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We’re also got a wood stove in the living room with a massively over sized brick chimney (thermal mass) which warms up that end of the house in no time and stays warm for an age.
Is the burner inset? I get the thermal mass thing but I suspect having it freestanding would be a revelation.
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It’s inset because it’s between 2 rooms, there’s a register plate above it and one of those heat powered fans. It’s toasty.
Our old place had a freestanding one and the heat was fierce, but died away quite quickly. It was small and cheap with no weight to it though. We’ve decorated since these were taken. In fact the first one is from before we bought the place. :O and changed the windows etc
Chaley
Here’s what we’ve done over the last 3 years;
Insulated the lofts to 400mm wicks had a load of rolls on sale and quite a few split packaged ones for super cheaps:
Replaced our drafty windows with better double glazing. Including loosing some opening ones.
Got a dehumidifier and run it most of the time on its lowest setting.
Replaced the oil fuelled boiler with an air source pump (no gas in the village)
Set the hot water to 40 degrees (remember to use the immersion heater to bring it up to 60 once a month for 15mins to kill bugs)
Have the heating set to 19 24/7 and set a maximum temperature of 22 in the lounge no matter how much you push the up button.
It’s cost a fuck ton, but it’s making quite a bit of difference (I think) and most of the costs are off set be the increase in the house’s value against the leaky thing we started with.
We’re also got a wood stove in the living room with a massively over sized brick chimney (thermal mass) which warms up that end of the house in no time and stays warm for an age.
Next up is to clad the outside walls with insulation between the brick and the barn cladding. That should help a bit more and look so much nicer than the miss matched brick that you see at the minute.