I really need to do something about my carbon footprint. I run 2 pre-dpf vehicles, using (in the last 12months) over 2,000 litres of diesel. My (very) rural home uses over 2,500Litres of kerosene in its 30 year old central heating boiler per year, and we have 3 old, wood/solid fuel stoves fitted, albeit usually only one is used on any given day, and only in the winter evenings. In my defence, the stoves are far more fuel efficient than the open fires they replace.
The flue action of an open fireplace in a centrally heated room removes the heated air quite quickly. If it's not being used, block it, but fit a hit/miss vent and a rain cowl on the roof. Sorry - back to cars...!
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