Originally Posted by
Machka
I'm very interested to see what Rowan has been up to with our place ... and I'll get to see in 4 days!
But he's been telling me about the bathroom he is building for me ... so far it's being constructed out of reclaimed material that was written off in the fire. He's even using the heat from the outside of the fireplace ... heat that is just lost right now ... to heat the bathroom.
Very interesting. I took a tour once at a historical house on Nantucket Island. The guide explained that the main survival problem there was the cold, windy winter. The early houses had their fireplaces in the center of the house so that no heat would be wasted on an exterior wall.