Comments on: Heating a House in Italy: Meet Our New Stufa

By: michelle

michelle — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 08:16:48 +0000

Couldn’t agree more, Caterina; probably the best house-related purchase so far (since I haven’t gotten a proper kitchen installed yet)!

By: Caterina B

Caterina B — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:49:30 +0000

Wow! Scores of responses to this lovely stove. I love mine, too. There is nothing so cozy as sitting by it on Sunday morning with the cup of coffee, three doggies and two kitties, (and Hubby, too) while the snow is falling outside. It is worth every penny you spent!

By: Leanne in Italy

Leanne in Italy — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:45:56 +0000

I hear you with the cold! As I am writing this my feet are frozen and the massive blanket covering me is not heating me at all! We are staying with Giuseppe’s parents, who have a big house, and marble floors which are beautiful but FREEZING!

A colleague here in Calabria has central heating that somehow she imported from the Uk and got her husband to install…I am going to do some research into that as I am sick of being cold all the time!

If you want to get a *more* central heating structure, you can do that with an ordinary woodstove as well; you just have to get the other parts installed throughout the house too…we’re planning on doing that when we have some more euros

By: Julie from jbulie's blog

Julie from jbulie's blog — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:58:53 +0000

Oh welcome to the warmth!

I don’t know if I would have a blog if I didn’t have a wood burning stove. I am quite sure my favorite place in the world is sitting in front of my fire with my cat, kids, laptop while reading and writing. For me it’s a slice of heaven. Enjoy enjoy my friend.

Julie

Thank you Julie! It’s *so* wonderful to work near the stove

.-= Julie from jbulie’s blog´s last blog ..12 things I wish I knew before I started a blog. =-.

By: Sapphire in Sweden

Sapphire in Sweden — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:46:18 +0000

YES! When I was in Sicily in early November last year it was freezing near Mt. Etna. Around 5C at night and no heating inside, I wore all my layers of clothes. It was terrible, how did the people survive without heating?????

I was soooo bone cold, I nearly cried. I’m super duper thrilled that you have furnace now. Bless the heater!

And yes, no one believed me that it could be so cold in Sicily. Duh! We’re next to an insanely high volcano.

PS – If you need help with spreading the love on nutella, send me a message. Have some expat groups and such to blast to

Have sent you a message…hope you weren’t *too* cold in Sicily that you don’t want to come back this way

By: Irene from American in Padua

Irene from American in Padua — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:38:05 +0000

I was shocked by the cold interiors when living one year in Rome, so I know EXACTLY what you mean. I would go outside, strangely, in winter to warm up on a sunny day-in a black leather jacket. I only needed wool INSIDE the buildings. My study space was in a 15th century building with thick walls that were great at keeping temperatures cool in summer but horrible in winter. As for you new heater, it is similar to what we use in the mountain house in northern Veneto. Since I never had a fireplace when growing up in America, it is a real treat to be able to feel the heat and watch the flames this way. You'll just have to be careful about cleaning the pipes regularly to avoid a fire hazard. Some of the stories I hear up in the moutains are scary, although they build with more wood that you probably have down south. *Warm wishes* from Padua Yes, sunny days in the winter *definitely* often mean going outside to warm up! Strange! .-= Irene from American in Padua´s last blog ..McDonald's Goes Italian 100% =-.

By: Sarah in Italy

Sarah in Italy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:26:14 +0000

“The other things that are AMAZING are AGAs”

I think there is a company that imports them, but you then have to triple the already eye watering price.

There are pleanty of Italian wood burning range styles to chose from, starting at about 400 euros. (try Any big Brico for the cheaper models)

places like here for the pricey stuff that will run your centrral heating.

http://www.prontostufe.it/public_html2007/termocucine.html

Thanks Sarah! You’re like the Italian heating queen
.-= Sarah in Italy´s last blog ..Pheonix from the flames =-.

By: Katja | Driving Like a Maniac

Katja | Driving Like a Maniac — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:32:30 +0000

Oh, how gorgeous. We had one of those in our house when I was a child and they heat everything up fantastically. I love them. Sadly we only have wall-mounted radiators here in our flat in Salento. They’re pretty good, but they’re not half as pretty to look at!

The other things that are AMAZING are AGAs, but I don’t know if you’d get those here in Italy. They’re quite an English thing, I think. Gosh, what I wouldn’t give to be snuggled up against an AGA right now. I’m fed up of the damp!

I hadn’t heard of an AGA…they look fabulous!

.-= Katja | Driving Like a Maniac´s last blog ..Oh, the shame! =-.

By: Ciaocristina

Ciaocristina — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:48:57 +0000

Hi Michelle
che bella stufa-and it doubles as a nutella warmer! i’ll have to come up with an option for heating my 42 sq m. house in Orsara di Puglia. Right now i could only use it from about May to Sept. i only have a bombola for the little kitchen range, and didn’t want to get metano piped in because of the cost and the pain of having another utility bill to pay from Canada. I’ll probably just get one of those space heaters for now-and hoard away lots of blankets! Ciao, Cristina

And hot water bottles! They’re *wonderful* and you can’t beat the price

By: Fern Driscoll

Fern Driscoll — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:16:24 +0000

Yay! Warm. In Liguria it gets cold in winter too – cold and damp, the kind of damp that creeps right inside you and clenches you up. Bah! We have a small terra cotta wood stove, same period as house – not as pretty as your beauty, but effective. Complimenti!

Oh I love terra cotta anything…I bet yours is pretty too

.-= Fern Driscoll´s last blog ..Desert Camo =-.