Warming the house with the hob
15 December 2008, 09:21 PM
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Warming the house with the hob
Our kitchen is always freezing so I heat it up with the gas hob. The missus always kicks off but she can't give me a reason why it's wrong. Is there anything wrong with heating the kitchen this way?
15 December 2008, 09:33 PM
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its the law to have a openable window or door when you have a hob or cooker
you will be ok for like 10 /20 minutes no problem but i wouldent recomend it for hours, if i wer you
you will be ok for like 10 /20 minutes no problem but i wouldent recomend it for hours, if i wer you
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15 December 2008, 09:50 PM
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Yup, our kitchen has a tiny (useless) radiator.
We're not dead yet!
Whilst all these gas appliance rules are all well and good for CO poisoning; Stupidly large air bricks for gas fires/conventional flue boilers - no matter how old and draughty the house is or how good the chimney is. And more regs and rules about messing with anything gas related than you can shake the preverbial stick at. I'm amazed we're not forced by law to call out a corgi "engineer" to re-light the pilot light should it ever blow out. Yet, we're still allowed to have a open flame gas hob without being placed under a flue.
We're not dead yet!
Whilst all these gas appliance rules are all well and good for CO poisoning; Stupidly large air bricks for gas fires/conventional flue boilers - no matter how old and draughty the house is or how good the chimney is. And more regs and rules about messing with anything gas related than you can shake the preverbial stick at. I'm amazed we're not forced by law to call out a corgi "engineer" to re-light the pilot light should it ever blow out. Yet, we're still allowed to have a open flame gas hob without being placed under a flue.
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16 December 2008, 02:55 AM
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INFACT CANCEL THAT , my bird cooks every night (and cleans and iron's and maturbates me) and ive never died yet.
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16 December 2008, 11:16 AM
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Better still, while the oven's on stick you tea inside it.
Even better still, get your missus to make the tea while you sit in the nice warm living room watching telly with a nice chilled bottle of beer.
Some men are soft.
16 December 2008, 11:42 AM
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I had an old Bedford Tiger Cub bus as a transporter for my racer. I used to have a washing up bowl and an LPG gas hob and the front seat converted to a bed so that I could call it a motorised caravan and not have to get it plated each year. The fact that it had a car in the "boot" was neither here nor there.
I used to heat it with the gas hob and it did the job really well with no ill effects over the years.
Les
I used to heat it with the gas hob and it did the job really well with no ill effects over the years.
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16 December 2008, 12:49 PM
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When the heating has packed up, I've heated the house with one of those tube shaped 15KW propane space heaters (looks a bit like a rocket).
Its the equivelent of a having a huge gas hob with a desk fan blowing over it
Nope, thats not killed us either. But then it doesn't get left on for much longer than 30mins as it heats the house up pretty quick (better than the boiler as a matter of fact).
Its the equivelent of a having a huge gas hob with a desk fan blowing over it
Nope, thats not killed us either. But then it doesn't get left on for much longer than 30mins as it heats the house up pretty quick (better than the boiler as a matter of fact).
16 December 2008, 12:52 PM
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When the heating has packed up, I've heated the house with one of those tube shaped 15KW propane space heaters (looks a bit like a rocket).
Its the equivelent of a having a huge gas hob with a desk fan blowing over it
Nope, thats not killed us either. But then it doesn't get left on for much longer than 30mins as it heats the house up pretty quick (better than the boiler as a matter of fact).
Its the equivelent of a having a huge gas hob with a desk fan blowing over it
Nope, thats not killed us either. But then it doesn't get left on for much longer than 30mins as it heats the house up pretty quick (better than the boiler as a matter of fact).
16 December 2008, 01:07 PM
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). I suppose its down to how damp the house is in the first place (carpets/plaster etc)?? Our office is terrible for damp; condensation everywhere. And thats electrically heated.
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i've been using the gas hobs to heat my kitchen for ages too
Not for long, just a few mins blast to take the chill off the room. Had to turn the radiator off cos i ended up putting a fridge in front of it
Not for long, just a few mins blast to take the chill off the room. Had to turn the radiator off cos i ended up putting a fridge in front of it
Or i boil a pan of water on the electric hob. Also hoovering up keeps you warm aswell