Here come the radiators

Niedermaier GmbH came today to start work on the heating in the bedroom area. If you remember, there is underfloor heating going into the living room (and kitchen/bath) area but the bedroom area is going to have standard radiators because the low ceilings would not really allow for good underfloor heating.

You might also remember, that I had already cut out a 10cm x 12cm slot in the external walls around the whole perimeter of the bedroom area. This was to hold the insulated pipes to the radiators in the bedrooms. I was looking forward to these pipes actually being installed, so I can go and fill up the slots again.

After the first day of work, most of the pipes are actually already in (and are insulated). The radiators had to be fixed in place first, so that the plumber knew how to align the pipes. When the pipes are fixed, the radiators can be removed again for storage. We can then build the wall up again and plaster it. When we're finished with plastering and painting, the radiators can simply be hung again.

Here are a couple of pictures of the radiators after the first day of work. The plumbers will be back tomorrow to finish the radiator piping and to start work on the piping up to the (as yet non-existant) water tank in the attic and the piping over to the party room. By the way, in case you are wondering what the red pipe in the second and third photos is - it is a "blind connection" - we can install radiators downstairs later, but this blind pipe had to be installed now. It goes down through the ceiling in the front room. The pipes downstairs would be installed "aufputz" - i.e. fixed to the wall, not under the plaster.