Talk:Furnace
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So if the term in Britain mostly refers to a smelting furnace, what do Brits call the things that heat their houses? Oh, that's right, Brits are well-known for not having central heating . . . surely that's changed with the coming of the twenty-first century! ;)} jaknouse 14:19, 4 May 2004 (UTC)
Like the text says, it's called a boiler or a heater! Take a look at http://www.diydata.com/planning/central_heating/boiler.htm. In 2001, 91% of homes in England, 92% of homes in Wales and 93% of homes in ] had central heating [1] (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=358), a few percentage points higher than in a 1997 USA survey [2] (http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/ahs/hsgprof.html) 80.46.137.17 15:58, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)