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2 comments:
Why did you decide on wood fired heating instead of electricity or gas? Being a finite natural resource won't wood become very expensive? Also, I know that you are in good health now but who knows the future when bringing wood into the house may become very difficult.
I love your garden posts. You seem to have a real green thumb; I can't get my hanging baskets to look anywhere as nice a yours.
Hi Victoria
You raise a number of interesting questions, so here goes on my answers:
I have gas central heating in the house - but this does not extend to the conservatory because winters in the Highlands can be very cold and the pipes/radiators would freeze and cause havoc! The wood-burner is really just to provide heat in the conservatory. Having said that, it does churn out quite a lot of heat (5 KWh)and I am able to open the french windows into the living room and channel some of the heat into the house.
We have plenty of wood up here in the Highlands - forestry is one of our main industries and Culloden Forest is literally on my doorstep! The woodpile that you are about to see on the blog cost £150 and should last around 6 winter months. I hope it will reduce my gas and electric bills by more than £150!
The stove is very economical in the use of logs. The logs are really quite small (8 inches long) and not heavy - though there is a noticeable difference in the weight of the hardwood and softwood logs. If I light the stove for 6 hours in the evening it only burns around 10 logs - and in the morning there is just a small quantity of fine ash to clear away.
Perhaps my photo makes me look older than I am! I hope it will be a few years yet before I move into an old persons home!
Thanks for your complimentary comments on the garden - I am pleased with how it is taking shape. It gives me many hours of pleasure.
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