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127c now. I’m still not totally sure how it works . So the column is 127c, the silver Wilo pump on the Deltasol is 58c, the Discal air vent (I think it is) is 30c, the little eBay stat on the lower half of the tank shows 56.5 and the bottom cylinder stat is set to 45. So what determines how much heat goes into the TS from the ST and how does it get there?

I don’t drink any soft drinks generally as I would rather drink plain water. I had no idea there were so many different types of coke so by the time I’d passed the peach, vanilla, cherry and zero cokes to get to diet (as requested!) I didn’t realise I had to factor caffeine in too! I had no idea at the start whether the guys would be veggie, vegan, or super health conscious so did buy a bright green lime and wheatgrass smoothie that I ended up drinking as ‘feck that’ was the response when it was offered, and @Nickfromwales called it Kermit in a blender .

24 cans of beer, 10 bottles of Stella, and a bottle of wine. Plus the pints in the pub some nights . Sunday morning was a bit rough all round and fuelled mainly by Lavazza. I was treated like the anti Christ when I arrived back with caffeine free Diet Coke . Fanta and Irn-Bru soon had the blood sugar levels topped back up though .

Will be leaving the technical speak to@Nickfromwales and @PeterW From my perspective: heating working in all rooms - tick! solar working - tick! rooms heating rapidly (as opposed to taking 24-36 hours to increase the temp by about 3 degrees) - tick! enough hot water to fill a bath / shower - (even the big bath) tick! extension connected up - tick! able to run hot water without the heating being on - tick! TS not emptying itself of hot water within about 30 mins without the boiler being on constantly - tick! Plus everything has been labelled to within an inch of its life. A magnaclean filter has been fitted, various new pumps etc have been installed. I have a new outside tap, the loo in bed 4 now works and various other things have been done, including them sorting through the endless pile of shite here helping me understand what I should keep vs things to throw away. Massive massive thanks to @PeterW and @Nickfromwales, and @PeterW‘s mini-me Will (who consumed his body weight in Tunnock’s tea cakes). I can’t believe that Nick and Peter have never met before as they seemed like guys who had worked together for years. These guys put in more hours to fix the things here than I could have imagined possible, fuelled by bacon, beer and coffee, and some good humour, with lots of banter. 7am and they are already up swapping some things over when they didn’t finish until gone midnight last night. And Will is going to come up again to finish the other bits and pieces here when I will finally be able to say that my build is completely finished. It’s been a pretty long haul after everything that happened here. Buildhub rocks! I could never have imagined when I initially posted about my vat claim 2 months ago that it would also be the key to sorting my heating woes and other unfinished bits and pieces.

00.20 and they’re still working! Heading back to England and Wales in the morning though.

And the boys are still at it!!!

@PeterW‘s ‘for the avoidance of doubt’ instructions for all those who come after ....

Yeah, I’ve been waiting for @SteamyTea to fix my epilator so things are getting a bit out of control currently

Solar thermal being flushed now!

You have a garden gnome! Is he @Onoff‘s little helper?

Perfect day for the solar though (if anyone gets out of bed). Not a cloud in the sky!

For others wanting to persuade the intrepid travellers to come and help. Here is what’s needed. This was just the aftermath once we abandoned the van in the pub car park and got a taxi home!

I think the balance is wrong! Too much beer and not enough bacon. No sign of life at all this morning .

Totally!!! Amazing!

Hmm, more pit bull than Labrador sweetie

Not yet! Been on the road for 8 hours getting that part today. Hopefully tomorrow!

Ha ha, quite likely!

Oh and I’ll buy beer on the way home since it was wiped out last night

It is a thing of beauty! Homeward bound now

So just to prove that hybrid cars are not viable for long journeys @PeterW has me setting off on a 7 hour round trip to Preston to pick up a 5 quid part!

@Onoff the temperature gadgets coming in handy!

Nice! The coconut oil is upstairs. Should go check it I guess . Then again

@Nickfromwales and @PeterW showered together this morning and it was all lovely

Quite restrained for breakfast. Strong coffee and bacon.

We had a similar one. When the crane arrived for the timber frame the guy pulled it out.