Archive for 'Keeping Warm'
05/08/10 – Making fire
On our recent camping extravaganza some of the best fun we had related to making fire.
Lighting the gas to make bacon butties, setting the campfire alight so we could toast marshmallows, boiling the kettle….all very fine pursuits when there is no telly….
The main reason it was all so exciting was because we forgot our matches [...]
Posted: August 10th, 2010 under Keeping Warm, green.
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19/05/10 – Thermaskirt
This is the stuff we have put in heat the new extension. It has the profile of a skirting board, is plumbed in just like a radiator and comes complete with dummy lengths so you can make the whole room look the same even if the whole room does not need heated skirting boards (E.g on the walls around doors [...]
Posted: May 24th, 2010 under DIY, Keeping Warm, green.
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21/03/10 – Carbon Calclyator
Following on from the previous depressing post, I then found this – Carbon Calculator
We came out at a not-so-clever 14.98 tonnes of carbon emitted annually. We should be around 2……
No cavity wall insulation, not on a green tariff for our gas and electricity, the car usage…this all added up to cancel out and completely out-weigh our lack [...]
Posted: March 21st, 2010 under Keeping Warm, Raising Children, green.
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10/01/10 – I made a log and it was good
Hoo.
We put in a wood burner a few weeks ago and have been systematically burning our wooden shed. Don’t worry – it collapsed (more or less…more specifically, it collapsed when my husband knocked the walls out), it was very rotten and damp and had to be replaced, but I was sad to think of putting [...]
Posted: January 11th, 2010 under Keeping Warm, green.
Tags: Paper Log Maker
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