I left a sticker on the light switch for the loft in our old house, because it's not obvious what it is. We've had people stay in the house while we've been away, and found the light left on in the loft, when we've returned. It's next to the landing light switch, and easily flicked in error.
Came back one time, and found three lights left on!! We're still friends!!😊
A lovely idea @B3 However, I don't think that'll go down well with the lady of the house. Another hole in the house will displease her. Mind you, I've still not come across my power drill, so, . . . . . . . New desk arrived today, so I have the challenge of that tomorrow. I hate these self-assembly tasks. I'm not very confident with them. Destroying stuff, yes, but building them, no!! 🤔
Try to access your feminine side ( however weedy and undeveloped) and read the instructions before you start. Putting the desk together will be a pleasure
Does your loft hatch have a small hole in it, @rowlandscastle444? Probably a silly question... but our metal pole thingy has a screw thread on the end, and when you feed it into the hole and twist, it turns a catch holding the loft hatch closed.
It's possible that the things you've not yet located, were packed into a small corner of an inappropriate (but convenient) box, like ours were... or were packed creatively in a way which made sense at the time, like the hairdryer which was lost for 3 weeks after our move, until I found it packed inside the paper shredder.
We were convinced that a box of pictures was completely lost. Ours had been a complicated move, involving shuttling items in a transit along a private, unmade road to the lorry, parked some distance away because it couldn't get under a low bridge. When the lorry was full it was taken to the depot overnight, before getting the ferry to Ireland the following day. It seemed to us that there were many possibilities for this box to have gone astray. However, three years after the move, we found it in the loft, at the bottom of a pile. Joy was unconfined, since the box contained two pictures painted for us by our daughter, which we thought were lost forever.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Hi @Liriodendron The pole to open the hatch is metal, with the top piece bent over 90° which hooks into a small hole. Our previous hatch had similar, where a gentle push upwards then released a catch, and then the hatch opened downwards, with a ladder that dropped down. This seems similar, but just won't drop down. My wife suggested yanking it hard, but I'm loathe to do so, in fear of breaking it, and then losing heat upwards.
Still, we do have a garage and shed, so can put stuff there if necessary.
It sounds as though you had a stressful move too. Don't solicitors endeavour to make it so!?
Glad you found the pictures you wanted. Little things can mean so much.
I suspect that all moves are stressful, @rowlandscastle444. We made ours worse by living in the new-to-us bungalow while having major works done. We thought we were just going to have an extension, but ended up having to have the whole house rewired, re-plumbed, the boiler replaced with a heat pump, external insulation... most books etc remained in their boxes, moved from room to room as the builders worked away. But it's all a memory now.
Our loft pole also has a 90 degree bend at one end. It's the other end which goes into the hole and turns the catch... worth a try, perhaps?
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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I left a sticker on the light switch for the loft in our old house, because it's not obvious what it is. We've had people stay in the house while we've been away, and found the light left on in the loft, when we've returned. It's next to the landing light switch, and easily flicked in error.
Came back one time, and found three lights left on!!
We're still friends!!😊
However, I don't think that'll go down well with the lady of the house. Another hole in the house will displease her. Mind you, I've still not come across my power drill, so, . . . . . . .
New desk arrived today, so I have the challenge of that tomorrow. I hate these self-assembly tasks. I'm not very confident with them. Destroying stuff, yes, but building them, no!! 🤔
It's possible that the things you've not yet located, were packed into a small corner of an inappropriate (but convenient) box, like ours were... or were packed creatively in a way which made sense at the time, like the hairdryer which was lost for 3 weeks after our move, until I found it packed inside the paper shredder.
We were convinced that a box of pictures was completely lost. Ours had been a complicated move, involving shuttling items in a transit along a private, unmade road to the lorry, parked some distance away because it couldn't get under a low bridge. When the lorry was full it was taken to the depot overnight, before getting the ferry to Ireland the following day. It seemed to us that there were many possibilities for this box to have gone astray. However, three years after the move, we found it in the loft, at the bottom of a pile. Joy was unconfined, since the box contained two pictures painted for us by our daughter, which we thought were lost forever.
The pole to open the hatch is metal, with the top piece bent over 90° which hooks into a small hole. Our previous hatch had similar, where a gentle push upwards then released a catch, and then the hatch opened downwards, with a ladder that dropped down. This seems similar, but just won't drop down. My wife suggested yanking it hard, but I'm loathe to do so, in fear of breaking it, and then losing heat upwards.
Still, we do have a garage and shed, so can put stuff there if necessary.
It sounds as though you had a stressful move too. Don't solicitors endeavour to make it so!?
Glad you found the pictures you wanted. Little things can mean so much.
Our loft pole also has a 90 degree bend at one end. It's the other end which goes into the hole and turns the catch... worth a try, perhaps?