Boiler etc replacement
When I was offered a new boiler under the Mayor of London's Warmer Homes programme, I'd no idea that the grant would cover so much.
The existing boiler was installed over 17 years ago and began deteriorating last Christmas, but they're also replacing the hot water cylinder and immersion heater (which were in this house before I came here, so they must be over 30 years old), and redesigning the entire, apparently inefficient system of pipework connections to the boiler that was installed in 1993.
I didn't expect the gas meter to be disconnected for this job but perhaps the 30-year-old piping was undersized, by modern standards, and needs upgrading. A lot of long new copper pipes, mostly bigger than one sees on radiators etc, were included in the plumbing supplies. So much for the idea that I might do a lot of cooking (using a gas hob) today, while the engineer got going on this huge job! At least I should be able to microwave something later, with any luck.
Meantime, the mains fuse has been flipping off as unpredictably as the internet connection - even though I had all the wiring etc thoroughly overhauled shortly before the pandemic. Yet more complications....
The existing boiler was installed over 17 years ago and began deteriorating last Christmas, but they're also replacing the hot water cylinder and immersion heater (which were in this house before I came here, so they must be over 30 years old), and redesigning the entire, apparently inefficient system of pipework connections to the boiler that was installed in 1993.
I didn't expect the gas meter to be disconnected for this job but perhaps the 30-year-old piping was undersized, by modern standards, and needs upgrading. A lot of long new copper pipes, mostly bigger than one sees on radiators etc, were included in the plumbing supplies. So much for the idea that I might do a lot of cooking (using a gas hob) today, while the engineer got going on this huge job! At least I should be able to microwave something later, with any luck.
Meantime, the mains fuse has been flipping off as unpredictably as the internet connection - even though I had all the wiring etc thoroughly overhauled shortly before the pandemic. Yet more complications....
