Sealant with a loving kiss

Friday 9th January 2009

With Bev looking after Nia in the morning (whilst Natalie was working), we couldn’t set off until after 12:00.  This wasn’t a problem, as I was able to do some of the chores around the house; sorting out the re-cycling bags, taking down the icicle lights from around the house (not a nice job on an aluminium ladder in temperatures just above freezing) and downloading the Rinnai installation manual from the internet so that I could have a read beforehand.  This prove to be useful, as I discovered that the heater has a 10mm gas pipe connector, whilst my existing copper pipe is 3/8” – a reducer would also need to be picked up from UBC.

I was also pleased to see that the gas inlet, hot water outlet (15mm) and cold water inlet (15mm) were in the same order left-to-right as the existing Paloma.  At least I wouldn’t have to re-route all the pipes.

With car packed, Bev and I (with Max the Labrador in the boot) set off at around 12:30, arriving at the Marina at around 15:30.  Coincidentally, as we were passing the exit for Heathrow (just a couple of miles from the Slough office), Wouter (Director of Premium Services - Ingres) telephoned from Slough to ask about some of the work we did in 2008 for a report he was preparing!

Whilst Bev took Max for a brief walk, I unloaded the car and lit the Morsø – it was again quite cold (just above freezing) and with the prospect of temperatures dropping to -8C, keeping the boat warm was clearly going to be a priority.

As I looked across the Marina, there were clearly a number of other boaters who were also preparing for another cold night as the plumes of smoke rose from their boats’ chimneys into the cold, still air.

With Bev and Max on board, I headed out to Uxbridge Boat Centre to collect the heater.  Whilst there, I also picked up some 3/8” copper pipe, some spare olives (as I would probably need to refit the existing gas test point below the heater) and the 3/8” connector for the heater (to replace the 10mm connector with integral gas test point).

Before leaving UBC, I mentioned that I had passed their details on to the Canal List mail group.  To which the two ladies behind the counter suddenly realised why they had received two telephone calls asking about high temperature sealant today!

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