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Michael Cox wrote:
This is a traditional style of heated table in Japan. The rooms were typically cold, but the heated table makes for a comfortable space for meals, sitting and socialising, or napping.
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Michael Cox wrote:drastically reduce the drafts. Even if you did this in just one room, that you intend to keep warmer, you could be a big difference.
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Douglas Alpenstock wrote:Come to think of it, a canopy bed could also be a pocket of cool air on the rare occasions we use our portable air conditioner. It would take a fraction of the energy needed to cool the whole bedroom to a sleeping temperature. Hmmm...
I use a mattress warmer but normally I turn it on for ~1 hour before bed and then turn it off as I get in (it conveniently has a built-in 1 hour timer!) However, it's a bit useless in a black-out which can easily happen in my area in any storm due to all the trees around us. Luckily, we do have two wood burning stoves. They aren't anywhere near as efficient as an RMH, but if we're desperate, one is downstairs in a room that's easy to isolate, although fairly large. The one upstairs can't easily be isolated at all. Our weather only occasionally gets ridiculously cold, so I'd be inclined to do the "hot rock" trick - heating them on top of the woodstove then tucking them into the bed for an hour.This is the same mattress pad heater that I've been using for 6 years
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Jay Angler wrote:Creighton Samuels wrote:
I use a mattress warmer but normally I turn it on for ~1 hour before bed and then turn it off as I get in (it conveniently has a built-in 1 hour timer!) However, it's a bit useless in a black-out which can easily happen in my area in any storm due to all the trees around us.This is the same mattress pad heater that I've been using for 6 years
Luckily, we do have two wood burning stoves. They aren't anywhere near as efficient as an RMH, but if we're desperate, one is downstairs in a room that's easy to isolate, although fairly large. The one upstairs can't easily be isolated at all. Our weather only occasionally gets ridiculously cold, so I'd be inclined to do the "hot rock" trick - heating them on top of the woodstove then tucking them into the bed for an hour.
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Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
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Thekla McDaniels wrote:
If you have the fan set to push the warm air up against the ceiling that same warmed air is going to flow down and heat your walls and make warm drafts. Again depending on speed of the fan and dimensions of the room.
You may want to maintain the walls as cool as possible because they can absorb radiant heat or conversely they are radiating cool. As in all things Permaculture, look at all the elements and decide which way is best for your situation and objectives.
Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
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Donna Lynn wrote:Andrea, if you sandwich mylar between curtain layers, don't sew it as that will create holes where cold can infiltrate. Instead maybe try spray adhesive, or figure out a way to seal the holes if you do sew it, or use some method that does not breach the layers. I'm working on a design myself and learned that this can be a concern. Good luck with yours!
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Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
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Pearl Sutton wrote:My thought on mylar and it may be wrong) is that it's main usefulness is a reflector, it's not insulative. So covering it would be counterproductive. If I use it as part of a tent, I'd put it on the inside.
If I am correct about that (and I am not 100% sure I am) all mylar would do in a curtain sandwich is act as an air barrier, and there are cheaper things to do that with. But if I was going to sandwich it, I'd do the attach it only at the edges bit.
I am considering getting a roll of it for heat control in both summer and winter, reducing heat gain when we don't want it in summer. But if I use it in a tent, it'll be on the inside, uncovered.
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Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
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Pearl Sutton wrote:When he started getting cold at night because there wasn't much in the clean bag above him, it was time to do his wash.
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