alan h's activity

Must disagree for once with steve.

The whole point about a wood fire in a holiday home is the visual effect as much as its (in)efficiency. 

In ours - it's great to come into our place in Winter, temperature in house just above freezing, put on the central heating and light the fire.  Efficiency isn't of great importance when you only use the fire about 6 weeks or so in the year  and anyway we support the local farmer by buying wood off of him.  100 euros worth does for a year or so.

The other thing to check is the ventilation in the room.  If the problem disappears when you crack open a window, you probably need some type of air vent fitting, to allow the easier access of air into the room.

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(Dont think we'll be able to drive down to Italy until September - and we will have our first jab of the vaccine in the next 3 weeks, but I think the problem will be EU countries allowing access without conditions)

"our problem is an open wood fire where the smoke doesn't pull up the chimney. "

Try making the fireplace opening smaller - this can speed up the air flow.  You can test it by holding up a bit of cardboard over the top half of the fireplace to see if things improve.  If it does, a more permanent closure can be fitted.

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Be careful.

You may fall foul of import tariffs when transporting radiators to EU countries. Probably lots of paperwork to have done beforehand.

It's true - it was publicised before Brexit Day that we wouldn't be allowed, by the EU, to take meat or dairy products into the EU, so no meat or cheese sandwiches in the Channel Tunnel or ferries.

I was planning (hoping) that egg sandwiches would be OK. - Anyway,  I'd eat them before entering the EU - if we ever get to drive down to Italy again.

Mind you, about 5 years ago, we were stopped at the Swiss border, coming from Germany, and the Border Guard asked if we had any meat products in the car

Watched the video - even the driver was laughing at how ridiculous it was.  No wonder so many voted "Leave" in the Referendum

If your power supply isn't up to hedge trimming and lawn mowing, you could always get battery powered equipment.

At my place you can only run one of the following at a time;-

• Oven
• Washing Machine 
• Hoover
• Electric Heaters (When we arrive in Winter, until Fire and Central Heating heats the place up)
• Hair Dryer    and
• Iron

But, once you're used to it, it's easy to manage.

If you have a copy of your electricity bill, you can probably see what your property's Wattage is.

On mine it has two figures

"Potenza contrattualmente impegnata" (Contracted supply amount)  3kW .......and

"Potenza Disponsibile"  (Max wattage than be drawn (for a short period, but not for long)) 3.3Kw

So you can see what you can operate on it

Good Luck 

Any electrical equipment, lighting etc etc bought in the UK will work perfectly normally in Italy.  The voltage is totally compatible 

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The only problem I've ever encountered is that some uk electrical things like toasters,irons , kettles etc have high wattage ratings, and can take most, if not all, of the available wattage from the house supply. It depends on how much your supply is.  It may effect the possibility of using a hedge trimmer.  There will be a plate on the trimmer that says what power, in Watts, the trimmer draws 

As an example, a 3kW kettle would use all the 3kW supply in my Italian house, and when my daughter and 3 friends stayed here and all got their hair curling tongs out, the trip switch blew!!!

Nothing from the Bank yet.

My Italian friend is trying to chase them up.
Hopefully they will transfer the account to a branch in a bigger town nearby.

(Everyone needs an Italian friend)