£4.5k to spend on GAS

[Suburban Man]

I don't think anyone's mentioned that you'll need to replace the tuners in order to get a decent tone.  And are those really flatwound pipes on it?

[Reggaebass]

If you’re using it with headphones you might get a bit of lagging 

[pete.young]

Sorry, I'm a folk musician so all I can do is sing a song about how great the old boiler was.

 

 

[Suburban Man]

2 minutes ago, pete.young said:

Sorry, I'm a folk musician so all I can do is sing a song about how great the old boiler was.

 

 

Surely that's Jazz? - We all preferred the original...

[Burns-bass]

I paid £3000 for ours, including boxing in pipes, flushing the old system, and a boiler big enough to provide the water pressure needed for our 3 story house. 

 

Some of the best money I've ever spent!

[spike]

Is it any good for metal?

 

[Bolo]

Looks ideal for the job. 

[OliverBlackman]

If you had bought a Wal 10 years ago and now sold it, you’d be the proud owner of two new boilers

[WAYNESWORLD]

Bet it’s got a right set of pipes on it.

[Downunderwonder]

6 hours ago, WAYNESWORLD said:

Bet it’s got a right set of pipes on it.

And refuses to sing Sex is on Fire.

[ahpook]

13 hours ago, Burns-bass said:

I paid £3000 for ours, including boxing in pipes, flushing the old system, and a boiler big enough to provide the water pressure needed for our 3 story house. 

 

Some of the best money I've ever spent!

 

It certainly made my eyes water when we replaced ours and got the bill..it's an expensive business, but who wants to play bass with freezing fingers?

 

And that temperature fluctuation sure plays havoc with your intonation

 

Edited November 21, 2023 by ahpook

[MacDaddy]

19 hours ago, ped said:

...that's right, a gas boiler. To think of the basses I could have bought instead, but I guess warmth is OK. Luckily I had some savings so we could have the old system replaced entirely, which was on its last legs.

 

It would be good if some of you could say some nice things about it

 

Looks like a BBOT. Stick a Bad A$$ on it!

 

 

Edited November 21, 2023 by MacDaddy
The profanity filter changing Bad A$$ into Bad Donkey! 🤣

[steantval]

Surprised your plumber didn’t fit a Magna Clean filter in the new system, unless you have it located elsewhere or that canister thingy in the bottom right of your picture is a similar device.

 

 

[NancyJohnson]

When we had some building work done last year, we had a just in case contingency in the event of emergencies.  A week before the work started, the boiler went.  Then the garage door broke and when the builders were working at the back of the house it became clear the extension roof was rotten. 

 

I had about £8k to play with.  All gone.  No holiday.  No joy.  After everything was paid I had under £3.00 left in the bank.  ☹️

 

 

[Daz39]

1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said:

When we had some building work done last year, we had a just in case contingency in the event of emergencies.  A week before the work started, the boiler went.  Then the garage door broke and when the builders were working at the back of the house it became clear the extension roof was rotten. 

 

I had about £8k to play with.  All gone.  No holiday.  No joy.  After everything was paid I had under £3.00 left in the bank.  ☹️

 

 

House upgrading is expensive. Actually everything is expensive thesedays (little bit of politics...)

Still - look at the ducting on that: oof!!

 I see it's in a cosy outside cupboard with the meter? The house we're trying to buy has the boiler in an outhouse behind the garage, boxed in over the 1m lean-to between garage and house, and into the kitchen!

Edited November 21, 2023 by Daz39

[Marc S]

1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said:

When we had some building work done last year, we had a just in case contingency in the event of emergencies.  A week before the work started, the boiler went.  Then the garage door broke and when the builders were working at the back of the house it became clear the extension roof was rotten. 

 

I had about £8k to play with.  All gone.  No holiday.  No joy.  After everything was paid I had under £3.00 left in the bank.  ☹️

Ouch! Sorry to hear that. As @Daz39says, house upgrading is expensive. In fact, not even upgrading IMO.... just house maintenance has become expensive.

[bassbiscuits]

You'll be mighty glad of it come the depths of winter. That's if you've got enough money left over to switch it on...

[Daz39]

1 hour ago, bassbiscuits said:

You'll be mighty glad of it come the depths of winter. That's if you've got enough money left over to switch it on...

Yeah - with current gas prices it's just a Deko Boiler...!

[tauzero]

6 hours ago, steantval said:

Surprised your plumber didn’t fit a Magna Clean filter in the new system

 

Surely there are better sounding filters.

[TheGreek]

Thought: isn't this in the wrong thread? Has no musical bearing at all. I think one of the Mods or Admin should move this...

[ahpook]

On 21/11/2023 at 12:40, steantval said:

Surprised your plumber didn’t fit a Magna Clean filter in the new system, unless you have it located elsewhere or that canister thingy in the bottom right of your picture is a similar device.

 

 

 

Now, that is good for metal

 

[ricksterphil]

On 20/11/2023 at 15:41, ped said:

...that's right, a gas boiler. To think of the basses I could have bought instead, but I guess warmth is OK. Luckily I had some savings so we could have the old system replaced entirely, which was on its last legs.

 

It would be good if some of you could say some nice things about it

 

Lawsuit era?

[MrDaveTheBass]

Those Ideals are famous for their lovely warm tone.

[smithy]

On 21/11/2023 at 09:45, ahpook said:

but who wants to play bass with freezing fingers?

That´s the poodle´s core (does one say that in english ? I´m german ) -  if it warms your fingers , it´s part of your gear.

[msb]

The joys of home ownership.