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    From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 24 16:04:24 2025
    I am having my boiler replace in a couple of weeks (before the gas boiler
    tax), 4 days with no heating so in preparation I have bought a 2 KW
    electric fake log fire from Warmlite.

    The leaflet with it says:

    BEFORE YOUR FIRST USE:
    1. Remove your appliance from the packaging.
    2. Install your appliance in accordance with the installation & safety instructions.
    3. Your appliance is now ready for normal use.

    The manual also says:
    "CAUTION! No wall fixings are provided with this fireplace suite. Take
    care to ensure
    the suite is set on a flat and stable surface and placed against a wall to prevent it from falling over or being dislodged."

    There is a plastic package with 3 x screws and 3 x plastic wall plugs
    included. There is also a box containing some coals.

    No installation & safety instructions were included.

    I have emailed them so hopefully they can clarify things for me.

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    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    640k ought to be enough for anyone.
    (Bill Gates, 1981)

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  • From Tim+@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Fri Jan 24 18:55:53 2025
    Jeff Gaines <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote:

    I am having my boiler replace in a couple of weeks (before the gas boiler tax), 4 days with no heating so in preparation I have bought a 2 KW
    electric fake log fire from Warmlite.

    The leaflet with it says:

    BEFORE YOUR FIRST USE:
    1. Remove your appliance from the packaging.
    2. Install your appliance in accordance with the installation & safety instructions.
    3. Your appliance is now ready for normal use.

    The manual also says:
    "CAUTION! No wall fixings are provided with this fireplace suite. Take
    care to ensure
    the suite is set on a flat and stable surface and placed against a wall to prevent it from falling over or being dislodged."

    There is a plastic package with 3 x screws and 3 x plastic wall plugs included. There is also a box containing some coals.

    No installation & safety instructions were included.

    I think these were them.

    The manual also says:
    "CAUTION! No wall fixings are provided with this fireplace suite. Take
    care to ensure
    the suite is set on a flat and stable surface and placed against a wall to prevent it from falling over or being dislodged."


    I have emailed them so hopefully they can clarify things for me.


    Maybe you should get a man in? I mean, it’s just a 2kW electric fire. How many instructions do you need?

    Tim

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 24 19:23:53 2025
    On 24/01/2025 in message <1911202071.759437599.226766.timdownieuk-yahoo.co.youkay@news.individual.net> Tim+ wrote:

    Jeff Gaines <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote:

    I am having my boiler replace in a couple of weeks (before the gas boiler >>tax), 4 days with no heating so in preparation I have bought a 2 KW >>electric fake log fire from Warmlite.

    The leaflet with it says:

    BEFORE YOUR FIRST USE:
    1. Remove your appliance from the packaging.
    2. Install your appliance in accordance with the installation & safety >>instructions.
    3. Your appliance is now ready for normal use.

    The manual also says:
    "CAUTION! No wall fixings are provided with this fireplace suite. Take
    care to ensure
    the suite is set on a flat and stable surface and placed against a wall to >>prevent it from falling over or being dislodged."

    There is a plastic package with 3 x screws and 3 x plastic wall plugs >>included. There is also a box containing some coals.

    No installation & safety instructions were included.

    I think these were them.

    The manual also says:
    "CAUTION! No wall fixings are provided with this fireplace suite. Take
    care to ensure
    the suite is set on a flat and stable surface and placed against a wall to >>prevent it from falling over or being dislodged."


    I have emailed them so hopefully they can clarify things for me.


    Maybe you should get a man in? I mean, it’s just a 2kW electric fire.
    How
    many instructions do you need?

    Just enough to know if it needs fitting to the wall with the supplied
    screws or if it can be left free standing. Obviously a fire risk if it
    falls over while on.

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    That's an amazing invention but who would ever want to use one of them? (President Hayes speaking to Alexander Graham Bell on the invention of the telephone)

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  • From Tim+@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Fri Jan 24 19:55:17 2025
    Jeff Gaines <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote:
    On 24/01/2025 in message <1911202071.759437599.226766.timdownieuk-yahoo.co.youkay@news.individual.net> Tim+ wrote:

    Jeff Gaines <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote:

    I am having my boiler replace in a couple of weeks (before the gas boiler >>> tax), 4 days with no heating so in preparation I have bought a 2 KW
    electric fake log fire from Warmlite.

    The leaflet with it says:

    BEFORE YOUR FIRST USE:
    1. Remove your appliance from the packaging.
    2. Install your appliance in accordance with the installation & safety
    instructions.
    3. Your appliance is now ready for normal use.

    The manual also says:
    "CAUTION! No wall fixings are provided with this fireplace suite. Take
    care to ensure
    the suite is set on a flat and stable surface and placed against a wall to >>> prevent it from falling over or being dislodged."

    There is a plastic package with 3 x screws and 3 x plastic wall plugs
    included. There is also a box containing some coals.

    No installation & safety instructions were included.

    I think these were them.

    The manual also says:
    "CAUTION! No wall fixings are provided with this fireplace suite. Take
    care to ensure
    the suite is set on a flat and stable surface and placed against a wall to >>> prevent it from falling over or being dislodged."


    I have emailed them so hopefully they can clarify things for me.


    Maybe you should get a man in? I mean, it’s just a 2kW electric fire.
    How
    many instructions do you need?

    Just enough to know if it needs fitting to the wall with the supplied
    screws or if it can be left free standing. Obviously a fire risk if it
    falls over while on.


    Only you can decide how likely it is to fall over. If it’s likely, screw it to the wall. If it’s vanishingly unlikely, don’t bother.

    Tim

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 24 20:55:16 2025
    On 24/01/2025 in message <1660299118.759441164.937294.timdownieuk-yahoo.co.youkay@news.individual.net> Tim+ wrote:

    Jeff Gaines <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote:
    On 24/01/2025 in message >><1911202071.759437599.226766.timdownieuk-yahoo.co.youkay@news.individual.net> >>Tim+ wrote:

    Jeff Gaines <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote:

    I am having my boiler replace in a couple of weeks (before the gas >>>>boiler
    tax), 4 days with no heating so in preparation I have bought a 2 KW >>>>electric fake log fire from Warmlite.

    The leaflet with it says:

    BEFORE YOUR FIRST USE:
    1. Remove your appliance from the packaging.
    2. Install your appliance in accordance with the installation & safety >>>>instructions.
    3. Your appliance is now ready for normal use.

    The manual also says:
    "CAUTION! No wall fixings are provided with this fireplace suite. Take >>>>care to ensure
    the suite is set on a flat and stable surface and placed against a wall >>>>to
    prevent it from falling over or being dislodged."

    There is a plastic package with 3 x screws and 3 x plastic wall plugs >>>>included. There is also a box containing some coals.

    No installation & safety instructions were included.

    I think these were them.

    The manual also says:
    "CAUTION! No wall fixings are provided with this fireplace suite. Take >>>>care to ensure
    the suite is set on a flat and stable surface and placed against a wall >>>>to
    prevent it from falling over or being dislodged."


    I have emailed them so hopefully they can clarify things for me.


    Maybe you should get a man in? I mean, it’s just a 2kW electric fire. >>>How
    many instructions do you need?

    Just enough to know if it needs fitting to the wall with the supplied >>screws or if it can be left free standing. Obviously a fire risk if it >>falls over while on.


    Only you can decide how likely it is to fall over. If it’s likely, screw
    it
    to the wall. If it’s vanishingly unlikely, don’t bother.

    You can safely leave that decision to me, you seem to have completely
    missed the point of my post, should I explain it to you?

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    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    Remember, the Flat Earth Society has members all around the globe.

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Mon Jan 27 17:33:52 2025
    Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I am having my boiler replace in a couple of weeks (before the gas
    boiler tax)

    Enacted today

    <https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/81/pdfs/uksi_20250081_en.pdf>

    Seems it's not actually a tax on gas boilers, but a penalty on
    manufacturers for selling too few heat pumps, so acts in a similar way
    to the electric vehicle mandate?

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 27 18:40:44 2025
    On 27/01/2025 in message <lvpubvFibgvU2@mid.individual.net> Andy Burns
    wrote:

    Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I am having my boiler replace in a couple of weeks (before the gas boiler >>tax)

    Enacted today

    <https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/81/pdfs/uksi_20250081_en.pdf>

    Seems it's not actually a tax on gas boilers, but a penalty on
    manufacturers for selling too few heat pumps, so acts in a similar way to
    the electric vehicle mandate?

    Yes, that's how I saw it, saves the state having to enforce legislation!

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    I was standing in the park wondering why Frisbees got bigger as they get closer.
    Then it hit me.

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