dsi1 > wrote:
> On 3/14/2013 11:46 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "dsi1" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 3/14/2013 12:35 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>
> I live in the tropics and the homes here don't have any provisions for
> heating so I'm pretty ignorant on the subject. I would like to see one of
> those old fashioned heater. That would be cool. I've only seen them in
> movies with Humphrey Bogart or the 3 Stooges. :-)

Many houses, apartments, in the warmer regions have simple gas wall
heaters. Some have just one for the whole single story complex.

Greg