Interesting idea, Chris. I must admit that our woodburner kept our house warm
(not a chateau, I admit) when I ran out of heating oil last winter.
But I suspect the chap who thought that didn't expect the same levels of warmth
in each room that I might.
Chris
On 18 Aug 2012, at 20:13, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You'd be surprised. East of State College, PA there is an 18th/19th
> century roadhouse. It is two stories, the second floor being an open
> ballroom floor, with a slate roof and three-foot thick walls made of granite
> blocks. There is a fireplace on the ground floor and I was told that
> keeping a moderate fire in it through the winter kept the place comfortably
> warm.
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