... you burn coal to heat your home!
Because of the cost of heating, we only heat the rooms when we are in them. Each room, including the kitchen and living room has a door to help keep the heat in. So that definitely helps, but at the same time exponentially ups the number of times Tim says to the girls, "Close the door; you weren't raised in a barn!"
But after some practice now I think we have the hang of it and are really enjoying the chance to sit by that warm glow in the evenings with a book and a cuppa tea when the kids are in bed!
4 comments:
Looks so cozy!!! :) Love to all our Scottish peeps.
weird - I didn't know coal was/could be burned in a fire place. What do you do? What the difference? We need more info!
Yea- so I guess I should have included that ;) It's harder to get lit. It's called, "house coal". We basically have to make circle of coal, then put newspaper and kindling in the middle of the circle and light it. We often have to add more kindling until the red embers are hot enough to begin to burn the coal. Once you get it going, it really creates nice heat and lasts a long time. We also have burned peet. But it doesn't last nearly as long, so we have stopped using it.
ooh - thanks for all the details! :)
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