On 2008-01-28 13:03:17 +0000, The Natural Philosopher said:

Huge wrote:
On 2008-01-28, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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.

BIG house.

Ditto. 5 bed detached in exposed site.

yeah..we are I guess about 6 bed here, or if divvied up into 'modern'
sized rooms, a small hostel!

On top of the hill and with nothing for miles.

Hills? East Anglia?