over the disc and caliper.

How much smaller than 17 " can you nornally go.

I would be very happy to put 15" 70 profile snow tyres on when there is snow forecast.

I have a compressor, trolley jack and a impact wrench at home so it should only take a few minutes to swap them over.

Ben, some kind soul had put some salt on the road so it was much easier with standard tyre pressures this morning.  I still had to reverse back in Johnshaven on a very slight slope because some stupid git would not pull awauy from the junction in time making me pull on the handbrake, you guessed it, spinning wheels again

If I can get away with smaller diameter, narrower rims and thinner tyres that will definately be the best way forward and cheaper as well, sounds like a plan.

At least I am mobile again which is something.

Kev.