[Misc] Phew! Scorchio!!

el punal · Aug 11, 2020

I’ve just checked the thermometer on our patio, admittedly in full sun, and the temperature has reached 49 degrees Celsius. So, any of you poor buggers having to work in this heat you have my full and complete sympathy.

Right - I’m off to mix myself a pint of ice cold Pimms. :drink:

jakarta · Aug 11, 2020

el punal said:
I’ve just checked the thermometer on our patio, admittedly in full sun, and the temperature has reached 49 degrees Celsius. So, any of you poor buggers having to work in this heat you have my full and complete sympathy.

Right - I’m off to mix myself a pint of ice cold Pimms.

Oi! I started a (moaning about) hot weather thread a couple of days ago - come on you mods...

Palacefinder General · Aug 11, 2020

People lack imagination.

el punal · Aug 11, 2020

jakarta said:
Oi! I started a (moaning about) hot weather thread a couple of days ago - come on you mods...

Sorry!

Guinness Boy · Aug 11, 2020

jakarta said:
Oi! I started a (moaning about) hot weather thread a couple of days ago - come on you mods...

This is the third one. I'm pretty sure [MENTION=7]Mustafa[/MENTION] beat you to it, but it's far too hot to spend the energy finding it.

*melts*

Madafwo · Aug 11, 2020

Guinness Boy said:
*melts*

Thats no way for a mod to talk about forum users, no matter how accurate it may be!

spongy · Aug 11, 2020

First day back at work after 11 days off. In a factory with no aircon. Asbestos roof with windows in the roof running the length of it. Massive windows all down the south side magnifying the heat.

Don't have a thermometer.

I have drunk 6 litres of water so far today and yet to have a piss.

Its ****ing stupidly hot. And should be illegal.

Green Cross Code Man · Aug 11, 2020

Temperature should never be measured from a thermometer placed directly in the sun. That measures not only the ambient air temperature (the real temperature) but also the instrument heating up and any other materials around that act as a heat sink.

pasty · Aug 11, 2020

spongy said:
Its ****ing stupidly hot. And should be illegal.

Although not an enforceable law, Government guidance suggests an indoor workplace should be no colder than 16ºC or 13ºC if employees are doing physical work. However there is no guidance on maximum temperatures. I guess no guidance exists for maximum temps as it's only in recent years it's become an issue.

el punal · Aug 11, 2020

Green Cross Code Man said:
Temperature should never be measured from a thermometer placed directly in the sun. That measures not only the ambient air temperature (the real temperature) but also the instrument heating up and any other materials around that act as a heat sink.

Yes, I know that - sort of! It was really to emphasise how f***ing hot it is and then it went off the scale half an hour later. Truth to tell the “real” temperature at the time was 30 degrees. Still, nothing like a bit of exaggeration to get the ball rolling.

zefarelly · Aug 11, 2020

My little workshop at home is uninhabitable by around 2-3pm on hot days . . . . 32 is too hot, even the compressor packs up.

I've been looking forward to work this week as the office has new Aircon and home is 27 minimum at the moment

sydney · Aug 11, 2020

makuth muchuss scorchio ....befor longyio coldio will be back and freezings you will be ...so enjyit while you caninoo..xxxx

jakarta · Aug 11, 2020

pasty said:
Although not an enforceable law, Government guidance suggests an indoor workplace should be no colder than 16ºC or 13ºC if employees are doing physical work. However there is no guidance on maximum temperatures. I guess no guidance exists for maximum temps as it's only in recent years it's become an issue.

The reason that there is no maximum temperature is that various workplaces have very high levels due to the work being undertaken (forges, glass making etc.) so it wouldn't be appropriate to give such a figure. This doesn't mean that you shouldn't have to mitigate exposure of course. Personally the highest temperature I was ever exposed to at work was when we had to fix a leaking Steam Main into a Hospital and it involved removal of the asbestos lagging. Was over 50 degrees and 90% RH. Went into to inspect the repair and state of the asbestos removal and my facemask just fell off my face. Happy Days...

LamieRobertson · Aug 11, 2020

pasty said:
Although not an enforceable law, Government guidance suggests an indoor workplace should be no colder than 16ºC or 13ºC if employees are doing physical work. However there is no guidance on maximum temperatures. I guess no guidance exists for maximum temps as it's only in recent years it's become an issue.

I’ve given my staff member a couple of hours off this afternoon..resuming at 4pm

zefarelly · Aug 11, 2020

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...heatwave-man-cooks-roast-pork-in-car-12190136

atfc village · Aug 11, 2020

Knocked of work at 1 ,cheers boss .

zefarelly · Aug 11, 2020

jakarta said:
The reason that there is no maximum temperature is that various workplaces have very high levels due to the work being undertaken (forges, glass making etc.) so it wouldn't be appropriate to give such a figure. This doesn't mean that you shouldn't have to mitigate exposure of course. Personally the highest temperature I was ever exposed to at work was when we had to fix a leaking Steam Main into a Hospital and it involved removal of the asbestos lagging. Was over 50 degrees and 90% RH. Went into to inspect the repair and state of the asbestos removal and my facemask just fell off my face. Happy Days...

This . . .I worked for a year when I was 16/17 in a mushroom laboratory, there were lots of steam autoclaves , a somewhat inhospitable working environment. The hottest I've worked in was commissioning a centralised vacuum cleaning plant inside a power station on Slough Trading estate . . . 53 degrees celcius. Wasn't for very long, it was a tad warm.

Worthing exile · Aug 11, 2020

Having to work but fortunately from home so sitting at the PC in shorts, singlet vest and flip flops. And a bloody great fan blowing at me.
Loving it.

AmexRuislip · Aug 11, 2020

LamieRobertson said:
I’ve given my staff member a couple of hours off this afternoon..resuming at 4pm

you have a crew :facepalm:

zefarelly · Aug 11, 2020

LamieRobertson said:
I’ve given my staff member a couple of hours off this afternoon..resuming at 4pm

That sounds like more torture to me . . . . I start at half 7 . . .knock off at 4, hopefully be in the sea chilling the core by 5.

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