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A rise in people using the fire at home?
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I should add that there's no fire in my house and I'm really cold and I need some nice hot (yet legal) lady to snuggle into.
To avoid derailing the thread, interested parties should contact me via PM.
I'll just go clear out my inbox in preparation for the inundation of offers.
I would apply for the position you have advertised : nice hot (legal) lady.
Although unfortunately there is no fire in my house either, so therefore I do not meet the correct criteria and to be honest I'm hoping to find a nice tall, dark and handsome man (must have open fire) to snuggle into.
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Short answer:
As stated, they need to manage the size of the fire.
Long answer:
Solid fuel, whether coal, turf, briquettes, or logs, is at it's most efficient when glowing red.
It sounds like your parents are letting the fire down too far, then overcompensating by putting too much fuel on.
Remember, in a well insulated room, it takes less fuel to maintain temperature than it does to raise the temperature.
Try telling them not to let the fire down so far that the room starts to get cold. The aim is to keep the fire glowing red, rather than having flames flying up the chimney.
Less fuel, a little more often, is the secret.
The other option is install a stove. (No, I don't sell stoves!)
They're easier to regulate, and a lot more fuel efficient.
If they go down that route, I'd suggest they get a stove that has overnight burning capability. You can't beat walking into the room and finding it still toasty warm in the morning. It reduces condensation, too.
Sounds exactly like what they are doing, I think everyone gets too cosy and lazy and it gets left too long before fuel is added. They rarely use the open fire, only when there are a few of us in the house. But it's real nice when it's on
They have a stove in another room that they converted over from solid fuel to oil a few years back. It was a great move and worked out roughly the same per year in costs, plus less maintenance as well. That might have changed as they said oil has gone up a lot in the last year or 2. I don't know if solid fuel has risen by the same amount or not.0 -
Use the ashes, ie, don't completely clear out the the grate constantly, when you need a draught use a poker to "flatten out" the ashes under the grate and only remove enough to stop things overflowing.oppenheimer1 wrote: »Oh the room will just about eat with the fire lit. However heating the room with just the central heating is difficult because it all goes up the chimney. There is no damper in our fireplace... ****ing cheap landlord.
With a bit of practise you can control a fire much better this way than with a damper, though a mix of using both is like having a thermostat.
Totally clearing out all of a fire every day is very wasteful on fuel, and even with a damper it can just roar away up the chimney, ashes and clinker also hold a lot of heat it's very handy to leave them in the back of a fireplace, especially if you have a deep one.0 -
Sounds exactly like what they are doing, I think everyone gets too cosy and lazy and it gets left too long before fuel is added. They rarely use the open fire, only when there are a few of us in the house. But it's real nice when it's on
They have a stove in another room that they converted over from solid fuel to oil a few years back. It was a great move and worked out roughly the same per year in costs, plus less maintenance as well. That might have changed as they said oil has gone up a lot in the last year or 2. I don't know if solid fuel has risen by the same amount or not.
I don't think the solid fuel has gone up as much as the oil.
Certainly, a solid fuel stove uses less than half the fuel a range would use, if it's an oil range your parents are using? So, if the costs were the same for solid fuel and oil in a range, you could expect to half them with a solid fuel stove - if you get the right one.
There's a good thread here:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=75890345&utm_source=notification&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=notify#post758903450 -
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