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Why Choose a Wood Burning Stove? - 23 Jan 09

This is part one of our wood burning stove installation saga and where better to start than why we decided to install a stove? Several of our reasons could also apply to an open fire, but others are unique benefits of wood burning stoves.

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Over A Barrel - Oil Prices Continue to Rise - 23 Apr 08

Last summer, I mentioned on here how updating our central heating timer was saving us money and oil. We finally had to order home heating oil in September, having been expecting to need more oil any time from March onwards. I’m glad to be able to say that the trend has continued over the winter, when previously 900 litres of oil would have lasted us from November to March, our refill from September is only starting to run low now.

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Going Green - One Year On - 10 Feb 08

On the eve of Mad Eejits hosting the Carnival of the Green for the first time, I thought it might be worthwhile to look back on our first year of trying to be more eco-friendly to see what we’ve achieved.

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Toiletries With Less Packaging - 28 Nov 07

Back in our little six month review of ‘going green’, I stated that I’d like to switch to toiletries which come in returnable or refillable bottles/containers and avoid aerosols as much as possible. That was in July, but I’m glad to say that, this month, I’ve finally got round to doing something about it.

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Saving Money and Oil - 24 Jul 07

We made one little change, at the end of last year, that has saved us more money and heating oil than I thought possible. That change was simply fitting a new digital central heating controller, which cost us less than £30, and has probably paid for itself several times over already.

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