My early seventies built house in Norfolk had a primitive hot air system. A brick cupboard in the kitchen held two paraffin fuelled Husqvarna oil stoves fed by a communal tank that supplied the whole estate.
One stove had a water jacker and supplied hot water and fed a radiator in the bathroom and bedrooms The other was to supply hot air for heating . Lighting them was a bit tricky as they had to primed with methylated spirit like a primus stove.
When the large heating stove got going it would supply a tremendous amount of heat which warmed the kitchen and lounge area by vents in the wall.
I remember a Manuel moment when whilst lighting the stove I spilt the methylated spirit which combined with some spilt paraffin and an old newpaper ignited in a wall of flame. I slammed the fire proof door shut and closed all the shutters to stop the smoke spreading. Modern heating is so much easier to manage
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