tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post1558047077921303827..comments2023-09-29T18:37:14.377+10:00Comments on Eight Acres: Keeping the house warm in winterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-74934116037332453772017-07-11T11:36:12.537+10:002017-07-11T11:36:12.537+10:00The concrete verandah, which faces north, stores h...The concrete verandah, which faces north, stores heat when the sun's shining. It does make a difference to the ambient temperature inside. On overcast days, the poor electric heater has to struggle to stop us chilling. That's generally when the extra layers of clothing, on our winter clothing, are required.Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-38498247723187924952017-07-10T20:13:23.471+10:002017-07-10T20:13:23.471+10:00Our home is in the valley Liz, the frosts stay fro...Our home is in the valley Liz, the frosts stay frozen longer, the plants are at different stages than those of our neighbors just up the hill, and the fog hangs in later in the mornings. It's cold, and I'm in complete agreement with Sunnybrook Farm above. Going outside and working or bustling about with stuff is warming, and when returning to the house it's comparatively warm. In summer the opposite is true and the house is always much cooler than outside. Our two wood combustion fires are kept stoked up day and night so the living areas are quite warm, but oh my goodness, we do go through lots of firewood. Luckily we get it for nothing and both love wood cutting with our log splitter machine making it much easier. I do love winter! :) Jembella Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07646075804716647311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-39168362351816919822017-07-10T09:28:52.623+10:002017-07-10T09:28:52.623+10:00We heat with 3 wood stoves and one is a furnace th...We heat with 3 wood stoves and one is a furnace that is connected to duct work. Our house was built in the late 1700s but we have added insulation where possible. The old houses were built in low areas near spring water but it is colder down low, sometimes when walking up the hill it is almost like walking into a wall of warm air if conditions are right.<br />Most of the time one stove will keep things pleasant but when it is below freezing and windy all three stoves can be brought into action. It gets cold here and people seem to have died here in the winter, some with pneumonia. <br />There is not but so much that can be done, just have a large supply of wood and various grades as the best wood is burnt on the coldest nights. <br />This may sound strange but if you go outside for periods during cold weather, the house will feel warmer when you come back in. So if one stays indoors for days the house will start feeling cool as you adjust to the warmth. So I make sure I go outside. It is hot here in the summer and we don't have air conditioning and I don't feel all that hot as I avoid going into air conditioning so my body adjusts to the heat. I make sure I go out and work in the garden in the heat and guess what the house feels cool when I come back in.Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.com