The Poultry Keeper

CP · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:26 pm Post subject:

Oil prices are just ridiculous. Twisted Evil

When we moved here nearly 14 years ago it was 9p a litre plus VAT.
The last time we filled our tank was in August 2006 & it was nearly 35p! And we have a 2000 litre tank...! Shocked

I dread to think how much it is now.......... Twisted Evil

mojo · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject:

we use a mixture of woodburner stove................parafin radiant heater and electricity..........the local goverment agency reckons wood is the best way to heat............but town gas isnt available anyway so run it at 16 F and put on a wooley if cold

stephen · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:44 pm Post subject:

Henwife · Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 3222 Location: Monmouthshire

Oil is horribly expensive and getting worse. We daren't not have the radiators on in rooms we use little as old houses get damp, hence the low constant temperature.
No, the energy bods were nothing to do with the listed building status - just that having once come top of the list when random energy checks were being done, I think they pass on our address to each other to see what they can make of it. We can always refuse to have them, but it's rather fun!

debcat · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:06 pm Post subject:

My house has 2 ft thick walls as well, once its warm it stays warm, but go away and let it cool down it takes about 2 days to warm back up

my heating and hotwater is run from the multifuel stove in the front room, it used to be off the kitchen aga till that died Confused

it has it's own backboiler and will burn wood, coal and peat
we have 6 radiators running off it and it gets really hot. The only problem is in the summer we have hardly any hot water, there is an immersion heater as well but the hot water tank is tiny

we have storage heaters as well but they are way too expensive to use,
two of them get used for about a month a year
I'm planning a small potbellied stove for my room before next winter - thats the coldest side of the house and it will warm up lucy's room (above) as well

NannyP · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:20 pm Post subject:

I am so looking forward to getting a woodburner installed.....we had one in Devon and we know how warm they are.

debcat · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject:

I love mine, so much better than an open fire
the boss has gone and bought one now Very Happy

NannyP · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:25 pm Post subject:

This is top for us at the moment, but with a flat top

mojo · Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:03 am Post subject:

nanny check out Emmeus before you buy

Tarka · Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 323

The central heating seems to harbour alot of germs so we only turn the odd radiator on and use an open fire now .
Plus the CH seems to dry the atmosphere also Rolling Eyes

Henwife · Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 3222 Location: Monmouthshire

Tarka, what age is your house? If you've got open fires, the CH shouldn't dry the atmosphere, and certainly shouldn't harbour germs. Now air conditioning is another matter.......We rarely used it in the middle east & were healthier than many other ex-pats.

Spana · Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2128 Location: North Cornwall

NannyP · Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:10 pm Post subject:

Its the Clearview 750, and we have the option to add back boiler if we feel we need to next winter. We're hoping it will heat up alot of the house, but the house is 160sqm, so 3 times bigger than the house we had in Devon.

Tarka · Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 323

Spana · Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2128 Location: North Cornwall

OH thinks ours is the 600 NannyP, so you would be really toasty with the 750 Laughing

I like the flat top, you can do casseroles on it Very Happy

This is our a few minuets ago Laughing

well, ive got nothing else to do Laughing