Before the weather starts to turn, we thought it a good time to get the water pipes insulated. Connected to the caravan, these were above ground and we really didn't want them freezing over during the winter months. We had previously put them under tile to stop us tripping over them, so up turned the tiles and attached some pipe lagging:
Following the pipes all the way back to the laundry, this felt good for the soul knowing we were helping our future cold selves:
We then arranged for a delivery of hay from our neighbour,
which as you can see Piper seems to approve of:
Mike had read somewhere that it was a good way of insulating the caravan - so as to stop the wind from blowing underneath. We had started to feel it chill down in the evenings, and didn't really want to switch the gas on for heating 'just yet'. So, we lined the bails around the outside of the van:
And after installing a cat flap in some ply board (in the place of one of the windows):
There was a perfect ledge from the new lining that acted as a step in and out of the van:
We were lucky to get this all done before the first frost:
The water is now drawing very cold in the morning - but the chill at night has had the edge taken off. I think we will try it a little longer by braving it with just a few layers of additional clothing, but I'm sure will be trying out that heating out before too long!
