Winter Fuel allowance.

Ken68

Blimey tis in Google.......http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/father-of-two-young-children-killed-by-fumes-from-stove-fire-15015219.html

also something about wood pellet fumes affecting stevedores.

http://www.ukpandi.com/ukpandi/infopool.nsf/HTML/LPBulletin524

hethmar

Ken68 wrote: »

Blimey tis in Google.......http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/father-of-two-young-children-killed-by-fumes-from-stove-fire-15015219.html

Carbon monoxide in all fuels. People should have a CO monitor fixed in the room.

Those two stories appear to relate to the wood pellets - they seem to be more toxic than just wood. I should think the first chap was actually burnt as it says he died of "his injuries". Dreadful.

zyg, unusual that it should affect you so badly from that distance. When I was a child, we had thick yellow smog every winter from solid fuel and it did seem to finish off a lot of elderly people and those with chest conditions.

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Ken68 wrote: »

Would love one but costly, though if you could make your own pellets perhaps do-able.

the pellets are made from compressed wood sawdust and are about 6% moisture, hence the very low waste. They cost about £240 a tonne and are bagged so easy to carry but cannot be too manhandled as the pellets have to remain whole. I think we are using about 9 kg a day for heating and hot water but less if the sun is out as the house gets warm from the sun and it also gives the water a boost via the solar panels. The sun seems to heat the store water (bottom 3/4 of the tank) to about 35 c at the moment

Our house is category 5 and pretty well zero carbon. Very unusual and a prototype

margaretclare

The £125 plopped into my bank account overnight. This is a day when this extra payment should come into its own - we got the snow at last, days after the rest of the UK! No need to go out - DH went to Tesco yesterday, said it was 'heaving'. We are warm and comfortable and have all we need.

While I was talking to my swimming teacher earlier about not going for my lesson - he said 'don't even think about it' - an old lady from down the street plodded past. She was suitably clad for the weather, thick coat with fur-lined hood and wellington boots, but why on earth go out on a morning like this? What is so urgent? DH and I have driven in all sorts of awful weather and I remember it from when I lived in the Pennines. This weather, we don't go out. My eldest GD is different - she has a very active outdoor life and last week I helped her get new boots.

jennifernil

I got my letter on Friday, the money dropped into our current account today. OH hasn't had his letter, but his £125 arrived with mine.

Errata

Mine dropped into my bank account this morning. Now all I have to do is decide what to waste it on. Gin, bingo, give it away ? Could have done with a new sled this morning to pull the dog on because the snow was up to his armpits when we went out for half an hour's exercise.
Decisions, decisons

margaretclare

It has come on to snow again, and DH is out. He got his £125 today and he wanted a second-hand laptop for when we go away. He was offered one for £150 from a guy who is clearing out an office, and he's gone to get it.

Ken68

kittie wrote: »

Our house is category 5 and pretty well zero carbon. Very unusual and a prototype

Wouldn't mind a link Kittie. What is Category 5..... Passivhaus !!!

Newly_retired

margaretclare wrote: »

It has come on to snow again, and DH is out. He got his £125 today and he wanted a second-hand laptop for when we go away. He was offered one for £150 from a guy who is clearing out an office, and he's gone to get it.

Ooooh! Is that ethical , MargaretClare?

margaretclare

Newly_retired wrote: »

Ooooh! Is that ethical , MargaretClare?

Well, it's better than buying a new one at £400 or thereabouts. Also a darned sight better than spending it on bingo or a three-legged horse.