2023 - What I did today

P & I spent much of the day outside in the freezing cold defrosting nextdoor's (the empty one) air source heat thingy. It’s kept ticking over at about 15° to keep the house free of damp & cold but the outside fan thingy doesn't like the minus temps. Having defrosted the outside fan with fan heaters we consulted the manual, which leaves a lot to be desired, and were no wiser. The service engineer had left it with the domestic hot water disabled, understandably, but we thought the machine 'borrows' heated water from the hot water to defrost itself, so we tried to figure out how to turn the hot water on. After hours of figuring how the touchscreen control worked and being very conscious of not buggering the whole thing up, P finally cracked it and slept easy knowing it was safe. The temperatures have now risen, so perhaps he needn't have worried after all, neverthelesswe'reprepared for next time.