2023 - What I did today

The one next door is a complete mystery to us too. In the hot summer when John was alive, he was sweating his sox off because he couldn't turn the thing off. The only controll he had indoors was a room thermostat and even with that down low he had warmth in the radiators. Any further controls were in the underneath garage which due to his lack of mobility he couldn't access.

I've never got my head round why he bothered with a £16K investment in his later years when both he and his wife were infirm and unlikely to be in that house for much longer. Even asking him direct "why" he was unable to articulate the reason. I believe he was frightened by the reports of a gas shortage but even when I explained that large portion of our electricity is created by gas, he still went ahead. Our 1960/70's houses were not ideal for this type of heating system. I believe they're great if designed in at construction stage. I'll not be converting.