The real fire-breathing dragon on site is the wood-burnining boiler manufactured by Heizomat, which really is used for the central heating. It is powered by shredded wood chips which are delivered by a giant lorry into a big (30M cubed) bunker. About 33% of mainland France is given to forest, and wood-fired heating is encouraged by the government here as sustainable and carbon-neutral (over the lifetime of the tree)
It has a maximum power output of 100KW, and can heat the two gîte buildings and also the pool, even in the depths of Winter. I gave it a good clean-out today so that it can perform reliably over the Summer period, heating the pool and the water for washing.
The fire-breathing dragon
The plumbing
3 comments:
Hi, just spent a happy time reading through the whole of your blog.
You have the life, I can only dream of, lucky lucky you, mind you I can also see how much hard work has gone into your lifestyle, My hats off to you both.
I love the humour in your postings, makes you all the more human and warm for it.
The dragon in our house is me, lol.
You are too kind, thank you :)
It's the Dragon! Now, I understand. OH, I WANT ONE. (I should have read this post before I started my line of questioning!)
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