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You are very brave! Makes our restoration project look like cakewalk!        Plenty of wood for the stufa though! Buona fortuna Bunterboy

Thanks I think I'm getting it!!

Just been perusing the latest ENEL bill and not exactly sure what A1, A2, A3 A4 are, the meter readings are rather confusing..can anyone explain in a nutshell what the significant changes are as a current non resident. Ouch! sorry for that one

No, not ideal for a small flat but if you have the space and a good solid floor they are a no brainer.

Thanks for that Sagraiasolar, I note the forno has a 10 year guarantee whilst the Lillyking only 5, are cast iron stufe inherently shorter lived? Gravity circuit? You mean no pumps? I note the Pandora thermal store comes with several  pumps already fitted are you suggesting a different sort of store? I need an idiot proof system and an unpressurised system sounds safer to boot!

The missus is already trained up to run the hot tap before she puts the appliances on, but this could be an issue when  we use the them on the timer over night, as regards wood we have 110 olive trees badly in need of a prune so hopefully that should get us started. The current conundrum if you excuse the pun, is do we have a Stufa or a Termocamino (Eg   http://cgi.ebay.it/TERMOCAMINO-ROSSI-10-ANNI-GARANZIA-25-KW-APERTURA-LAT...) as our primary heat source -the latter would fit nicely into the fireplace in the kitchen but be more difficult to integrate with the thermal store, a stufa in the large lounge, (I quite like the Lilyking 677) would be easier to plumb in..decisions , decisions

Just checked my previous post and I seem to have repeated myself a bit- my apologies-I blame the Scotch!

Good points Sagraiasolar, I understand that a 3Kw set up will not produce 3kw very often, but hopefully we'll have a hot fill washing machine and dishwasher from the solar thermal set up , perhaps a 1.2kw immerser for the heat store backing up the solar thermal and wood burner. Obviously it's important to have  good insulation and draught proofing.No swimming pool is planned-not very green really..hopefully an outside shower will be adequate or cooling off. However, I do not speak from experience like yourself so I may be hopelessly  optimistic. Still, I reckon that a 3kw FV rig will allow us an almost zero ENEL bill- I expect we shall be using timers to maximise the use of the cheaper night time tarrifs. Shame our houses are so far apart , limited opportunity for a chinwag, but i'd love to know more about your FV array. My main concern is their life time, 25 years seems a lot when you consider just how damaging UV can be. Fingers crossed.....

Solar panels are a good idea if you're feeling flush.

Presumably the floor is stone, that's a hell of a weight.