Heatwave alert

[RevdTess]

Every time I see asterisks in a post now I think someone is talking about k1tchens!

[Little John]

Every time I see asterisks in a post now I think someone is talking about k1tchens!

[JohnB]

Every time I see asterisks in a post now I think someone is talking about k1tchens!

If he can't stand the heat he should get out then .

[kenneal - lagger]

Decking has to be kept clean, even then slightest moss/algae growth on the stuff makes it really slippy when wet, also as E fan says, soon looks shabby, most I've seen does look poor in a relatively short space of time, then usually taken up.

My wife broke her arm slipping over on my daughter's decking last winter. Daughter has now stapled steel mesh over the wood to make it non slip! Looks err...?

[adam2]

More here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23341504

[JohnB]

It was almost cold here last night. I would have been more comfortable in a fleece than a sweatshirt during midnight walkies, and I had the windows shut overnight!

[featherstick]

A suggestion:

Go outside into the sun for 10 minutes and tune all your senses into experiencing the weather; the heat, the sweat running down your neck, the smell of the vegetation, the brightness of the sun. Drink it all in and mentally bottle it.

Then, next winter, when we're in the middle of a cold, grey Siberian blocking pattern, with a raw easterly blowing, unbottle it and savour the pleasure!

I've been out in the sun for several hours and my senses can be definitely said to have tuned in to experiencing the weather along with experiencing the copious amount of sweat running down the crack of my arse whilst laying 50 square yards of turf.

It's too ******* hot....

Ditto with our bloody patio - proper little suntrap with 35 degrees air temp, hotter near reflective surfaces, and 2.5 tonnes of type 1, mortar, and 140 slabs to be laid.

[featherstick]

Decking has to be kept clean, even then slightest moss/algae growth on the stuff makes it really slippy when wet, also as E fan says, soon looks shabby, most I've seen does look poor in a relatively short space of time, then usually taken up.

My wife broke her arm slipping over on my daughter's decking last winter. Daughter has now stapled steel mesh over the wood to make it non slip! Looks err...?

There are inserts that can be pushed in to the grooves to prevent this happening. I hope your wife's arm is ok now.

[JohnB]

I had absolutely lethal plain oak decking that had to be crossed to get into the house when I moved here. It makes nice raised beds, but isn't so good for making other stuff out of, as it's so hard in blunted the blades on a friend's planer/thicknesser!

[kenneal - lagger]

There are inserts that can be pushed in to the grooves to prevent this happening. I hope your wife's arm is ok now.

It was just before Christmas so I had a busier than usual time. She still gets the odd ache and pain from it but the bone has healed, thanks.

[BritDownUnder]

23C today and yesterday in this part of Australia. 6 degrees higher than average for this month so a mini heat wave here too. A beautiful day yesterday and also this morning. I put some potatoes in yesterday evening trying to beat the real heat which usually starts in November. I was too late last year. All is well in this part of the world.

[emordnilap]

23C

Hehe. Your winter, our summer.

[JavaScriptDonkey]

I had to attend to a sealed server room with broken air conditioning.

Temperatures were wavering around 40 C.

Going outside was quite a relief.