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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: A Critical Review of French Architecture
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 21:26:13 +0100
Interesting idea, Chris.  I must admit that our woodburner kept our house warm 
(not a chateau, I admit) when I ran out of heating oil last winter.

But I suspect the chap who thought that didn't expect the same levels of warmth 
in each room that I might.

Chris

On 18 Aug 2012, at 20:13, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>    You'd be surprised.  East of State College, PA there is an 18th/19th
> century roadhouse.  It is two stories, the second floor being an open
> ballroom floor, with a slate roof and three-foot thick walls made of granite
> blocks.  There is a fireplace on the ground floor and I was told that
> keeping a moderate fire in it through the winter kept the place comfortably
> warm.

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