Heating
The gas combination boiler in the cupboard by the bathroom provides hot water on demand and central heating as instructed.
You shouldn't have to do anythng to any controls to run hot water - it works independently of the central heating.
The heating is left on the 'timed' setting, and is controlled by a portable thermostat which we keep on top of the kitchen fridge set at 20 degrees. You can boost it by pressing the 'advance boost' button (on control panel to the left of boiler in the cupboard) if you’re having a day in.
Bathroom heater
There's an effective, additional electric heater in the bathroom with a master switch outside to the left of the bathroom door.
IMPORTANT: BATHROOM DOOR MUST BE SHUT WHENEVER IN USE FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. Please check both switches are off when not in use/you leave.
Wood burner
There's a woodburner in the living room that can throw out loads of heat when it gets going. (It will also heat water using the high tech solution of kettle filled with water placed on the top - for drinks, washng up etc.) If you haven't used a wood burner a generally effective method is to open up all the air vents to get started (opening the little door beneath the main burner really helps at the start - this is also where the ash is collected in a tray, which needs emptying after each fire or two - just outside the drive gate is good in the wheel tracks, to help suppress grass growth), and then gradually start closing vents as the fire becomes established. There may be firelighters in the cupboard under the kettle but they aren't usually needed. There's a handbook for the burner somewhere around if you need more info....
A basket of logs and some kindling will be provided for you when you arrive, and you may be able to buy more from Nick and Rachel next door if they're about, or logs available from the garage at Holmrook (CA19 1YG). You can also buy them at Pellymounters (CA20 1PU, tel: 019467 28822), the hardware shop in Seascale, from about October to mid-April.
Carbon monoxide alarm
There's a carbon monoxide alarm in the living room.