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[CatrionaGrace]

We have central heat and a woodstove. Woodtove is going right now on this 0 degree day. When we first climbed off the ark and got married, we heated our little place with wood. It could sure get cold in the back of the house along about 4:00 a.m. Our son slept between us until he was 18 months old because we were afraid he might freeze some morning. Now he ;lves on a ranch where they heat with wood. We buy a semi-load of wood with him each year.

 

[Homer Potvin]

We have central heat and a woodstove. Woodtove is going right now on this 0 degree day. When we first climbed off the ark and got married, we heated our little place with wood. It could sure get cold in the back of the house along about 4:00 a.m. Our son slept between us until he was 18 months old because we were afraid he might freeze some morning. Now he ;lves on a ranch where they heat with wood. We buy a semi-load of wood with him each year.

My house (c. 1930) was almost certainly built with a coal boiler. Chimney isn't configured for a wood burning fireplace. My gas fireplace is in a room that was part of an addition at some point in its history, where it appears as if the chimney might have been encased or was never exposed in the first place. It's likely the coal chute for the boiler was a part of the footprint that got built over by the addition. Not sure. Providence had twice as many people living there in the 1940s as they do now. It was an industrial hub until synthetic rubber and other post war innovations put the mills out of business. They sat vacant for like 50 years until somebody realized you could make loft condos for a million apiece.