It's... ALIVE!

The cellar cooler has been installed, filled and set to work. It has been whirring away enthusiastically for ten hours now and the temperature in the cellar...

...is exactly the same as it was this morning.

However, the kickspace heater is fairly small, is designed to heat not cool and is in a not particularly well insulated room. The pipes leading from the chiller don't currently have any insulation on them and while the feed pipe is covered in condensation, the return pipe is not. This suggests that some cooling must be taking place. The room thermostat is at the far end of the cellar and it may be that the cold air doesn't reach it.

And the room feels colder. We shall leave the machine running overnight and see what happens.

Renovations
A BAD day with a capital B. The plumber left at lunchtime to attend a funeral. Naturally enough he didn't tell anyone that he was leaving, so no plumbing work was done. No joinery work was done either as they were waiting for the plumber to fit his stuff. We now have four days until the rooms are needed and it's going to be very tight.

with that in mind
I decided to leave the premises and headed out on my bike to the Cross Keys at Ancrum where I had an excellent dinner, several very nice pints and some enjoyable, relatively intelligent converation - a rare combination in Jedburgh!