It's what dreams are made of and nightmares kindled: Most home owners aspire to it; some take a few tentative steps and fewer still are crazy enough to go the full hog! This blog shares some of the trials and tribulations of a major redevelopment of a 1950s home through a cataclysmic transformation which retains the best of the last Century while metamorposing the property into a design classic fit for today's living.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Rads in time for spring


The Danes have let us down. With ongoing production problems at Hudevad, we're now looking at delivery to site during the second half of February. We've had direct talks with the chief executive as well as the technical director of Ribe Jernindustri, Hudevad's parent company, and while the will to help may be there, we have seen little improvement in the delivery schedule. By the time the vertical radiators have been fitted, we'll be well into spring. If we knew the depth of the manufacturing problems, we would have opted for radiators from another manufacturer. But it's now too late to do anything about it. At least we'll have the heating system up and running in time for next winter...