tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post376649798155973060..comments2024-03-28T09:19:27.451+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: Fire placeRevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-33251374372680350432017-12-07T11:08:20.161+00:002017-12-07T11:08:20.161+00:00My house was built in 94, and the people who bough...My house was built in 94, and the people who bought it new specified a chimney, so one was built. They liked a open log fire. When we bought it from them, we got rid of the grate and installed a log burner. It's lovely on cold evenings.<br /><br />However you do need to have the chimney checked annually if you're using the fire. CO2 is not a fun thing... if a bird has made a nest up there you could have a problem!Alexis Threlfallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11792447399167532389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-75979181676921022732017-12-05T15:10:03.503+00:002017-12-05T15:10:03.503+00:00Your posts inspired me to get an ASHP in my front ...Your posts inspired me to get an ASHP in my front room, we went for a Daikin system with wifi connectivity and IFTTT integration. It works really well, both for heating and cooling. Hopefully we'll have it all over the house eventually and just scrap the gas.rtho782https://www.blogger.com/profile/02052870855136709228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-53929765423518982732017-12-04T13:51:07.810+00:002017-12-04T13:51:07.810+00:00The best intelligent home heating control is Honey...The best intelligent home heating control is Honeywell EvoHome, lets you replace the radiator valve heads with tiny motorised heads with a nice LCD display and a wireless mesh network back to the wall thermostat. You can independently program any temperature you like, at any time, in any room - and access it from your phone via a nice app. I think the APIs are available, too....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-2991672148539425922017-12-04T08:39:07.708+00:002017-12-04T08:39:07.708+00:00I would recommend tado rather than Nest. Having ch...I would recommend tado rather than Nest. Having changed all the standard radiator TRVs for tado ones, I've found heating of each individual room works so much better now.polarduckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17538731663756742844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-49053494998072224792017-12-03T22:38:57.389+00:002017-12-03T22:38:57.389+00:00Easy - get a Nest thermostat and you can move it w...Easy - get a Nest thermostat and you can move it wherever you want!Leading Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04325203371635127129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-53104806091635583402017-12-03T20:49:22.049+00:002017-12-03T20:49:22.049+00:00We had just a wood burner for heating for a few ye...We had just a wood burner for heating for a few years - was interesting having the lounge at 28C to have the rest of the house at a reasonable temp! Finally got a gas boiler last week (totally agree about mains pressure hot water) and I put the thermostat in the hallway. Seems to work well - we can light the fire if we want but the rest of the house will either still be heating by the boiler or the heat from the fire will be getting to it. Best of both worlds...Redbaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17816761977522808216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-45987189708819163692017-12-03T20:44:38.788+00:002017-12-03T20:44:38.788+00:00I live in a new build, no fireplace, no chimney, n...I live in a new build, no fireplace, no chimney, nothing beyond a fused spur for an electric fireAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-8107694470321505642017-12-03T19:13:42.264+00:002017-12-03T19:13:42.264+00:00We have gas heaters in our house, which we've ...We have gas heaters in our house, which we've kept as an emergency backup for the central heating (bit daft as that's gas too!). But the gas heaters need a flue to let the exhaust gases out, which means they need a working chimney. Could that be why chimneys hung on so long - for gas heating, rather than actual fires?Grahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-53347883027500641112017-12-03T19:08:33.792+00:002017-12-03T19:08:33.792+00:00check out honeywell evohome, digital TRVs on radia...check out honeywell evohome, digital TRVs on radiators which call for heat in each room as requiredUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02242618639982538169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-13803611320587216682017-12-03T18:20:11.165+00:002017-12-03T18:20:11.165+00:00I think in the 80s people buying houses probably g...I think in the 80s people buying houses probably grew up with a fireplace being used often and expected one, hence house builders still put one in. I guess mid 90s or after they stopped bothering after they figured the cost/space wasn't worth it.<br />The chimney in my house was dropping bricks and runs through the middle of the house, so I decided to have the stack removed completely. Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575622887669793171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-4451990621892331312017-12-03T17:30:25.843+00:002017-12-03T17:30:25.843+00:00There is nothing like a real fire. May I recommen...There is nothing like a real fire. May I recommend the smokeless 'eggs'. They take a little lighting with sticks to get them going but then they burn for ages with no smoke and they don't cover the room with soot.<br /><br />https://www.coals2u.co.uk/homefire-smokeless-fuel-25kg-prepackedSimonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03711861360301638111noreply@blogger.com