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Wood fired range in the kitchen and/or woodburner in sitting room with backboiler :wink: "I've caught many heat pump companies grossly overestimating the performance of their devices , and underestimating the upheaval, length of slinky required etc. ..........it's a big job, and to do it prope...

I need to find a better way of storing our hen food. I am currently feeding a host of little creatures! Our pigs are soon to be moved from the house garden to the field so their feed needs somewhere safe in the big tunnel too. I am considering asking for a dead chest freezer on freecycle. Does anyo...

It's a sums thing......... :wink: If you have a new build with underfloor heating, and you are generating your own electricity, excellent idea..........otherwise, be very careful! :? Heat pump salesmen are very good at harping on about the "3 free units" of energy, but totally neglect to ...

Perhaps things have changed since we burnt wood on our solid fuel Rayburn but the probelems we had 1) The fire box was very small probably designed for coal as a result the wood had to be cut very small 2) we could only keep it is at night using coal as well 3) Upside was the water was boiling in hi...

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Has anyone installed a geo thermal heating system based on a ground source slinky. Any hints, tips views and opinions greatly appreciatted.

Gidday Good onya mate. What I have done is to just try to get back to how things were with our family when I was a boy but with all the mod cons. Yep mate, sure is worth trying, but ya gotta keep a good attiduded about it because things done always go right and where there is livestock there can al...

Hi I have never grown hazel or cobs trees as we are lucky enough to have them growing wild around us. However although I have been eating them for more than 50 years it wasn't until a few weeks ago watching some TV programme (can't think of the chaps name) that I realised they can be roasted. I trie...

Hi All Kingston on Thames 30 odd years ago WH Smiths; looking at coffee table books on cars when I came across the very newly published Complete Self Sufficiency by JS. I was completely hooked from that very moment. Couldn't get it out of my mind all week; much to the amazement of my wife suggested ...

Oh how I remember this shop which from memory was the old cinema. My wife and I were then living in West London and doing our best with 2 allotments etc. That must have been nearly 30 years ago. We would travel down to Wells just to go to this shop and treat ourselves to sausage skins or salt peter ...