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30 June 2008

30 June 2008

29 June 2008

The Nibe 1240 heat pump is now up and runnig and pumping heat around the house. Mossy filled the collector loop and set it up, with Glen doing the electrics. Still working on the plumbing leaks though.
26 June 2008

There are 4 radiators upstairs, all have been hooked up. Three with TRV's and one free flow. Some leaks but not too bad. Isolator valves have been fitted on the accessible ones, pressure seems OK.
24 June 2008

To get a good heat contact with the under floor heating most rooms will be tiled. The picture shows the tiling in the bathroom. The upstairs bathroom has been done also.
19 June 2008

The last of the plaster sanding has now been completed.
17 June 2008

The Hydro and our electricion hooked up the power at very short notice. A spur has also been connected out to the container. Can't get over the novelty of working switches.
13 June 2008

The pic shows the second fit sockets going on for the TV aerial and the cat 5 networking
09 June 2008

The upstairs painting has been completed all in white once again. We're also using upstairs temporarily to grow tomatoes.
08 June 2008

The entire site over the collector are has now been landscaped. Note the rowan tree in the middle of the plot. This is unmoved despite having umpteen tonnes of earth dug around in the last 3 days. Got to think in terms of witch protection.
07 June 2008

The final loops have gone in and the run back to the house., it was a long 300m. The trenches have all been back-filled, including the removal of some substantial boulders. The collector pipes have been routed trough the house wall, insulated and hooked into the heatpump. 
06 June 2008

Loops 3 to 7, are in. The loops are back filled initially with crusher dust (sand is in short supply on Skye). This protects the pipe and provides a good thermal contact.
05 June 2008

A week of big progress with Johnny Skipper and his digger on site. The man is an artist with a 7 tonne excavator. He arrived on Monday and by Tuesday had done the bellmouth drain , the drain pipe drain and had put in the ditches for the services and the armoured cable to the caravan. Wednesday kicked of the trenching of the collector loop. 300m of 40mm pipe needs buried 1m down in the plot. He worked out a system where 20m of ditch was dug and then the coil would be spun on a sling and then wedged further down the ditch to prevent it springing apart. Did the first 3 loops.