Had to be done...

[Big J]

.....and the fire is back on again. We only made 18c here today in East Devon after a 13c night, and with a decent breeze all day the fire has to go on in order to maintain the wearing of shorts.

[Steven P]

3 hours ago, Big J said:

.....and the fire is back on again. We only made 18c here today in East Devon after a 13c night, and with a decent breeze all day the fire has to go on in order to maintain the wearing of shorts.

Pease don't say that, Mrs Steven will only go and get ideas.

 

Serious question, my ideal house is about 19 degrees - suits me fine and is good for shorts, mrs likes it hotter, but what is the general threshold for fire or no fire?

[Big J]

 

1 minute ago, Steven P said:

Pease don't say that, Mrs Steven will only go and get ideas.

 

Serious question, my ideal house is about 19 degrees - suits me fine and is good for shorts, mrs likes it hotter, but what is the general threshold for fire or no fire?

 

My ideal temperature does depend on humidity. Higher RH, lower temp. So usually 21c is OK in summer, but I like 23c in winter.

 

For me, the threshold for fire is a sustained living room temperature under 20c.

[Stubby]

Its got to be single figures out side for the stove to be lit otherwise it gets tooooooo hot indoors .

[Gary Prentice]

Just open all the windows when it gets too warm, that’s what my missus does! 

[westphalian]

Richard. Love the vertical log storage! Such a simple idea that works, and with the right logs also looks good.

Next to the sculpture by Emilio Jackoff? Hadn’t noticed. Yes good idea

[Ashes_Firewood]

Resisted so far but if we had been around in the evening a bit more this last week it would have been lit as it's been 17 degrees C in our living room when I've got home from work!

 

We seem to have the stove lit most days from September until start of May. So only 4 months of the year it's not on. Bloody crazy!

[richardwale]

One a side note, bought 50 bags of kindling today, local to me. What's the average weight of a bag if you want to sell for a fiver a piece? These are approx 3.5-4kg. Not very consistent  looking I must say, but bone dry.

[sandspider]

I try not to light the fire or turn the heating on before October. But our house is cold and my wife complains. Still, that keeps her warm.

[richardwale]

Lit ours everyday now. Once started, that's it for the missus. " it's freezing in here" 

its not worth arguing...