Stepping up

Another month is well on it's way with Spring well and truly here, so much so it felt like summer at the weekend thanks to the fantastically warm and sunny weather. It's been dry for ages which isn't great for harvesting rainwater but does mean the solar hot water is working flat out. So much so we got home from a weekend away to find a tank brim full of hot water, and with the water in the heat exchanger at 153C! All this good weather has meant jobs inside have ground to a halt and we've focused on work outside. As a result we're almost halfway with the stone steps up to the garden and new paving now adorns part of the front of the house to replace the temporary recycled slabs that we put there 18 months ago. Not content with our own rubble etc we did a favour for a friend and allowed him to dump rubble in our front garden. Sounds like a mad thing to do but we'll use the stone to help rebuild our garden wall and any rubbish (bricks etc) will be useful infill material. Not only will this save us money but it diverts a couple of tons from landfill.