Simon is taking a well-earned break in Greece – or was it
Turkey? Anyway, he will be back at the end of this week and we can give some
serious thought to getting on with things. If Simon can take a break from work
for a week, I can certainly get down there to help, but I must find a way to
avoid the M25 ‼ Our Indian summer is all
very well, but it cannot last much longer. Those stoves must be installed
(professionally, it is not a DIY job) and the deck insulated. The new
multi-fuel stove is of course going in the living room to replace the
much-repaired wreck that was there, and the Italian looking cooker has now been
allocated its place in the kitchen – not for cooking, just heating.
Below deck the Godin stove will sit on a bespoke coal
bunker .......
...... tucked into a corner at the bottom of the spiral stairs
(Photo). The corner will look much better in due course! But then that applies
to the whole of the below deck area.
The
living room stove and the Godin will eventually be connected up to radiators,
as they both have back-boilers. The kitchen cooker may well also have a water
heating capability.
I meant to mention after our last trip down there, a
piece of history which is going to be recycled. In the centre of the deckhouse,
over the main stairway, was a 'skylight’ with four glazed ports. It has now
been replaced by a modern double-glazed unit with integral venetian blind, but
the ports will be built into some of the internal doors. Meanwhile, the old
unit lies on the roof next to its replacement, waiting dismantling.
David
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