No, No, No – Yes

We woke early to the sound of rain, pattering on the shutters. The forecast was that it would be around most of the day. I felt we needed a little treat to kick start the morning. So whilst Brian was up at the pool checking on the chlorine levels I made a couple of apricot pastries and popped them into the oven. We had these warm – something sweet with our coffees.

Lee-Anne called at around 11am to confirm our new water and heating boiler was going to be delivered early afternoon. Our old oil boiler, although still working – with a lot of tender loving care – is not very efficient, and really on its last innings. The new pellet boiler will not only heat the house more effectively and efficiently, it will also heat the hot water. There are three main elements to it – the boiler/furnace, the hot water tank, and the silo for storing the pellets. Christophe wanted to take delivery of it at ours, so he and Lee-Anne were going to head over early afternoon to be here when the lorry arrived.

First the tank to heat not only the water for the radiators, but to provide hot water for the house as well

‘That is not going to fit under the lintel’ ‘no’ exclaims Lee-Anne, ‘no’ I call, ‘no’ states Brian - ‘yes’ Christophe calmly replies

Now the boiler/furnace

And lastly the silo, which is flat packed. Christophe and the team will be back later in the week to ready things prior to it being set up next week. Christophe has planned it so we can keep the old oil boiler in situ until the new one is up and working. We will then decide when to decommission the old one depending on how much oil we have remaining.