"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 3/14/2013 12:35 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> Our unit looks exactly the same as the one Sheldon posted, and of course
>> does both central heating and hot water
>>
>
> My step-mother said that the houses in her town (Gothenburg?) was heated
> by water coming in from a hot water factory and distributed by underground
> pipes. That was the nuttiest thing that I ever heard. Those Swedes!

I saw that in Lincoln (UK)! About 30 years ago, a woman I knew moved into a
house on a new estate and all the houses were served by a central boiler
Never heard of it since though and I haven't been there for many years, so I
don't know if it is still in operation.

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