I'm sitting in this office with my jacket zipped up and absolutely freezing, no heating on all weekend, the rads still cold, been here an hour & a half, I CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS!

is this legal....?

I slipped a disc in my back, so I'm lovely and warm in bed with a cuppa!

I will pretend I didn't see that

I work from home so nice and warm as we've had the heating on all weekend!

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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
I'm sitting in this office with my jacket zipped up and absolutely freezing, no heating on all weekend, the rads still cold, been here an hour & a half, I CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS!

is this legal....?

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Din't know there was a max temp only a min one, this from the HSE

The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 lay down particular requirements for most aspects of the working environment

Regulation 7 of these Regulations deals specifically with the temperature in indoor workplaces and states that:

During working hours, the temperature in all workplaces inside buildings shall be reasonable.

However, the application of the regulation depends on the nature of the workplace i.e. a bakery, a cold store, an office, a warehouse.

The associated ACOP goes on to explain:

‘The temperature in workrooms should provide reasonable comfort without the need for special clothing. Where such a temperature is impractical because of hot or cold processes, all reasonable steps should be taken to achieve a temperature which is as close as possible to comfortable. 'Workroom' means a room where people normally work for more than short periods.

The temperature in workrooms should normally be at least 16 degrees Celsius unless much of the work involves severe physical effort in which case the temperature should be at least 13 degrees Celsius. These temperatures may not, however, ensure reasonable comfort, depending on other factors such as air movement and relative humidity.’

Where the temperature in a workroom would otherwise be uncomfortably high, for example because of hot processes or the design of the building, all reasonable steps should be taken to achieve a reasonably comfortable temperature, for example by:

insulating hot plants or pipes;
providing air-cooling plant;
shading windows;
siting workstations away from places subject to radiant heat.
Where a reasonably comfortable temperature cannot be achieved throughout a workroom, local cooling should be provided. In extremely hot weather fans and increased ventilation may be used instead of local cooling.

I was under the impression that there is no maximum but there is a minimum, cant remember what it is though.

I used to work with 50 militant women in a credit contorl office, heating was always an issue.

Fingerless gloves are always a good look, especially if your an accountant. scrouge stylee.

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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
I'm sitting in this office with my jacket zipped up and absolutely freezing, no heating on all weekend, the rads still cold, been here an hour & a half, I CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS!

is this legal....?

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Not as cold as Steve (WorX) Hignett who is currently somewhere on the M4 having driven to Cardiff from Cheshire in the Mac#1 yeterday for the South Wales Xmas meet.

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Errr, that was me - should have logged Steve off my machine before posting!!!

I feel for you mate. I've just about always worked outside and its not bad if you keep moving but if your having to stay still it gets a bit rubbish. Worst bit is when you try and warm up though and start getting that sickly feeling

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Not as cold as Steve (WorX) Hignett who is currently somewhere on the M4 having driven to Cardiff from Cheshire in the Mac#1 yeterday for the South Wales Xmas meet.

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Our boiler in work didn't come on this morning, so I flicked on the air conditioning while one of the engineers fixed it.

Quite toasty now

Nearly time to pop over the cafe and have a large helping - they'll have the heating on full blast too.

God my job is tough sometimes

- Nurse! nurse! I can't feel my legs!!

- That's because we amputated your hands Mr Whippy

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irvined - 17/12/07 at 09:59 AM

Smug mode on!

I'm lovely and toasty, its a nice 27C outside, blue sky, (A bit smoggy perhaps.) ahh life is good

Bit cold back home is it?

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SeaBass - 17/12/07 at 10:12 AM

Car display informed me it was -7 this morning... While on the way to work the wife phoned to say the rear brake shoes on one side were jammed on... Maybe I shouldn't have washed the cars on Saturday...

My advice to her - keep driving until the heat melts them off.

Cheers

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BenB - 17/12/07 at 10:34 AM

Bad luck You have my sympathy. I managed to get locked into an industrial freezer once for about 6 minutes and it was the middle of summer so I had shorts and short-sleeved shirt on..... Flipping hell it was cold!! -10 I seem to recall...

If it's any consolation, I'm now too hot! It's an NHS building so we use super-heated plasma from the earths core to fire up our radiators Now that the sun has come up it's actually getting too warm.... Shirt sleeves rolled up and thinking about opening windows.....

Couple of weeks back our heating broke here. We got down to about 14 degrees before the fixed it. Not so bad for me (I just kept my coat on). Not so good for patients. Pretty much rules out testicular exam cos people's nuts retract to up near the kidneys to keep warm!!

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Johnmor - 17/12/07 at 10:53 AM

As said before for office work the accepted minimum is 16 degrees

Warehouse, workshop, etc 13 degrees

outside, no minimum but PPE must be provided.


Now, enough complaining you pussys,
anybody who has worked in the construction industry knows about cold,

I served my aprenticeship as a joiner in Braemar, (-27.2 on 10.1.85 coldest place in Britain),
Boss just told me to work harder!!!

Dam office fairys!!!


Ps. Im sitting in my office with the heating up!

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westcost1 - 17/12/07 at 10:59 AM

Nice and worm in the office today but it has been cold outside working on the car the past week. At least I have been doing a bit of welding which always worms me up.

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Humbug - 17/12/07 at 11:29 AM

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Originally posted by irvined
Smug mode on!

I'm lovely and toasty, its a nice 27C outside, blue sky, (A bit smoggy perhaps.) ahh life is good

Bit cold back home is it?

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27C in Utrecht in December???!!!

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Agriv8 - 17/12/07 at 12:08 PM

Acourding to my office aircon its a tosty 24 deg Mmmm ( a little warm for us boys ) but it stops the ladies complaining !!!.

If it get too warm the server room is 19 on the nose ( feels colder with the wind chill !)

Regards

Iain

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irvined - 17/12/07 at 12:26 PM

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Originally posted by irvined
Smug mode on!

I'm lovely and toasty, its a nice 27C outside, blue sky, (A bit smoggy perhaps.) ahh life is good

Bit cold back home is it?

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27C in Utrecht in December???!!!

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Not quite - i've escaped to India for a month or so to do some project work there - anything to get away from a cold winter

Having an amazing time again, borrowed an enfield bullet and have been bombing around bits of bangalore, lots of donor material here - old ambassadors have a live axle, lots of tata indica's too which have bulletproof engines too.

[Edited on 17/12/07 by irvined]

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speedyxjs - 17/12/07 at 02:26 PM

Iv just come out of the freezer -21

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Confused but excited. - 17/12/07 at 04:56 PM

Mr Whippy, check out; 'The Shops, Offices and Railways Premises Act'.
If work place is not within specified parameters (this doea not apply to a workshop will skilled workers in of course, just to bean counters)you may be paid extra as compensation or go home on full pay.
Unless it's all changed of course.

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eccsmk - 17/12/07 at 04:59 PM

been working outside with a lovely breeze blowing at me i long for a nice inside job

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richard thomas - 17/12/07 at 05:20 PM

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Originally posted by worX
Not as cold as Steve (WorX) Hignett who is currently somewhere on the M4 having driven to Cardiff from Cheshire in the Mac#1 yeterday for the South Wales Xmas meet.

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Th man's a Hero/Lunatic!! *

* Delete as required...

Hope you got back OK Steve, new gloves on the Xmas list by any chance??

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Avoneer - 17/12/07 at 05:33 PM

If it drops under 18 at Court, we can all go home.

My previous job was in a steel wharehouse and it was bloody cold in the middle of summer.

Waggons used to come in with the steel covered in ice to be unloaded.

And you think it's only ice lollies that stick to your skin!

Pat...

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worX - 17/12/07 at 06:31 PM

WooHOOO!!!
I'm home!
Just had a hot shower and she's nipped down to pick up an extra hot Indian!!!

Steve
(it really is me, not that imposter Tim!)

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Originally posted by worX
Not as cold as Steve (WorX) Hignett who is currently somewhere on the M4 having driven to Cardiff from Cheshire in the Mac#1 yeterday for the South Wales Xmas meet.

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Th man's a Hero/Lunatic!! *

* Delete as required...

Hope you got back OK Steve, new gloves on the Xmas list by any chance??

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richard thomas - 17/12/07 at 07:25 PM

Good man....

How was the Bay last night?

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Originally posted by worX
WooHOOO!!!
I'm home!
Just had a hot shower and she's nipped down to pick up an extra hot Indian!!!

Steve
(it really is me, not that imposter Tim!)

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Originally posted by worX
Not as cold as Steve (WorX) Hignett who is currently somewhere on the M4 having driven to Cardiff from Cheshire in the Mac#1 yeterday for the South Wales Xmas meet.

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Th man's a Hero/Lunatic!! *

* Delete as required...

Hope you got back OK Steve, new gloves on the Xmas list by any chance??

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worX - 17/12/07 at 08:06 PM

Cheers!

err "the Bay"... err... erm... err...

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richard thomas - 17/12/07 at 08:27 PM

Did you meet Dai Vader? And get a Taxi...

I've just sent out for a curry 'cos of you - you sowed the seed in my mind.....

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worX - 18/12/07 at 07:07 AM

Got offered a taxi for 10,000! Tim wanted to drive but I said calm down Gayboy - on steroids...
Anyway got it sorted for 2000 and a further 15000 when we got there...

Steve

ETA - I did meet one Dai Vader, (helped him sit down!) I thought he was gonna go f**king Ballistic I can tell ewe...
Taff Wars - Episode 6: Late Night Taxis

[Edited on 18/12/07 by worX]

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richard thomas - 18/12/07 at 08:52 AM

17000!!! I would have drove you myself - no police either......

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Alan B - 18/12/07 at 01:27 PM

Hmmm...lovely and warm here..

Erm..actually it isn't..not exactly UK cold but still bloddy nippy......

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