Monday 23 January 2012

what lies beneath...

Our new home is a very big, old house.  I haven't been inside any other Canadian houses so I'm not sure how it usually works but underneath our house is a basement.  It's almost as big as the footprint of the house and while the ceilings aren't very tall it is quite spacious.  

One of the major roles of the basement is to house this baby...


I'm not sure how it all works but this monster is very hot to the touch, maybe 35 degrees.


Somehow it works with the tank below to keep the house warm.  We just had this thing filled with 730 liters of oil at a cost of $926!?!?  I almost fell over when I saw the bill.  Fingers crossed it'll keep us going for a while.  Luckily it's a "mild" winter and today it's positively balmy outside - plus two degrees so that should help keep consumption down.


There are other rooms down there including the laundry, cedar closets, a wine cellar and a food store.  The laundry isn't pretty but it's practical.  We've got a massive washing machine which takes twice as much as my old one.  The exposed hot water pipes are great for drying clothes on!  Exposed pipes and electrics are a specialty in this house...

If you look carefully you can see the tap that we're supposed to leave running...
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