We planted the latest addition to our tree family by the pond this week, a malus × moerlandsii ‘Profusion’. It’s a young tree, and we can’t wait to see this space around the…
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We’ve had our Vortex home sewage treatment plant emptied and cleaned, and we’ve ensured that our tank’s blower has been configured and balanced properly. You can see everything in our…
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We all know that sex sells, but this is truly ridiculous. We ran out of chainsaw oil this weekend, so I popped onto eBay and Amazon to buy some more.
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The property we purchased came with a small sewage treatment plant, which is capable of receiving wastewater from buildings not connected to mains drainage and processing it so that only a clean, clear effluent is discharged into the environment.
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It’s key to burn wood that’s not overly wet in wood burning stoves to prevent the glass from blackening, being harmful to the environment and being efficient as a fuel.…
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During the course of spring and summer we experienced very few issues with our air source heat pump. Since November, when the temperatures dropped significantly, we’ve started getting regular errors and outages, which has brought our air source heat pump’s reliability into question.
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As documented, we had two horrifically installed stoves when we moved into this property, which we had to replace urgently as they were fire hazards. We opted for two Chesneys stoves and we’ll now review them a year on since they were installed.
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Our 6.16kW solar PV array was tried and tested during the spring and summer. With autumn behind us, it’s time to see how well our array has done with shorter days and the sun lower in the sky.
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We had some money left over from a wedding anniversary activity that was called off as a result of bad weather so we took advantage of the festive season offers and purchased the 23andMe and AncestryDNA kits.
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Our Caernarfon air source heat pump has now been operational since the spring. It’s time to see how it performed over the course of the past three months as part of our autumn air source heat pump review.