Any damage from yesterdays storms?
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Anyone wake up to damage this morning?
I had visions of the asphault on my shed roof heading off as it is knackered, but the 5 bricks strategically placed did their job.
Everything looked fine, until I went out to work and got a call from the Mrs - the rear screen on her Suzuki Ignis has imploded, and is hanging togther only due to the heated element.
Looks like she'll have to endure it for a couple of days until Autoglass can get one ordered.
Anyone else suffer?
P.S. What's the best way to temporary cover the back window so she can drive it? Black bin bags taped together or tarpaulin or something similar?
Autoglass boy recommended I actually remove it to make it safer to drive....
I had visions of the asphault on my shed roof heading off as it is knackered, but the 5 bricks strategically placed did their job.
Everything looked fine, until I went out to work and got a call from the Mrs - the rear screen on her Suzuki Ignis has imploded, and is hanging togther only due to the heated element.
Looks like she'll have to endure it for a couple of days until Autoglass can get one ordered.
Anyone else suffer?
P.S. What's the best way to temporary cover the back window so she can drive it? Black bin bags taped together or tarpaulin or something similar?
Autoglass boy recommended I actually remove it to make it safer to drive....
Yep. Roof 'verge' (apparently the proper name for the plastic edge capping stuff) came off and skelped the Mrs car on the driveway (2010 Fiesta).
The car is booked in to be repaired in a couple of weeks time (£200) and someone I selected from the Yellow Pages is coming out today to look at the roof and give me a quote, expecting roughly £120-150.
Grrr.
The car is booked in to be repaired in a couple of weeks time (£200) and someone I selected from the Yellow Pages is coming out today to look at the roof and give me a quote, expecting roughly £120-150.
Grrr.
There was a fatality up in Balloch yesterday.
Tree fell over onto some poor soul's car
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west...
No damage around my area though...
Just branches falling off trees & stuff - nothing huge though.
Tree fell over onto some poor soul's car
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west...
No damage around my area though...
Just branches falling off trees & stuff - nothing huge though.
I came home yesterday afternoon to find our plastic garden shed being battered. The rear panels had come out and the roof was flapping at one corner. The big connectors that hold it all together had been ripped out
What fun I had with the wife trying to patch it up and move it down the side of the house
What fun I had with the wife trying to patch it up and move it down the side of the house
Diverted to Glasgow as Edinburgh airport was closed en route. Sat on plane for 2, yes 2 hours as they couldn't rustle up any steps (except that we could see at leats 6 sets unused around the apron). Eventually got off and on to coaches, to wait another hour for those with luggage - not enough baggage handlers etc. Get to Edinburgh at 11:00pm and of course it's all open and planes taking off and landing as normal. And the great rush of diverted aircraft that swampped Glasgow's ability to get folks off and deliver their luggage - the papers today say it was 5 aircraft, and that seemed about right. Certainly 2 BMI and 2 EasyJet - but not excactly a stretch to handle surely?
And got home to find my ballustrade on the balcony had gone It's been there for 10+ years since the house was built, but decided to go fly-about yesterday. Today I shall be mostly visiting the local timber emporium and buying bits to make a new one.
And got home to find my ballustrade on the balcony had gone
It's been there for 10+ years since the house was built, but decided to go fly-about yesterday. Today I shall be mostly visiting the local timber emporium and buying bits to make a new one.Thankfully no damage to report, but it looks like the Passat on the front page of the Evening Express didn't survive!!
Nothing broke or missing here, bins stayed put and upright as well.
Road to work got blocked in 3 places due to trees, still it's nothing 2 chainsaws, a jcb and a tractor and trailer can't solve
think works firewood for the winter will get a nice help.
Heard the airdrie- Glasgow line got shut for a while.
Road to work got blocked in 3 places due to trees, still it's nothing 2 chainsaws, a jcb and a tractor and trailer can't solve
think works firewood for the winter will get a nice help. Heard the airdrie- Glasgow line got shut for a while.
tvrolet said:
Diverted to Glasgow as Edinburgh airport was closed en route. Sat on plane for 2, yes 2 hours as they couldn't rustle up any steps (except that we could see at leats 6 sets unused around the apron). Eventually got off and on to coaches, to wait another hour for those with luggage - not enough baggage handlers etc. Get to Edinburgh at 11:00pm and of course it's all open and planes taking off and landing as normal. And the great rush of diverted aircraft that swampped Glasgow's ability to get folks off and deliver their luggage - the papers today say it was 5 aircraft, and that seemed about right. Certainly 2 BMI and 2 EasyJet - but not excactly a stretch to handle surely?
And got home to find my ballustrade on the balcony had gone It's been there for 10+ years since the house was built, but decided to go fly-about yesterday. Today I shall be mostly visiting the local timber emporium and buying bits to make a new one.
A friend of mine is a pilot with easyjet he was telling me about the problems yesterday but the baggage issue may have been down to the fact that they can't open the baggage doors on the plane in winds above 40knots, the wind at glasgow was 60knots so they had to wait for a break in the wind before the baggage door could be opened.And got home to find my ballustrade on the balcony had gone
It's been there for 10+ years since the house was built, but decided to go fly-about yesterday. Today I shall be mostly visiting the local timber emporium and buying bits to make a new one.John.
Lots, I've uploaded a lot of photos to this thread: http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t...
dads window and bonnet are a tad messy. Grandholm itself is a mess. Bridge of don isn't much better. Lots of uprooted trees throughout town.
dads window and bonnet are a tad messy. Grandholm itself is a mess. Bridge of don isn't much better. Lots of uprooted trees throughout town.
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