Work starting then stopping on the new heating

It was all arranged - GrDF would come and dig up the road to install the gas. Our heating engineer would come and dig the trench in our garden, and then link it all up, and then start the work in the boiler room to replace the boiler.

Big diggers in the garden

As you can see, our heating engineer arrived and dug the trench (there was much excitement about the big diggers in the garden), but sadly the general strike in France meant that GrDF didn't turn up at all (no one was even around to tell us that they weren't turning up).

I'm posting this a little late, so I already know the next part of the story, but I won't spoil it for you... as far as the story goes, we now have a new date all arranged with GrDF quite soon and will have our new system all in place before the end of the month.