Firewood consumption

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That's a lot of fuel you've been consuming there SS.

It makes our consumption look very meagre by comparison, even taking into consideration our smaller footprint. Last winter we went through around 300kg of the bricks and around 1.5 cords of scots pine.

For info, our firebox is rated at 7 to 12Kw, so this will be helping with the economy. We only heat air at the moment, there are no radiators anywhere in sight.

Steve: How much difference has that external insulation made at your house? and what is the original wall construction.

Here we have approx. 3ft thick walls made of granite blocks and boulders cemented together with lyme mortar. I did toy with the idea of external insulation, but decided against in the end, feeling that the massive thermal storage of the walls would not benefit greatly from the addition.

I'm happy to report tat we started this winter with greater wood reserves than we started last, so our long term provision is improving. Over new year bevvies, my neighbour aand I agreed for me to help him with some forestry work he wants to get done in the spring, and that for this my payment will be in wood. So hopefully the wood store will be brimming very soon.