We now have a new addition to the family here, a orphaned leveret. It is only about 8 days old now, but seems to be doing quite well and putting on weight. Feeding it a kitten milk mixture. Anyone else had experience of bringing them up??
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Have just seen that there is a proposed filling station strike next week for 2 days!!http://www.corriere.it/International/engli
Thu, 12/06/2012 - 12:34
Italymag's latest post has just amused us here, about the Italian Chef Aldo Zilli, as being one of the first to introduce "proper" Italian food into London.There were many restaurants in London, in the 70's prior to him arriving.One, San Frediano,
Fri, 11/23/2012 - 16:21
Hope nobody has booked flights with this airline in Italyhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19234661
Sun, 08/12/2012 - 11:55
Didn't take long, before it started. Non Italian B&B!!! From a TripAdvisor commentBreakfast on the patio was excellent- even including bacon and eggs!
Sat, 08/11/2012 - 15:17
Wonder if anyone having the same problems:1. You read a post logged in, then refresh and then it tells you that you have x number of unread posts, even though you have read all.
Thu, 06/21/2012 - 09:03
Because it was raining today, thought to do some price comparisons re non Italian B&B's to Italian ones in Marche. I will not name any, but to be honest, you are better staying in Italian establishments.
Thu, 05/31/2012 - 17:26
New regulations for those who drive down via France for 2012http://www.rivieratimes.com/index.php/provence-co
Wed, 01/04/2012 - 12:26
Understand there are going to be some new PV industrial size installations in and around Amandola.
Mon, 12/13/2010 - 16:38
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Have not heard about planning permission needed for over 6Kw. We currently have 15Kw on 3 phase, and I asked to have Enel to have this changed to 10Kw for the house and 6 Kw 3 phase for the heat pump. Enel c****d it up, and came to install a 10Kw single phase and gave a preventivo for a new 6Kw 3 phase supply as well. Had to show the engineer the heat pump, and then he understood and went away. Oh, the joys of Italy to get something completed simply.Will ask our office regarding this though, as it could be important for those needing a decent supply.
We had a Rayburn, oil fired cooker/central heating system in the UK. It worked very well, although the cost for oil etc made it not a economical source, even in the early 2000's. OK, you could switch off the heating side burner for the summer and turn the oven onto low fire when you did not want to use it. Heating up from low for the oven, took quite a long time, but with gas I would presume it is faster. Residual heat in the kitchen from oven summer use is always a problem, as due to the construction, hot plates on the top just generate the heat, even with the insulated covers, for quite a long time.Cat did love laying in the warming oven though in the winter!!!!!!!!!!!!We also had a large Inglenook fireplace to burn logs in, but that was only the comfort flame factor on cold winter nights.Also remember the servicing costs and replacement parts on these type of units are very high.
What must be taken into consideration for a ground source heat pump is the cost of the installation. I would never pretend that it is a low cost initial option. Another option is a air/water system, but the savings will not be as good as the GSHP. Third option air/air, but solely for heating and cooling, no domestic hot water production.As Sagriasolar says, in addition with a PV setup, or even using solar panels for ground loop/ hot water recharge, this can cut costs down further. It is always nice to have a log fire and we use ours maybe 10 times a year, so 50 quintale of wood we bought 5 years ago, will probably last the next 10 years.I have just been to a client using a 14Kw heat pump, on a holiday basis at the moment, and his running costs have been circa 500Kw from Jan this year to today. House temperature has been set on 10C for winter frost protection, switch on for outside air temp as required at below 10C, Domestic hot water was left at 51C .There is also a pool heating cicuit from the pump, plus passive house cooling system for the summer. We are now advising his electrician on the remote control modem linkup, so he can switch the system up to higher temperature a few days before he visits from the UK in the cooler months.
We bought virtually all ours from the place below. Enormous store, with a great selection.http://www.casciaroli.it/eng/azienda.html
His aftersales service also leaves a lot to be desired. He is quite happy to take your money, but when there is a problem you may get it resolved in about 6 months, if you are lucky!! I try not to use him anymore.
Just looked on those sites Andrew. They are quite expensive. I buy 100 Taiyo Uiden DVD discs for £23 + vat. With the shipping etc for what I ordered above, it was well under £100.
Suggest you search the manufacturers website for instructions in English, especialy for anything manufactured out of Italy. We have found english for Siemens, panasonic, etc despite the manuals here being solely in Italian.
MarkIf you want blank media, hard drives etc, try this site below. I have placed 2 orders with them so far and both have arrived within 7 days. Suggest you order as much as possible as the minimum shipping cost is £20.00. For my last order I had 100 cds, 100 dvds, 200 heavyweight photo paper, 200 dvd cases plus 15 ink cartridges and it only cost the £20 postage. Their prices are also better than Amazon.http://www.rivierapublishing.co.uk/index.html
From the website, the tariff they are quoting is for a resident 3Kw supply. If non-resident, or supply over 3Kw then it is an extra 9 Euros per month. Did try the calculator, but my usage exceeded that, so would have cost much more than I pay now. The catch is the 32 cents per Kw over the limit allowed.
What is your consumption per year, as you say you are a high user?