Working central heating

So there it is... a working central heating boiler on a boat. The radiators are all toasty and warm which is slightly ironic as it is a lovely sunny day but at least it proves that the theory works.

Now we have to finish off the diesel supply to the boiler because at the moment it is running on a plastic pipe from a bottle full of diesel. By the end of the weekend it should be running on a nice fireproof copper tube from the heating diesel tank in the bow.

This is so exciting for so many reasons. Well done to Ian for his efforts in working out how it should all go together.

For those of you with a short memory... Relativity now has a wood burning stove in the saloon which is very romantic and kicks out a huge amount of heat but it is relatively confined to the saloon/kitchen area. She also has 4 radiators connected to the engine to provide heat whilst we're chugging and also connected to the boiler to provide heat whilst we're not chugging. Now I can be warm in front of the fire in the evening and wake up to a reasonably toasty bedroom in the morning.

Hmmmmm.

Ian and I will be connecting up a hot water tank as well but for the moment the gas boiler will have to do.

S.