After all the progress made previously, yesterday was a frustratingly slow day. It was really a day full of “tidying up loose ends”.
With no power to the gas boiler, it was time to drain the heating so that we can remove the radiators and associated pipework. There is a gas fake log fire in the kitchen and this still works so at least there is some heat. It does take long to drain the heating and, not surprisingly, the fluid is amazingly black.
Now the job is to remove the pipework from upstairs. The floor here is proper floorboards rather than chipboard like next door. It takes a bit longer to take the boards up and cut out the pipework. Some of this will be easier to remove when we take the ceiling down in underneath.
As we have removed all of the partitions upstairs, there is a lot timber that needs to got rid of. We tend to burn the wood frequently, otherwise the bonfire is just too big. While the fire is burning, I do some odd jobs around the place: removing one of the satellite dishes, taking down some of the old plastic waste pipes and removing disused wiring from the front of the building. All jobs that need to be done, but nothing that you can really look at at the end of the day and think “Wow, that is a job well done”. Ho hum. Maybe tomorrow will be different.