Last week we made some progress on our renovations after many months of waiting for something to happen. We finalised the plans for resource consent and have decided we can't decide just yet on our cladding of choice.
At the weekend, we took a trip to the What Power Crisis? open day in Ramarama to find out a bit more about solar hot water heating and wetbacks.
We came back with a slightly clearer idea about how the various systems work but with a lot more decisions to make - three panels or four? one element or two? direct or indirect wetback connection? radiant or convection woodburner? oven or cook-top?
And that's before we even get on to what colour tiles to have!
Whatever we end up with, it'll be great to harness some of that free energy from the sun and the fallen branches around our place so that I can continue to indulge in my long hot showers.
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