Solar hot water – new and improved

Solar hot water – new and improved

We’ve had our solar thermal panel up for nearly 2 years now, and while it has been great, we always knew it was slightly too small for the size of hot water tank we have. Some time ago our friend John Clementson was kind enough to let us rehome a couple of older...

Autumn sunshine

Evacuated tube solar collector Someone told me last week that they wouldn’t have solar water heating because ‘It doesn’t work in Northern Ireland’. Funny that, I said, because every time the sun comes out it heats our water to 40 degrees, at...

Solar thermal

Although this week has been largely horse oriented, I found time to get a patch of the roof wire brushed and painted, and the solar panel frame bolted up onto the roof. The rusty, flaking old tin comes up rather well, as you can see here. If we ever get a rain free...