It's cold outside.How are you coping?
Dec 17th 2009, 9:45 pm
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Re: It's cold outside.How are you coping?
If you haven’t got one large and stupid dog, as well as a small and stupid dog, who chase each other around the room, you have nothing to worry about.
The dogs were fine and only a carpet and armchair got damaged because we got there in time.
We haven’t had to plug in the third radiator today because the sun’s out, it’s got about 40 minutes left. I suppose it will be plugged in tonight, the news is predicting bajo cero for the night. I’ve never known it on the coast.
The dogs were fine and only a carpet and armchair got damaged because we got there in time.
We haven’t had to plug in the third radiator today because the sun’s out, it’s got about 40 minutes left. I suppose it will be plugged in tonight, the news is predicting bajo cero for the night. I’ve never known it on the coast.
Dec 18th 2009, 6:01 am
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Dec 18th 2009, 12:17 pm
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Re: It's cold outside.How are you coping?
Anything from a couple of hundred euro upwards. Generally, the more you pay the better quality they are and the more efficient they are. there are free-standing types, insert types...big ones, small ones...top loaders, front loaders...
Whether one is for you depends on how easily you can come by suitable firewood and whether you can physically easily put one in your property.
The main problem with gas fires is the water vapour they produce.
Whether one is for you depends on how easily you can come by suitable firewood and whether you can physically easily put one in your property.
The main problem with gas fires is the water vapour they produce.
We had a Jotul in the UK which was too hot for the house there so shipped it over here and had it fitted as described, but we do have a very high ceiling. The previous owner tried two woodburners but built INTO the fireplace and too much heat was simply lost up the chimney, they were useless.
Hope this helps,
Regards,
Peter
Dec 18th 2009, 12:54 pm
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thanks for that any more ideas would be great than you.
Dec 18th 2009, 3:08 pm
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Dec 18th 2009, 3:22 pm
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Dec 18th 2009, 3:55 pm
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Dec 18th 2009, 3:59 pm
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Regards,
Peter
Dec 18th 2009, 5:53 pm
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Having just looked at the link, and having also bought a hard copy, I now realise that the hard copy contains far more information than the electronic one, something I hadn’t realised before. It makes sense I suppose.
Dec 18th 2009, 6:34 pm
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Lady in our Spanish group had a place in CB, and I can't remember the exact details, but they stored their large gas bottles outside, and the main line into the house was attached to the inside garage wall. Somehow something in the cement eat through the gas line and there was an enormous explosion. The husband was very badly burnt, and never really recovered. I know the court case dragged on for years and years, don't know what the final outcome was. 
Dec 18th 2009, 7:29 pm
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Re: It's cold outside.How are you coping?
Lady in our Spanish group had a place in CB, and I can't remember the exact details, but they stored their large gas bottles outside, and the main line into the house was attached to the inside garage wall. Somehow something in the cement eat through the gas line and there was an enormous explosion. The husband was very badly burnt, and never really recovered. I know the court case dragged on for years and years, don't know what the final outcome was.
Dec 18th 2009, 8:50 pm
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I remember talking to an extremely attractive English lady resident in Benidorm, in a bar right on the Levante beach, when she pointed to a large apartment block not far away, overlooking the beach, one of those giant blocks about 22 floors high.
About halfway up was a black hole, and she explained that that was her apartment after a gas explosion.
It was one of those Benidorm conversations, lost souls talking to lost souls to try and make sense of it. I asked her what happened and she replied that it just happened, while she was in the bar, minutes ago.
I made an excuse and wandered on.
About halfway up was a black hole, and she explained that that was her apartment after a gas explosion.
It was one of those Benidorm conversations, lost souls talking to lost souls to try and make sense of it. I asked her what happened and she replied that it just happened, while she was in the bar, minutes ago.
I made an excuse and wandered on.
Dec 18th 2009, 9:03 pm
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Dec 18th 2009, 9:29 pm
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