I found an interesting video about how they heated with wood way back in the old days. I found it entertaining and thought I would share.
How it was done in the old days
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I actually came across the same video myself recently. It was well put together and had some interesting pics embedded.
Nice video. Yes, many don't realize how tough it was back then.
Piotr Pakuła
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it still does
sb47 Nice video and thanks for posting. I remember when I was a kid in the 60's some folks went away from wood to oil stoves or propane stoves then when fuel shot up in the late 60's early 70's folks put there wood stoves back in and went back to wood. My folks were in the fuel business so we heated with a fuel oil furnace. We also sold propane. A lot of folks I knew only lived in a couple of rooms during the winter. I grew up around a fair amount of folks that didn't have indoor plumbing.
This thread reminds me of a story Chet Atkins used to tell - about how they carpeted their bathroom one year. They like it so much they ran it on into the house.
Our farm house had plumbing added after it was built. In the den there was a fuel oil heater and that room was kept closed off from the rest of the house. There was a wood stove in the kitchen, another fuel oil stove in the dining room area but it was rarely used. Anything other than that and you were on your own.
hayboy
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I can remember going to the outhouse in the snow on crutches.
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