I drove down to Taberno this morning to meet the guys who are building the fire place and installing the log burner. Would you believe it they appeared on time. I brought them up to site and then Elayne and I went off shopping. We have had to buy a new genny battery, which is not good after just three months. I’m not sure what has gone wrong with it. I may take it to a tyre stockist type of place and ask them to test it out for me, then I will know if it is a battery problem or a genny charging problem.
It is afternoon and the fire installation guys have just finished and departed, after doing a splendid job, see pictures. They say that we must not use the fire for three days to allow all the cement to dry out properly We can now imagine cold winter nights with the log burner glowing red. The fire has an electric fan system that throws heat out into the room, so we should be toasty warm burning our own almond and olive wood.
The builders are about sixty percent finished outside tiling and it is looking really good. One unexpected bonus is that the red floor tiles around the house and on the solarium are reflecting a warm red glow in the sunlight onto the walls of the house. It all gently changes colour as the sun moves round to the other sides of the house during the day.