Calefacción solar

It's quite frío in January, the solar heating needs to be reinstalled, and properly this time. Decided to not drill holes in the wall for pipes, but use open windows instead, and simply blow the hot air through the mosquito screens.

Bathroom 2 gets its own heater, as that one has the outlet opening at the back, while the bathroom has a hole in the wall there for a ventilator above the (ex) shower:

Well, who would have thought. This palm tree casts a shadow later in the afternoon. We'll need to cut off the dead leaves, which is long overdue anyway.

And so it happened, with the 4m extendable Wolf telescopic cutter. Not that this is a lot better, shadow wise. Even on a non cloudy day. Oh well.

Heating

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We have a wood stove, in the "snug" room, a meter above kitchen level, and a meter below the living room. Very cozy, but also quite draughty. Especially if you're not experienced in making a wood fire.

A fire like this takes an hour.

A bag of wood lasts you an evening, and costs ca. €3,50.

But what did we find in the cellar? Two of these electric radiators, and a few butane stoves. Apparently also the previous owners thought it chilly here at times. On the Canaries it now is 20º during the day, 17º at night. Here its 16º daytime, but 6-7º at night.

(Who thought an island too small a world? Hm? (Not me.))

Well, the places we looked at in France have frost at night now, so, even worse. But still.

Anyway, this radiator has three settings. Setting 2 (800W) keeps the room next to the kitchen, half a meter down, nicely warm. And for less than a euro for all of New Year's Eve. This room has a decent door, and thus no draughts.

The blanket on the Tango is there for the dog's nails, not to sit under. We're not that old you know.

The tv is here too, now. You can reasonably stream Youtube and Vevo via wifi. The satellite we'll connect later some time.

During the day it's great, and you even need a parasol.