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No need for insulation, just add more radiators
Dennis
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While touring the Golden Mile, a stones throw from The World's End in Edinburg, Scotland I spied these cast iron radiators in a former church, now a museum.
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I've seen those... adding insulation to a building that age and construction is a bit problematic...
And, of course, when that building was built, central heating meant that the fire was in the middle of the room!Br. Jamie, osb
Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England0 -
That is where you would want to sit in the church.
Serious EDR for serious tons of masonry to heat up.0 -
Hi, I’m guessing they didn’t keep it warm all the time, so likely had to heat a cold, stone building quickly. Some pretty serious setback!
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They don't keep it exactly what we'd call "warm", either, @Larry Weingarten . The building my daughter lived in for a few years -- not far up High Street towards the Castle from this one, in the Lawnmarket -- was heated to a sweltering 50 or so (Fahrenheit). Of course, it had been built around 1500...Br. Jamie, osb
Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England0
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