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Post by dogless on Jan 19, 2023 9:26:02 GMT
Another white out , freezing morning ... neither of us woke until 8.40am 😱
Mornings like this always make me think of being on the boat ... that natural hibernation under the duvet ... finally up to revive the fire and a first brew .
We love frozen towpaths with sunshine and blue skies.
But it's a harsh time to be afloat too ... are you frozen in ... are you managing to keep on top of services etc. ?
Hope you're cosy.
Rog
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Post by andyberg on Jan 19, 2023 9:47:22 GMT
Only a twat of the highest order would forget to fill his centralheating diesel tank up yesterday, resulting in waking up around 03.00 this morning bloody freezing🙄 2nd duvet from boatman's cabin quickly thrown on bed and back to the land of nod! Tank filled up this morning and Bubblestove just relit….What a tosser I am!🙄
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Post by andyberg on Jan 19, 2023 9:56:38 GMT
On the subject of Bubblestoves, its costing me 7 litres of Kero @ £1.02 pl each day so far in January, running 24/7 with boat really warm all the way to the boatmans cabin, had all the doors wedged open so the heat isn't too intense in front room / bedroom. Im impressed, considering it has no back-boiler, reclaimed ex-solar farm 2x235ah batteries are also holding up well with limited solar input 👍
Be interesting to compare costs with a similar sized boat 62’ running a Squirrel or similar coal fire as their sole form of heating. 🔥
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Post by dogless on Jan 19, 2023 11:43:51 GMT
Have to agree with you andyberg ... at least about your being a tosser 🤣 We've not been afloat since the end of September, but we would expect to burn between 50 and 70 Kgs of Excel per week in winter (the higher figure when the weather's like this). I'm unsure what the price this year is for Excel as it's constantly rising, but at £25 per 25kg bag we'd estimate it would cost upto £70 a week on coal alone. The diesel stove seems cheaper, at present at least. Rog
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Post by telemachus on Jan 19, 2023 12:04:05 GMT
Have to agree with you andyberg ... at least about your being a tosser 🤣 We've not been afloat since the end of September, but we would expect to burn between 50 and 70 Kgs of Excel per week in winter (the higher figure when the weather's like this). I'm unsure what the price this year is for Excel as it's constantly rising, but at £25 per 25kg bag we'd estimate it would cost upto £70 a week on coal alone. The diesel stove seems cheaper, at present at least. Rog It’s around £17.50 for 25kg around here. Got some stuff called Winterblaze from Sarah at Glascote, it makes less than 1/2 the ash for the same price. At home we have a high efficiency gas boiler and the daytime thermostat is at 16c, 18C in the evening plus the wood stove to make at least one room toasty. It’s costing about £10 a day for gas at the moment.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2023 12:06:04 GMT
Have to agree with you andyberg ... at least about your being a tosser 🤣 We've not been afloat since the end of September, but we would expect to burn between 50 and 70 Kgs of Excel per week in winter (the higher figure when the weather's like this). I'm unsure what the price this year is for Excel as it's constantly rising, but at £25 per 25kg bag we'd estimate it would cost upto £70 a week on coal alone. The diesel stove seems cheaper, at present at least. Rog Paid £12.50 per bag of 20kgs couple of days ago. Use around 60/70 kgs per week. £40 ish per week.
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Post by dogless on Jan 19, 2023 14:44:14 GMT
Not as expensive as I anticipated then ...have smokeless prices settled now or, like petrol, is it now falling ?
Rog
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