Long time no post, piss poor. We've been basking in the magnificence that is central heating, marvelous, them Romans were definitely on to something.
Everything went like a dream, very disconcerting but extremely welcome. The gas supply went without a hitch as did the gas meter installation. Next up the actual central heating install was done in a whirlwind two and a half days with zero disruption. Fantastic. If you're in need of the services of a highly recommended Heating Engineer in Angus, Scotland then drop me a comment.
The timetable of work went something like this:
Tuesday 2/05/06
7:45am Engineer arrives, checks that we both agree as to what goes where.
9:15am The new radiators and boiler is off loaded, all old storage heaters dismantled and removed.
16:45 First day finished with boiler mounted to wall, flue installed through roof, and all 10 radiators mounted to their walls.
Wednesday 3/05/06
07:45-16:45 All downstairs radiators (7 off) plumbed in to boiler.
Thursday 4/05/06
07:45-14:30 Upstairs radiators plumbed in. Old hot water system (tank and pipes) removed. System commissioned and checked.
Arrived home to a lovely warm house. Bliss. The Engineer dropped round that night to show us how everything worked and to make sure we were happy. The whole thing is wirelessly controlled which appeals to my geek side :-) Off he went saying something about sending us an invoice (we got it last week and paid it today). All done and dusted.
With the exception of the insulation contractor no-show, right at the start of the project, the whole thing went exactly how I'd hoped it would. We'll have to sort the insulation out before the winter and I'll blog further when we've had a few gas bills. At the moment we're just trying to come to terms with the whole thing but as the weather has improved we're unlikely to learn much about settings for temperature and timers before the autumn.
