Comments on: You’ve done very well http://oldgreypoet.com/2009/01/14/youve-done-very-well/ Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:52:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: oldgreypoet http://oldgreypoet.com/2009/01/14/youve-done-very-well/#comment-178 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:23:12 +0000 http://writingman09.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-178 It’s ‘soft’ fibreglass, more like a wool than anything. Graham always uses masks and protective clothing head to toe when handling the stuff. Asbestos we leave to specialists, but between you and me, asbestos has always been on my “I veto this house” list… ;-)

I’ll pass all these comments over to Graham, of course.

]]> By: L'autre Monique http://oldgreypoet.com/2009/01/14/youve-done-very-well/#comment-177 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:13:07 +0000 http://writingman09.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-177 Wow, something of synchronicity, it was exactly four years ago today that my brother passed… I thought about it today of course, but this post brought to mind the dangers of asbestos everywhere, don’t underestimate its danger everybody reading this blog!

]]> By: L'autre Monique http://oldgreypoet.com/2009/01/14/youve-done-very-well/#comment-176 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:05:09 +0000 http://writingman09.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-176 Yes, great job. I too wonder if the material contains fibreglass in it, to be handled only with a mask. If particles get into your lungs, they stay there. I think you did mention that Graham was wearing a mask… I am a bit of a stickler when it comes to that stuff, it’s nowhere near the danger of asbestos but still, I lost a brother to asbestos, it always makes sense to take precautionary measures…

]]> By: Sarah http://oldgreypoet.com/2009/01/14/youve-done-very-well/#comment-175 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:16:35 +0000 http://writingman09.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-175 Graham is a hero, to deal with that stuff. Great job!

]]> By: Brigitte http://oldgreypoet.com/2009/01/14/youve-done-very-well/#comment-171 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:20:16 +0000 http://writingman09.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-171 Looks very warm and cozy! :-)

]]> By: Tom - St. Louis http://oldgreypoet.com/2009/01/14/youve-done-very-well/#comment-170 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:34:53 +0000 http://writingman09.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-170 I’ve been in spaces like that working away. Winter time makes it all bearable. The gas line reminds me of a sweated copper gas line we once had in our basement. The solder was shiny which meant it would not have withstood a house fire. Explosion to follow shortly. High temperature solder is dark and discolored from the heat required to sweat the joints. That would have been OK. But I had the whole lot replaced with iron pipe and screwed fittings.

Graham may want to examine the fittings so that all may be secure.

Enjoy your toasty home!

]]> By: ~ Sil in Corea http://oldgreypoet.com/2009/01/14/youve-done-very-well/#comment-169 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:18:54 +0000 http://writingman09.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-169 That’s a good job well done. Congratulations, Graham! Is that fibreglass? [Fibreglass is the pink insulation that Bonnie referred to.] We insulated the apartment house that I used to manage with that pink stuff; it sticks into your skin and is miserable to handle. Once we got it up, we covered it with heavy-duty clear construction plastic, to keep moisture out and contain the little splinters that break off. Then, it looked so pretty (like “sunset clouds,” my daughter said), we left it that way.

]]> By: Shirley, in PA http://oldgreypoet.com/2009/01/14/youve-done-very-well/#comment-168 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:42:58 +0000 http://writingman09.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-168 Amazing! What a job.

]]> By: Mage Bailey http://oldgreypoet.com/2009/01/14/youve-done-very-well/#comment-167 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:35:47 +0000 http://writingman09.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-167 WOW!

]]> By: bonnie http://oldgreypoet.com/2009/01/14/youve-done-very-well/#comment-166 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:55:17 +0000 http://writingman09.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-166 Wow I expected to see like our pink insulation here. But it isn’t. It almost gives the appearance of blown in here.

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