When I first bought this house it had no central heating, just a solid fuel stove, and the person who was selling it said that it kept the whole house warm. Utter rubbish.
Besides being a pain, cleaning out the ashes, it made everything filthy.
I lasted four months, then had central heated fitted the week before my first Christmas here.
I've had it on a couple of nights this week, mainly because it feels cold just having come back from holiday. I always adjust the thermostat, as I don't like to be roasted, and weirdly I always have the windows open too.
