04 March 08 Construction of the boiler room gets underway
05 March 08 Accumulator vessel and boiler on site. Access for the vessel through building door was touch and go!
13 March 08 - Insulation and lining of boiler room walls,
ceiling complete; vessel and boiler roughly in position
23 March 08 - Pipework for hot water circuit to underfloor
heating manifold in place 
Hey Neil, do you think I can get a tune out of this?
26 March 08 - Boiler circuit to accumulator vessel completed
30 March 08 - Heating circuits, expansion vessel and domestic
hot water circuits completed 
6 April 08 - Installation of control system underway
06 April 08 - Neil examines the flue stabiliser while Hugh
looks on 
14 April 08 - Boiler quench circuit complete and flue installation
started. 
14 April 08 - lower section of flue and electrical supplies
complete, boiler panels installed 
17 April 08 - Ceiling to roof section of flue completed
Hugh and Tony constructing the chimney box to match existing roof features
The finished chimney and flue terminal. From ground level
it is an excellent match for the building vernacular. 
20 April 08 - Underfloor heating manifold and control system completed
20 April 08 - The system is complete and ready for commissioning
20 April 08 - The system is complete and ready for commissioning
John doing a bit of hard labour
First consignment of logs from Dunnet Forestry Trust loaded
in the log store, split and ready for burning 
22 April 08 - Commissioning day - Peter de la Haye inspects the flue
First pieces of wood kindling in place in preparation for firing
Peter de la Haye lights the boiler for the first time
Signs of life visible. Burning takes place from
top down under influence of flue fan. Wood is gassified in process and
burns in chamber below, transferring heat to water through a heat exchanger
arrangement
First signs of life!! This is actually steam as excess water is vapourised
out of the burning timber 
Commissioning is successful - everything worked first time. Peter hands
over the commissioning certificate to Neil