Arrival details

What to do upon arrival

1. Park on parking space behind house following additional bend
2. Turn on main electricity switch in kitchen (if not already on)
   1. Main electricity switch is in grey switchboard in kitchen (to turn on: find two switches in lower left corner)
   2. Second electricity board upstairs next to upper main sleeping room (not generally needed)
3. Open main water tap in basement (if not already open)
   1. Open large green wall-mounted tap at the bottom left
   2. Plug cable of the water pump into electrical socket marked "suppresseur" (pump is noisy)
   3. Double check that taps in kitchen, bathrooms (down- & upstairs) and outside (on terrace in front of kitchen) are closed
   4. If water pump starts pumping in regular intervals without water being used -> a water tap is still open / dripping
   5. If water pump pumps continuously without interruption, open green wall-mounted tap at the left behind water pump
4. Open external gas supply behind kitchen wall in wooden shed for cooking and heating
   1. Open the lock on the gas hut with smallest silver-coloured key (additional key above entrance door)
   2. The red arrow on wall indicates direction of gas bottle to open
   3. Open valve on top of green bottle to which red arrow points
   4. Open internal gas switch next to kitchen oven
   5. Switching on gas heater in lower bathroom
      1. Plug in cable of the water heater (if not already done)
      2. Switch on power (turn small knob on left from 0 to I)
      3. Turn gas switch to vertical position (wall-mounted switch with red arrow below heater)
      4. Open warm water tap to check functioning (you will hear small gas explosion)
      5. Adjust water temperature (right knob, best is 'E'), for only water (in summer) make sure left knob is on 'sanitaire'
      6. If water is cold / does not become warm and small red LED for flame blinks
      7. - turn (red arrow) gas switch below heater first in horizontal, then again in vertical position
      8. - press small round button next to 0/I switch to reset heater
      9. - open warm water tap to check functioning
      10. - else try changing gas bottle outside
   6. If gas bottle change needed:
   7. - close valve of used bottle, turn red arrow of bottle selector to unused bottle,
   8. - open valve on top of new bottle
   9. - open and close gas switches below heater in bathroom and next to oven in kitchen
5. Switch on fridge(s) in kitchen
6. If needed, heat house
   1. Three main heating possibilities
   2. - Stove in kitchen and open fire place in hall
   3. - Radiators heated with gas heater from the bathroom
   4. - Individual electrical heaters (costly in consumption, risk of overheating)
7. For grocery shopping (bakery, supermarkets, see 'Where to find...')

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