i always do and then sat with no heating on to see how quickly the temperature would drop. after a couple of hours, i got bored with waiting because it was simply taking too long. later, i lit my wood burner but with a much smaller fire than usual and watched the temperature climb rapidly to the mid 20s. at this stage, because i was getting too hot, i had to take off my fleece and open the door to the hallway to let a bit of the heat out into the rest of the house – something that i had never had to do before!
i wondered whether this could 