I’ve been living in a new home for about three months now, and I swear I’m still figuring this house out.
It has a few unique characteristics to be aware of, like the faucet in the kitchen only provides cold water and the front door tends to stick when you close it too quickly.
These facts are easily dealt with, but I’m still holding my breath to find more unique kinks around here. Recently, we made a positive discovery when we figured out that the fireplace actually works! The house has a split level floor plan, so the living room sits down lower than the rest of the house and showcases a big brick fireplace bookended by two tall built-in bookcases. The fireplace flue had been obscured by insulation from the inside, so we assumed that the heating unit could not actually be utilized. However, the other day my boyfriend finally investigated, and found that the wood burning fireplace was fully functional! Even better, it has a gas supply which makes lighting the fireplace extremely easily. You simply place your wood in the metal rack, twist the nozzle for the gas supply, and the whole fireplace ignites immediately! It effectively increases the temperature in the entire lower level of the house. We honestly didn’t plan on ever utilizing the feature, but now we can actually count on using the fireplace for functionally heating our house, rather than just for decoration. I can’t wait to see what an improvement this alternate heat source makes on our energy bill this winter.
