I recently got a fireplace candle holder, which I put in front of the
fireplace because we have glass doors on the fireplace. I noticed that
burning 9 candles was significantly warming our large 16x25 living room. Our
heat is set to go down to 55 degrees at 11 pm, so I was surprised to find it
a pleasantly warm 71 degrees at 2am. So perhaps candlelit rooms were much
warmer because of the candles also. Heat gets into the room and not up the
chimney.
Sharon C.
Young lovers seek perfection,
Old lovers learn the art of sewing shreds together
And of seeing beauty in a multiplicity of patches
- "How To Make An American Quilt"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Kate M Bunting
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 1:12 AM
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] medieval quote on underwear
Not just castles. At New Year our music group played for two days in a 17th
century cottage at the Weald & Downland Open-air Museum. Luckily the weather
wasn't freezing as it had been for a spell after Christmas, but even with a
log fire we were none too warm (especially with the door being constantly
opened by punters). However, I reckoned that in real life the stones would
have gradually absorbed heat and acted like a storage heater.
Kate Bunting
Librarian and 17th century reenactor
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Audrey Bergeron-Morin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>> I have spent the weekend at an event
>> in an English castle and I can tell you they are still damp.
>
>Were there any fires inside? Most of the castles we visited in France
>were damp and cold, but twice we visited castles where the chimneys had
>been restored so they'd made a fire inside - makes a whole world of
>difference. They would still be cold in the winter, though...
>
I have always thought that once you built a castle and got the fires
going, and then kept the fires going, winter and summer alike, it
probably held the heat better than you might expect. Thick stone walls
are certainly very good insulation when it comes to keeping heat out -
one event inside a castle at Easter, we were going outside to warm up!
Jean
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Jean Waddie
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