keeping the fires burning
My father-in-law used to build up the fire, last thing at night before he went to bed, with cinders and coal dust to form a seal over the hot coals. When he got up in the morning all he had to do was stoke the fire to get it going again.
Sometimes when he came to visit us, he could go home again and the fire would still be burning after a few days if he had packed it up well enough before he left.
He always had hot water in the back boiler this way - and even managed to keep the rads warm as well so his house was always warm.
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