Harry Bloomfield wrote:

One old solution, was to have an under-floor air vent where the air
supply came in close to the point where it was to be burned - rather
than at the back of the room, where the cold air would travel past the
room's occupants.

Indeed so. My parents used to have a pair of gray plastic
"Tele-vents" in the floor either side of a coal fire. When pulled
up, they allowed a gale to blow through, rather than howl across
the room from under the door.

Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.