Wood furnace

[fitzw]

Many years ago, I lived in a small house with a stove that could burn wood or coal, which we used as the main source of heat (not that we could tell the insurance company that; they wouldn't accept that on the house information). It was inconsistent; some nights, the fire would burn slowly and fitfully, and I would have to poke it up every few hours. On some other nights, I would have feed the stove every 3 hours or so. It didn't seem to matter what kind of wood I was using. Either way, it made for some difficulties in getting a good night's sleep during the winter.

This morning, the wood-fired furnace for the farmhouse was dead empty, when I had stocked it fully last night. Not even embers. At least the water was still hot for the radiators.

Here we go again.