Who let the pyromanic buy a house with a fireplace Got the fireplace inspected and the chimney cleaned today, so have lit the fire for the first time. The previous owner didn’t use it, so I was worried there might be something wrong with it, but it works very well for an open fire with such a small grate. It draws well which was something we were unsure how it’d do. There was some wood and coal left in the garage which I’m burning, but I guess it will go pretty quick.

And the carbon emissions? Hmm, well the ACT party says it doesn’t matter, but I disagree. Hopefully I can still have the odd fire while still reducing my footprint. I am interested in getting solar water heating and even solar power, but I think the roof needs to be strengthened first before putting anything too heavy on it. That’s a longer term plan.