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Thread ID: 98144	2009-03-13 06:39:00	Heating in an old Lockwood house	the_bogan (9949)	PC World Chat

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756016	2009-03-13 19:48:00	I bought a ducting system in the roof which takes the hot air above my fire place and moves it with a little fan to one of my kids room. That kid has asthma so I though he would appreciate the warmth in winter. Other kid misses out on heat but he hasnt got asthma. I just throw a few logs in fire before I go to bed. That's what I'd love to do, but bearing in mind there ceiling is only a few centimetres thick, not an option. Thanks for the comments guys/girls.	the_bogan (9949)
756017	2009-03-13 21:30:00	Hmmm, not sure I agree with Winston about Lockwood homes being well insulated... My son has lived in both a Lockwood home and a Fraemos home (fairly similar), and they were both like an oven in summer and a fridge in winter. They both used to make loud cracking sounds as the walls heated or cooled... They had a potbelly stove that worked well in the main room/kitchen, but it didn't heat the bedrooms. When their first sprog arrived, they used an oil column heater in her bedroom turned down low, and that was satisfactory. My daughter also uses one to keep a safe ambient heat in her sprog's room overnight. My son's current house (1920's bungalow) has a woodburner, and that room also has a ceiling fan slightly off to one side above the woodburner. If you turn on the ceiling fan it is fairly effective in spreading the heat to other parts of the house. Personally speaking (if you can't afford a heat pump), I highly recommend oil column heaters for their even distribution of heat, not bad economy, and slow release of heat. They don't dry out the air like a radiant heater.	John H (8)
756018	2009-03-14 00:02:00	First of all, congratulations on the forthcoming arrival of the little bogan. Someone with a better memory than me may be able to give further information on this, but isn't there an organisation that will arrange a visit to your home to establish how 'healthy' it is? Things such as excluding drafts and type of heating advice. They didn't have a lockwood, but when son's twins were born they used one of those small column heaters, with thermostat in their bedroom.	Marnie (4574)
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