Monday 2nd July: the works begin !

More than 18 months after the initial idea it is finally all happening now.

Pictures of progress and works click here.

Problems on the way:

• the digger that was organised to dig the trenches is too small and makes slow progress. A larger one will be coming in a couple of days and the wall around the garden gate needs to be broken to make room for a larger digger.
• existing water pipes are all over the house like spaghetti and a the new layout requires a bigger mess than predicted (cutting up floors, removing parts of walls, drilling through walls...)

Benefits we are expecting keep our hopes up:

• a modern efficient ground source heat pump (the major point!)
• cleaner layout of pipes and no water tanks in the loft
  
• secondary hot water loop (instant hot water)
• mains pressure (no noisy pressure pump in the house)
• more space and no heater noise (heating system is in the garage)