In the last 3 months there has been a lot of thinking and numbers being looked at.
It turns out the cost of new build, for my parents, at present is high compared to house prices so a build for my parents is off. This left us with the quandary of the pellet boiler. We emptied the hopper and cleaned it out. It was then filled with dry bagged pellets - no small task - but it was working fine,heating the house fully, until we turned the heating off. By then hopefully we will know whether we are eligible for the renewable heat incentive. So the decision has been put off till the autumn!
You will remember the hassle with the hot water tank. Well by the law of unintended consequences the Immersun which diverts unused solar electricity to the immersion had to be changed from feeding 2 x 3kW immersions to 1 x 3kW immersion. This lead to an overheating of the neutral cable in the first 3kW switch and nearly a fire. Fire avoided and new switch with reprogramming and all is well.
However, now April and May are here we are eating much more out of the garden. Wild Garlic is good, as are the nettles. We still have Kale and cabbage outside and pak choi and mustard inside. With all that is going on I have cheated this year and bought my tomato plants at a local plant sale. Everything else is in or just about to go in.
I have also been looking at widening our perennial foods as these seem more resilient and reliable. With this I am looking at natives thus nettles and wild garlic above, fruit - at the moment rhubarb.
It turns out the cost of new build, for my parents, at present is high compared to house prices so a build for my parents is off. This left us with the quandary of the pellet boiler. We emptied the hopper and cleaned it out. It was then filled with dry bagged pellets - no small task - but it was working fine,heating the house fully, until we turned the heating off. By then hopefully we will know whether we are eligible for the renewable heat incentive. So the decision has been put off till the autumn!
You will remember the hassle with the hot water tank. Well by the law of unintended consequences the Immersun which diverts unused solar electricity to the immersion had to be changed from feeding 2 x 3kW immersions to 1 x 3kW immersion. This lead to an overheating of the neutral cable in the first 3kW switch and nearly a fire. Fire avoided and new switch with reprogramming and all is well.
However, now April and May are here we are eating much more out of the garden. Wild Garlic is good, as are the nettles. We still have Kale and cabbage outside and pak choi and mustard inside. With all that is going on I have cheated this year and bought my tomato plants at a local plant sale. Everything else is in or just about to go in.
I have also been looking at widening our perennial foods as these seem more resilient and reliable. With this I am looking at natives thus nettles and wild garlic above, fruit - at the moment rhubarb.
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