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| (Courtesy Manchester Confidential) |
The 600 year old Manchester Cathedral in northern England will close for 9 months next year to allow for renovations, including a geothermal heating system.
At present the heating of the Cathedral only operates at 15 per cent capacity - the solder on the copper pipes inserted during the post-WWII repairs having failed.
An intriguing aspect of the new work is the geothermal solution. Boreholes will be drilled deep into the earth and the heat from the geology under Manchester, used to provide 80 per cent of the Cathedral's heat.
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