Baked Lemon Chicken

After checking our system this morning the engineer declared the system was working perfectly and that it was operator failure our thermostat was set too low. I wondered about this diagnosis as I originally thought that was the problem too. After we had our new door fitted Mr C had turned the thermostat down a degree because the house seemed hot. I think this was because the actuator was running on after the thermostat said the heating should shut down keeping the house hotter than it should have been.

After the new actuator was fitted a couple of weeks ago we noticed that the downstairs of the house felt rather cool. Before Mr C called out an engineer I turned up the thermostat up a degree to where it had originally been, but I wasn’t convinced there was much of difference in temperature downstairs.

When I got home from work this evening the house seemed warm enough but I was cooking dinner rather than sitting down. Over dinner I noticed the dining room seemed rather on the cool side so I went to check the thermostat. It had been turned down again one degree from where it has always been previously set. I turned it back up again!

For me the jury is out on whether the heating system is really working properly. Mr C had artificially raised the temperature of the house by turning the thermostat up to full this morning just to check if the engineer was really needed after all! I was so overheated on the upper floor of our house whilst getting ready for work that I had to open the window to cool off. I enjoyed the wintery blasts more than the heat within!

The second engineer (electrician) arrived and sorted out the plug socket that had been identified as not being earthed. So now I can dry my hair in complete safety, without the chance of ending up with an Afro Frizz.

After all these adventures we were able to book a few days away at Colwall Park for our anniversary. We tried to get the same room we stayed in last time but it was not available that week, leaving us to choose another to enjoy, which is probably for the best :-)

Baked Lemon Chicken

20 Comments CherryPie on Feb 27th 2017

20 Responses to “An Update on the Heating”

  1. >So now I can dry my hair in complete safety, without the chance of ending up with an Afro Frizz.

    Ha ha… You still can get that if you dry your hair wearing your slippers with rubber soles OR standing on vinyl flooring / polypropylene carpet without wearing any slippers. ;)

    Choose parquet flooring or wool carpet.

    • CherryPie says:

      Yes I can do all of those without fear of electrocution, when wiring is correct!

      Static shock from the things you describe is something quite different. I get that sometimes when opening a car door and whilst standing on or touching the types of material that you mention. You can even rub your feet on the flooring to make the shock factor worse ;-)

  2. lisl says:

    Quite a story, Cherie

  3. Alan says:

    It sounds like someone needs to sort out Mr C rather than the heating :) Your meals always looks very tasty. Being a poor OAP, I have to decide whether to heat or eat. Must go – got a holiday to book….

  4. Ayush says:

    i had to laugh at the Afro frizz. a eventful series of… events!

  5. james higham says:

    Over dinner I noticed the dining room seemed rather on the cool side so I went to check the thermostat. It had been turned down again one degree from where it has always been previously set. I turned it back up again!

    Who was that miscreant? Find him!

  6. ....peter:) says:

    what a hard life you have Cherie… but the dinner turned out just fine…
    ….peter:)

  7. Debbie says:

    that thermostat is getting a real workout!! dinner looks amazing, i like foil pouch cooking!!!

  8. The Yum List says:

    That dish looks delicious. It’s making me hungry even though I’ve just had breakfast. :-)

  9. Ginnie says:

    And in the meantime you enjoyed THAT meal!!! You’ll have to let us know later if the heating ever gets “regulated.”

    • CherryPie says:

      I have not had time to sit long enough to decide whether it is chilly or not. Hopefully I will at the weekend, but the weather is getting warmer so may have to wait until next winter to find out!!

  10. Glad you got it sorted Cherry.