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Heating is by a new (October 2007) wood-burning stove in the main lounge plus storage heaters - three downstairs and two upstairs.  The wood-burning stove in the smaller lounge is defunct and SHOULD NOT BE USED.  There is a small portable fan heater, usually kept in the cupboard under the sink in the scullery, and a fairly portable oil-filled heater, usually kept in the smaller lounge.
Heating is by a new (October 2007) wood-burning stove in the main lounge plus storage heaters - three downstairs and two upstairs.  The wood-burning stove in the smaller lounge is defunct and SHOULD NOT BE USED.  There is a small portable fan heater, usually kept in the cupboard under the sink in the scullery, and a fairly portable oil-filled heater, usually kept in the smaller lounge.


The stove in the main lounge burns wood, supplemented by coal where necessary.  Supplies of both, plus kindling, are kept in the stone lean-to and there are fire lighters in the glass lean-to.  With careful management the wood burner will stay in overnight and, even if it goes out, it keeps warm until morning.  We are still experimenting with the right balance between this and the storage heaters during cold weather.  Hitherto we have kept all three downstairs storage heaters at about 2/3 full capacity but the one in the main lounge will probably not be required if the wood burner is being used.  The upstairs is usually warm so we keep the two heaters upstairs on low settings.
The stove in the main lounge burns wood, supplemented by coal where necessary.  Supplies of both, plus kindling, are kept in the stone lean-to and there are fire lighters in the glass lean-to.  There is also a mass of burnable timber from the collapsed shed at the top of the garden, but please beware that this is riddled with woodworm so do not bring into the house or the lean-tos unless it is going into the stove immediately. 
 
With careful management the wood burner will stay in overnight and, even if it goes out, it keeps warm until morning.   
 
We are still experimenting with the right balance between this and the storage heaters during cold weather.  Hitherto we have kept all three downstairs storage heaters at about 2/3 full capacity but the one in the main lounge will probably not be required if the wood burner is being used.  The upstairs is usually warm so we keep the two heaters upstairs on low settings.


When the house is unoccupied in winter, the storage heater in the main lounge should be left on at about 1/3 full capacity and the other four switched off.
When the house is unoccupied in winter, the storage heater in the main lounge should be left on at about 1/3 full capacity and the other four switched off.


Frost stats in various places switch on various forms of heating if the temperature falls close to freezing.  When the cottage is unoccupied in winter all the upstairs doors and all the downstairs doors except the one between the kitchen and scullery (but '''including''' the door to the downstairs toilet) should be left open so that the heat spreads to adjacent rooms.
Frost stats in various places switch on various forms of heating if the temperature falls close to freezing.  When the cottage is unoccupied in winter all the upstairs doors and all the downstairs doors except the one between the kitchen and scullery (but '''including''' the door to the downstairs toilet) should be left open so that the heat spreads to adjacent rooms.

Revision as of 12:45, 19 February 2008

Although Bryn Teg has only two bedrooms, there are sleeping facilities for up to seven people; duvets and pillows are provided.

Downstairs

There are three main rooms

plus

Upstairs

The door at the top of the stairs leads out into the garden. Many of the doors in the cottage are rather low by modern standards and this one is particularly low so mind your head!

Heating

Heating is by a new (October 2007) wood-burning stove in the main lounge plus storage heaters - three downstairs and two upstairs. The wood-burning stove in the smaller lounge is defunct and SHOULD NOT BE USED. There is a small portable fan heater, usually kept in the cupboard under the sink in the scullery, and a fairly portable oil-filled heater, usually kept in the smaller lounge.

The stove in the main lounge burns wood, supplemented by coal where necessary. Supplies of both, plus kindling, are kept in the stone lean-to and there are fire lighters in the glass lean-to. There is also a mass of burnable timber from the collapsed shed at the top of the garden, but please beware that this is riddled with woodworm so do not bring into the house or the lean-tos unless it is going into the stove immediately.

With careful management the wood burner will stay in overnight and, even if it goes out, it keeps warm until morning.

We are still experimenting with the right balance between this and the storage heaters during cold weather. Hitherto we have kept all three downstairs storage heaters at about 2/3 full capacity but the one in the main lounge will probably not be required if the wood burner is being used. The upstairs is usually warm so we keep the two heaters upstairs on low settings.

When the house is unoccupied in winter, the storage heater in the main lounge should be left on at about 1/3 full capacity and the other four switched off.

Frost stats in various places switch on various forms of heating if the temperature falls close to freezing. When the cottage is unoccupied in winter all the upstairs doors and all the downstairs doors except the one between the kitchen and scullery (but including the door to the downstairs toilet) should be left open so that the heat spreads to adjacent rooms.