Freezing no more
21·Feb·08
Our boiler decided to conk out 10 days ago, taking with it hot water and heating, and leaving us with a mere coal fire to keep us warm. Sniff. Finally, new boiler in place today and our radiator system given a damn good shake out, we’re finally warming through again. Yeeeee haaaaaa!!!
Turns out our old boiler was only designed for up to 8 radiators, whereas our house carries 17 of the creaking buggers. No wonder it gave up the ghost.
So here’s a photo of the scene outside our house, just before the boilerman in shining armour arrived – no heating’s no fun with scenes like that, I can tell you. Brrrr…

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