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dingus  ·  3286 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: #russiabynatives need you!

I remember reading Doctor Zhivago, and there was a section where he explained in detail how one heats a large wooden house in Siberia with one oven.

It involved pipes.





user-inactivated  ·  3285 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Piped heating is something I haven't encountered in the wooden houses I've visited - not plenty, but I've seen types. My dacha oven uses a single thick brick pipe as both a chimney and a warmth radiator.