When are you planning to turn your heating on?….

[Ammi]

…a week ago it was summer and I was in summer clothing both indoors and outdoors…but this week we’ve had a few days with quite chilly mornings first thing and in the evenings and the throws have been wrapped around…when do you generally put your heating on…?….

[Niamh.]

I put it on over the weekend a couple of times, we even lit the stove on Saturday evening

[Crimson Dynamo]

It got down to 0 C the other night and right now the dining room is 14.6C but i wont be thinking about it till October. Happy to put a fleece on

[Zizu]

I put it on over the weekend a couple of times, we even lit the stove on Saturday evening


Same … without the posh stove part

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[Zizu]

It got down to 0 C the other night and right now the dining room is 14.6C but i wont be thinking about it till October. Happy to put a fleece on


After days and days of rain ( often torrential) a few nights ago it was cold , wet and windy … which turned my thoughts to the poor homeless guys I regularly interact with and feed when passing .

I have no idea how they survive one night let alone years and years living rough

So very sad


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[Niamh.]

Same … without the posh stove part

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Are wood burning stoves posh? I'm not talking about an Aga or anything :laugh:

[Benjamin]

It’s been in for a few days. The nights have hit 3-6°c this week.

[Benjamin]

I put it on over the weekend a couple of times, we even lit the stove on Saturday evening

Ahh life in the 1800’s. How was your butter churning?

[Niamh.]

Ahh life in the 1800’s. How was your butter churning?

Do you folks not have wood burning stoves in the Uk or are you misunderstanding what I'm talking about? :laugh:


***Not my actual stove :hee:
https://www.stovesupermarket.co.uk/cdn/shop/files/Hobbit_small_wood_burning_stove_installed_in_a_sma ll_fireplace_800x.jpg?v=1743154563

[Benjamin]

Do you folks not have wood burning stoves in the Uk or are you misunderstanding what I'm talking about? :laugh:


***Not my actual stove :hee:
https://www.stovesupermarket.co.uk/cdn/shop/files/Hobbit_small_wood_burning_stove_installed_in_a_sma ll_fireplace_800x.jpg?v=1743154563

Surprised you’ve found time to post, what with all the wood chopping, harvesting and cow milking to do. Such an inspiration.

[Niamh.]

Surprised you’ve found time to post, what with all the wood chopping, harvesting and cow milking to do. Such an inspiration.

:laugh:


You're missing out :idc:

[Benjamin]

:laugh:


You're missing out :idc:

I do know what you’re talking about though. I would say a wood burning stove is more a ‘posh’ thing now though (in England/Wales). Not that it’s a bad thing, they are marvellous.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Do you folks not have wood burning stoves in the Uk or are you misunderstanding what I'm talking about? :laugh:


***Not my actual stove :hee:
https://www.stovesupermarket.co.uk/cdn/shop/files/Hobbit_small_wood_burning_stove_installed_in_a_sma ll_fireplace_800x.jpg?v=1743154563

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSsNq3VZd5uZY5Nvh-BCz9BDxzjtucVO2P0kw&s

[Niamh.]

I do know what you’re talking about though. I would say a wood burning stove is more a ‘posh’ thing now though (in England/Wales). Not that it’s a bad thing, they are marvellous.

Really? :laugh: That's weird, they're a fairly normal thing to have over here - outside of the cities I suppose, most newer houses don't even have chimneys anymore but that's an environmental decision i think

[Zizu]

Are wood burning stoves posh? I'm not talking about an Aga or anything :laugh:


Ahhh I pictured an Aga .. ok you are common like the rest of us then LOL


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[Benjamin]

Really? :laugh: That's weird, they're a fairly normal thing to have over here - outside of the cities I suppose, most newer houses don't even have chimneys anymore but that's an environmental decision i think

Posho :hehe:

[Ammi]

Really? :laugh: That's weird, they're a fairly normal thing to have over here - outside of the cities I suppose, most newer houses don't even have chimneys anymore but that's an environmental decision i think

…in new builds, are wood burners a fairly standard thing for the home to have…?…

[Niamh.]

Ahhh I pictured an Aga .. ok you are common like the rest of us then LOL


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:laugh:

[Niamh.]

…in new builds, are wood burners a fairly standard thing for the home to have…?…

In housing estates you mean? Not anymore as I said above most new builds aren't allowed to have a chimneys anymore for environmental reasons but lots of people would have them in not so new builds or would have replaced open fires with wood burning stoves

[Glenn.]

Had our heating on last week a couple of times.

[Cherie]

Just had to talk our pet sitting son on how fire up the boiler as it wasn't working we are in Spain just come off the beach

[Vicky.]

Have had mine on an hour a morning and an hour a night all through summer as I use radiators to dry washing. Will up it in a few weeks probably

[bots]

my heating just comes on automatically when the temperature drops below a certain level, isn't that how most work these days? :laugh:

My heating has been on for about a week

[AnnieK]

my heating just comes on automatically when the temperature drops below a certain level, isn't that how most work these days? :laugh:

My heating has been on for about a week

Yeah that's how mine works.

When we were growing up my Dad wouldn't let us have on till 1st October no matter how cold it was and he always switched it off on 1st April.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Yeah that's how mine works.

When we were growing up my Dad wouldn't let us have on till 1st October no matter how cold it was and he always switched it off on 1st April.

and I will bet when he went, say, up the stairs and all the lights had been left one he said "Bloody hell it's like the Blackpool illuminations up here!" :oh:



:joker:

[AnnieK]

and I will bet when he went, say, up the stairs and all the lights had been left one he said "Bloody hell it's like the Blackpool illuminations up here!" :oh:



:joker:

He bloody did.

He also told us to "put wood in'th hole" and constantly asked if we were born in a barn :laugh:

He's the same still now to be fair :laugh:

[bots]

to be fair, i remember the time when i had my 100 watt lightbulbs on around the house and i could see the disc in the meter spinning :laugh:

[Cherie]

Ours would normally come on but I whack it down too low so it doesn't

[Crimson Dynamo]

He bloody did.

He also told us to "put wood in'th hole" and constantly asked if we were born in a barn :laugh:

He's the same still now to be fair :laugh:

:joker:

[Cherie]

Do you folks not have wood burning stoves in the Uk or are you misunderstanding what I'm talking about? :laugh:


***Not my actual stove :hee:
https://www.stovesupermarket.co.uk/cdn/shop/files/Hobbit_small_wood_burning_stove_installed_in_a_sma ll_fireplace_800x.jpg?v=1743154563

we got one of those :dance:

Blooming criminal that new builds in Ireland are not allowed a chimney but I believe people get around it by putting in a pipe instead :laugh:

[Maru]

It's 92 (33c) outside, so probably not anytime soon...?

[Maru]

Do you folks not have wood burning stoves in the Uk or are you misunderstanding what I'm talking about? :laugh:


***Not my actual stove :hee:
https://www.stovesupermarket.co.uk/cdn/shop/files/Hobbit_small_wood_burning_stove_installed_in_a_sma ll_fireplace_800x.jpg?v=1743154563

When we lived in the Northeast, we chopped wood because we had a fireplace that had the pipes for the water boiler/baseboard heating running through it. So when we ran the fire, it helped to also offset the boiler and help keep everything nice and toasty and smelling like Maple...

[Niamh.]

When we lived in the Northeast, we chopped wood because we had a fireplace that had the pipes for the water boiler/baseboard heating running through it. So when we ran the fire, it helped to also offset the boiler and help keep everything nice and toasty and smelling like Maple...Nothing like the cosiness of it or the lovely smell :love:

[Maru]

Nothing like the cosiness of it or the lovely smell :love:

Some of my favorite memories were tending the fire. My office setup was within walking distance as it was setup in a big room, so I would have a seat nearby and my cat was very comfortable laying on top of that to get as close to the heat as possible. She absolutely loved it. She was the runt of the litter under heaps of fur so after a bath she looked rather Egyptian. I miss her everyday but she did live a long time :love:


If we have "fireplace" here, it's one of those fake "artistic" ones with a ceramic heater on the inside. Some homes do have them though, but they usually change them to inserts. We thought about putting a fire pit in our backyard, but it wouldn't be comfortable to use most of the time with our humidity.

[joeysteele]

Oh I like things cooler so am enjoying things more cool now.
I haven't had the heating on at all since March.

Probably sometime in October I will be using it again.