What pisses you off? Part II: Electric Boogaloo

[stui magpie]

Got home from Toc today, fkn bed is soaked. 70mm of rain on Easter Monday, somehow got in again FIIK how.

Sheets in the clothes dryer, doona on the clothes horse, sodden mattress on the front porch, had to go but a new mattress.

At least I can sleep in bed tonight instead of the couch, but need to figure out WTF is going on and how/why the water is getting in. Only happens when we get these downpours, can't see any busted tiles so I assume the gutters can't cope and are spilling over back into the roof cavity.

[stui magpie]

So how the fck does this work?

Last winter, when the pollen count is low, I had bad hayfever. Wake up in the morning, start sneezing, blowing copious quantities of snot out of my nose, needing to take a hayfever tablet in the morning otherwise I was fckd.

Then the warm weather arrived and I didn't need tablets. All through summer, no symptoms, no tablets required. Until ANZAC day.

Woke up Thursday, sneezing like I'd been snorting ground white pepper, 2 hankies filled in 10 minutes, eyes itchy, had to take a Telfast. Had to take one every morning since.

WTF is going on here? Hayfever season is usually when the pollen count is high in spring and summer.

[pietillidie]

^Maybe an some invasive grass or something that flowers at a different time? If you had enough of them, or if there was a big mow or maybe freeway construction or such you could imagine it happening counter-season to native plants.

[eddiesmith]

Interesting, mine has been playing up the last few days as well, was just blaming being allergic to Melbourne, but still sneezing a bit up here as well, but nothing like the attack I had on Thursday night.

[stui magpie]

^Maybe an some invasive grass or something that flowers at a different time? If you had enough of them, or if there was a big mow or maybe freeway construction or such you could imagine it happening counter-season to native plants.

Interesting comment, they've been doing serious freeway construction since 18 months ago. The northern end of the north east link in Watsonia. That would make some sense but I get the same symptoms up in regional NSW.

[think positive]

ive had this for three damn miserable weeks! even had a catscan, i have a nasal polyp that leaks down the back of my throat, have to wait a month for a specialist appointment.

i use the nasal wash thing twice a day, and sometimes a heat pack on the sinuses, really helps, lots of fluids, non alcoholic!

2 docs and this article have recommended nasonex, and im about to go get the matching meds, ive been using the wrong type apparently!

anyhow, read on!

https://www.webmd.com/allergies/postnasal-drip

[Skids]

Got home from Toc today, fkn bed is soaked. 70mm of rain on Easter Monday, somehow got in again FIIK how.

Sheets in the clothes dryer, doona on the clothes horse, sodden mattress on the front porch, had to go but a new mattress.

At least I can sleep in bed tonight instead of the couch, but need to figure out WTF is going on and how/why the water is getting in. Only happens when we get these downpours, can't see any busted tiles so I assume the gutters can't cope and are spilling over back into the roof cavity.

Yep, that can happen. Why they ever made gutters that can overflow at the back was always a mystery. Most new stuff is 'slotted' along the front and will overflow there.
Easy to whack a couple of 'pissas' in a few spots, just whack a 40mm holesaw through the front of the gutter in a few spots, you can just slip a bit of pvc tube in (and silicone around them) so it shoots away from the house a bit.

Roof leaks can be a real pain to find. I remember being sent to a bank in a large shopping centre years ago. The boss said to me, "Look, we've had a few blokes look at this one, I need it fixed properly".

Got in the roof space above the bank and found the water was coming in about 50 metres away and tracking along several beams and purlins before dripping right above the teller. Took 5 minutes to fix, once I'd found it.

[stui magpie]

^

Yeah, I got a rood plumber around to have a look, going to replace half the guttering. Apart from being rusted out in places, it didn't fall properly toward the downpip and just pooled in front of my bedroom window, then when you got a downpour in she came.

In the mean time, I got a hammer and chisel and made some vents along the section where it was backing into the roof so it goes straight onto the garden instead.

[pietillidie]

The northern end of the north east link in Watsonia. That would make some sense but I get the same symptoms up in regional NSW.

Still could be. Some of the grasses are pretty common, so wherever hay is being cut and earth turned over.

I think can remember the Metropolitan Ring Road (??) being built out that way. Was that maybe in the late 90s?

I used to love it out that way, especially for bird and wildlife spotting. Is the area around the Plenty River still nice? I used to go for drives out there and on to Kinglake and sometimes Murrindindi Falls.

Has it recovered from the last round of fires? (The fires all blend together in my head, so I can't remember when they last went through Kinglake).

[think positive]

and boy am i glad my hybrid is almost here - 2.52 a litre for 95, **** that!!!

[What'sinaname]

^ Toyota don't have a huge mark up for the hybrid. My calcs say that you'll break even after, between 60K and 100K kms. After that's you're in front with the fuel savings.

Obviously, after 10 years, you might have to replace the battery - but that's not a given and you may have a new car by then, so not worth worrying about that.

[think positive]

Not sure what you mean by break even?
You mean savings on fuel or for a new car?
My girlfriend got the Camry hybrid during lockdown it’s saving her well over $200 a month on her fuel bill. The hybrid model is about 4500 more than the petrol I believe.

This is my first ever brand new car, hubby got a ranger a few years back. I really need another car, my little convertible is getting too hard to get in and out of! It’s almost 13 years old, was 13 months when I got it. Still under 100k on the clock!

[What'sinaname]

Yeah, I mean on the decision to buy the RAV4 hybrid vs petrol RAV4.

The hybrid is over 2l / 100km more efficient than the 2.5 petrol and over 1l / 100km more efficient than the 2.0 petrol.

So it'll take between 60 - 100,000 kms before you save the $3k in fuel. After which it makes sense to buy the hybrid model over the petrol RAV4.

[think positive]

Nah, logic tells me if iget the saving my GF does, I’ll save 2,400 a year, so 2 years! Besides, it’s good for the environment!

[What'sinaname]

Nah, logic tells me if iget the saving my GF does, I’ll save 2,400 a year, so 2 years! Besides, it’s good for the environment!

I'm talking about the decision to pay more for a hybrid over the same car with a petrol engine.

She's talking about her saving on her existing car. In which case, the maths is different. It takes way longer to break even if you bought a new car over an existing car - if ever.

If you spend $50,000 on a new car that saves you 2,500 a year, that's 20 years until you break even.