Winter at last! in The View from the Terrace
- Jan. 15, 2016, 6:33 a.m.
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I was beginning to think that winter had forgotten to call this year. I think the flowers thought so too, our daffodils are really tall and in bud, and the clematis is starting to bloom, while I still have one montbretia blooming since the autumn. Two days ago, however, it arrived. This morning I felt so cold when I woke that I had to put the heater and electric blanket on and then get back into bed to warm up.
We don’t have central heating. When we moved here 36 years ago lots of houses didn’t. Hubby was always going to put it in. We bought a big wood burner that heated the water and could provide central heating too and Hubby even collected radiators from various places but he never got further than drilling all of the holes in the walls. There is now a scheme to help people over 60 put in central heating, but our house is so full from Hubby’s hoarding that we would have to sort that out first.
We do still have a woodburner. Hubby put in a new one a few years back but it doesn’t provide hot water. The lady selling them told us that, if you have one that heats water and don’t use it for central heating too, the water can get too hot and cause the tank to explode. I have been wondering now if we were living with a ticking time bomb with the other one, but maybe they give out more heat nowadays.
Talking of ticking timebombs, when my son rewired last year he discovered that we had the wrong grade of wiring. We had that wiring put in when we moved here 36 years ago. Now we know why the electric used to cut out. It was OK for years but started cutting out about the time the children had their own TVs, computers and so on in their rooms and I got more electrical devices like a dishwasher and microwave. It overloaded the system. It’s fine now and I can put the dishwasher and washing machine on at the same time!
Even though it’s cold, it’s bright and sunny and I might try to tidy the garden a little.
🌻StillJustMe🌸 ⋅ January 15, 2016
Its a good thing your house didnt catch on fire.
Hope you have a good day. Stay warm!
^..^Kat ⋅ January 15, 2016
My house is over 100 years old and we run into that same issue. Over the past few months, I've had breakers tripping a lot, but the house isn't wired for modern technology. I'm going to have to get it redone as soon as possible.
Roseyrays ⋅ January 15, 2016
Deleted user ⋅ January 15, 2016
Houses like cars are endless concerns. I am fortunate usually that F. Deals with them but he did screw up majorly with contractors for the house last year. My house is about 46 years old but not built as well as it should have been , even originally :-(
Deleted user ⋅ January 15, 2016
I wish Winter would skip us.
Lady of the Bann ⋅ February 03, 2016
It can take a while for that application for free oil heating to come through.I applied year ago because I got tax credits for the children. It must have taken ages because I had moved out with Naomi for over two years before we heard. We got roof insulation too and that was a problem because we had to take everything out of the attic. Before that we had solid fuel CH, and lots of hot water from the boiler at the back of the fire. They had to take that out.we have kept our open fire although we don't light it very often.