....fitted a woodburner in the back shed today....it's going to be a water heater for the shower....
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....this stove has a pizza oven built into the top of it, so I'm going to put a copper coil in the oven, pump cold water to the bottom of the coil from the shower tank, warm outlet at the top, back to the tank....light fire, pump water round for half an hour....have shower....adjust as necessary....
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....today's progress on the wood fired water heater for the shower....got a 12v inline pump, with a hose taking water from the water tank....out of the pump, across the floor and up to the back of the burner....I'm waiting for some fittings to arrive, so can't actually connect the heat transfer coil yet, so it's bypassed....up the wall behind the burner, over the top of the door, around the corner and back down into the tank....have tested the circulation without the coil, and it all seems fine....no leaks....yet....
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....got the parts, all plumbed in....
doesn't work....
the water just doesn't get hot enough....looks like a failure for now....😢
doesn't work....
the water just doesn't get hot enough....looks like a failure for now....😢
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....it's that time again....been over at the old fella's who lives in the next valley, started chopping some firewood for him today....I was chopping it and he wheelbarrowed it down the hill....he is doing very well for a bloke of 83....and we had a good chat over a cuppa after we had finished....
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....the winds have certainly taken a toll on our flag....😂
....used the new tiller today....scattered some woodash over the bed first then set about it with new machine....it does such an incredible job....just amazing....it's not easy, as the bloody thing is constantly pulling away from you like a grumpy donkey....😂....I can sure feel it now, reckon I'm gonna be aching later....but it's probably the best prepared veg bed I've ever turned over....I'm not sure I could have done such a good job without it....it really is THAT good....big shout out (again) to my wife's father for the gift of such a great tool....👍
I'm thinking it's probably going to be an onion bed next year....
And the best bit about the whole job....the smell of my wife's cooking drifting up the hill as I was working....gonna be a lovely meal later....💚
I'm thinking it's probably going to be an onion bed next year....
And the best bit about the whole job....the smell of my wife's cooking drifting up the hill as I was working....gonna be a lovely meal later....💚
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....put some garlic bulbs on to sprout a couple of days ago....just balanced on a small glass of rainwater....
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....day 3 of the garlic sprouting, the roots are doing really well and we now have some green shoots too....I've peeled the outer layers off to make it easier for the new shoots....
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