On Jan 28, 11:33*am, Huge wrote:
On 2008-01-28, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

A ton of coal or wood is probably not far off 1000 liters of heating oil
in terms of heat output. I can easily get through that in 6 weeks here
if the weather is ultra cold.

Jesus, do you live in Siberia and have a prediliction for sauna-like
temperatures? 1000 litres of oil lasts us nearly a year.



With open fires, unless you've got rads from the fire, they can
actually make other rooms colder if there are draughts through the
windows. So, a lot depends on the house that they're in, the
fireplace and chimney, and how the air supply is provided as to how
much fuel is needed. In very old buildings with a fire only
downstairs you make the downstairs room warmer and everywhere else
colder!