We're cold!

It’s one of the coldest night for months and our boiler and heating system has shut down. Having discussed the issue with the contractor and plumber, they have no practical solution or explanation – other than “you’ll have to wait ‘till the morning”. Clearly, the shut-down has nothing to do with their workmanship…

With the issue back on our plate, a bit of lateral thinking isolated the problem to the ground floor. Shutting off the radiator feed, the boiler could be re-pressurised and, at least, we could get hot water and heating on the top floor back in action. Venturing back under the ground floor and through the 50x50cm hatch in the foundations – Houdini would be proud, it was pretty clear the problem was man-made. The under-floor connection to the radiator fitted yesterday in the Link had come apart. As a result, every single drop of water for the ground floor heating system was pumped into the solum space, rather than recirculated within the radiators. Clever! Plumbers back on site tomorrow…