Hi, I'm new to this group.
Re: warming
A metal stove cools off quickly. I understand that's why Europeans
have those Tile Stoves. It takes long to heat, but also radiates heat
for a long time. The trick is to keep it hot/warm for maximum comfort
levels in the building.
Susan
"Slow down.
Well, precisely! I have been smiling indulgently at this thread - some
of us actually live in the UK, y'know, and seem to manage fine ;-)
Jean
Karen R Bergquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
I think we are failing to take a very important issue into consideration-
acclimatization (sp?). I live n
Precisely what I meant when referring to our cottage at the museum. The fire
was lit each day as we arrived; in real life it would have been going all day
and perhaps, banked down, all night, so the fireplace structure would have
absorbed some of the heat (though a lot went up the chimney).
Kat
REBECCA BURCH wrote:
Well, I don't have any experience heating a stone
castle, but when we lived near Diamond Lake (in the
Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest) we heated
a 3 bedroom house with only one wood fired stove.
Fireplaces are a poor way to heat a room. Most of your heat goes
Well, I don't have any experience heating a stone
castle, but when we lived near Diamond Lake (in the
Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest) we heated
a 3 bedroom house with only one wood fired stove.
There were still snow patches around in August!! The
only way to be reasonably comfortable
I think we are failing to take a very important issue into consideration-
acclimatization (sp?). I live near Chicago and after one of our bakingly
hot summers, the first time the temperature dips down near freezing
(especially if it's a sudden drop) I feel the cold quite a bit. By the
end of the wi
At 7:35 PM + 1/17/06, Laura Dickerson wrote:
A number of years ago we visited Cothele House in Cornwall on a
cold rainy April day. It's a granite and slate Tudorish house with
fancy woodwork and lots of tapestries on the walls. No electric
lights, no central heating. There was a blazing f
Laura Dickerson wrote:
There was a blazing fire in the great hall fireplace,
but unless one was standing quite near the fire, it didn't seem to help
much. Dark and damp and chilly, although it was at least out of the
wind. All those layers of woolen clothes seemed like a good idea.
Stone ha
The key word is "a" rainy day. I have found that the longer you have a fire
going indoors the warmer it gets furthest from the fire.
It is most likely that they may have had the fires going in their version of
24/7.
De
-Original Message-
A number of years ago we visited Cothele House in
A number of years ago we visited Cothele House in Cornwall on a cold rainy
April day. It's a granite and slate Tudorish house with fancy woodwork and
lots of tapestries on the walls. No electric lights, no central heating.
There was a blazing fire in the great hall fireplace, but unless one
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