The past few days and today, Jaimin has managed to complete both hot and cold runs from the stove to the bathroom in 28mm copper, as well as finish the upstairs ceiling insulation and both gables with PIR board. The copper runs needed to be insulated, then clipped in place, and then the Tyvek patched up and finally rockwool installed.
In case it's unclear, when you install a stove with a back boiler, there is always the risk that it is left burning when all the water is already hot. In that case, temperature (and pressure) build up and if there was no vent would be a bomb. This system is vented, so steam / hot water will simply pour out, however you don't actually want any boiling going on so the best thing to do is to be able to cool down the water just a little, all the time. Sounds odd, but there is a good reason. This is the purpose of the bathroom radiator, and the 28mm copper pipe runs to and from the stove to the bathroom, which will be an "always on" heat-dump radiator to ensure the heat from the boiler is always able to be dissipated somewhere. It's nice to have it used in the bathroom, as we can use it as a towel rail/clothes dryer/bathroom heater...
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| Upstairs looking NASA-like |
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| Added a bit down stairs. Variety = spice of life... |
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| The T of copper in this image will be the bottom of our towel rail, where an immersion element can also be turned on to heat it in case the fire is not on. |
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| The "kitchen radiator" has been assigned a spot... |
The next step is to make sure all the windows are noggined and ready to be insulated, then go heavy on the PIR board and turn the cottage in to a spaceship.
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