I have to admit, much as I may grumble about getting up in the middle of the night to throw another log on the fire, having a wood stove for heat is simple. One opens the door, puts wood in, lights the wood and closes the door. Thereafter one merely adds the wood. Simple. Too bad it won't heat the entire house. For that we have to rely on the … Continue reading →
Everything that happens, chez nous, seems to happen in installments. Nothing can ever be straightforward and simple. After my proud, and somewhat smug, announcement of getting our boiler / furnace working, it promptly stopped. I noticed right off that something was wrong. 90 seconds into my shower, roughly 30 seconds after getting my hair and body thoroughly soapy, the hot water ceased being hot and became very, very cold. Background … Continue reading →
We have heat in our house. Oh, happy day! We've had our wood stove, which does a wonderful job of heating the kitchen, since last winter. There was a boiler in the house when we bought it, but we assumed it was old and decrepit. We were wrong. When the guy cleaned our chimneys this summer he also cleaned the boiler. He offered to come back and show us how … Continue reading →
