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my house is so goddamn cold
The Cat
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its winter. I'm freezing. One wall of by bedroom is 100% unglazed 70's era glass. Same goes for the living room. Its like living in a meat locker. I need efficient, cheapass ways to stop the heat shooting straight out the windows. Is there some kind of better curtaining I should get? Eventually I'll buy a space heater for my room, but the power bill is bad enough as it is, and I'd like to not have to use it too much. The non-glass walls are nice and thick at least, so I don't have to worry about them.
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http://money.howstuffworks.com/how-to-make-your-home-energy-efficient3.htm
This is truth, and honestly I didn't notice a huge difference in my power bill with two space heaters running. On top of space heaters you might want to look into an electric blanket as well (although it's so hard to get out of your warm bed into your cold ass house).
Anyway, those rubber backed curtains seem to help a bit with large windows. I have a couple of big windows, and a large sliding door to the back yard which all had shitty curtains covering them when I bought my place. Putting the thick, rubber backed ones on made a fair bit of a difference.
As for space heating, those radiator style things are pretty damn cheap to run. They take a while to warm up though.
You can buy plastic sheeting which attaches to your window frames with double sided tape to attempt some extra insulation. I would imagine your local hardware/Do it yourself store can help you out.
Also, wear some slippers.
http://www.amazon.com/3M-Company-2141-Indoor-Insulation/dp/B00002NCJI
should be available at any hardware and larger retailers
I'm used to 27C and more, is the problem. Temperature adaptations are relative, too. Most of you guys living in Fargo-esque places would be on the verge of suicide in summer here
The sealing stuff looks pretty good, but I'm a renter so I don't know whether I'm allowed to do stuff like that. Worth checking out, though, so thanks. Maybe the curtains would be best. The ones I have are very old...
Do you normally acclamate to the winter temperatures after a few weeks or are you cold all winter? Iwouldn't rule out diet if this is the first winter that is bothering you. Warm stews, spicy foods, and hot drinks can all go along way to making you feel warmer too.
― Marcus Aurelius
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That is terrible weather, stig. Inland? Word to the warm food though.
If you put too much effort in to getting warm, you're going to be used to higher body temperatures and, when you're seperated from that warmth, -you will freeze your ass off-.
Try to keep yourself just on the barely chilly side, and you may not need as much heat to stay comfortable.
Also may want to try just doing a few push ups or jumping jacks to get your body heat up.
I use these methods to survive in an area where it can snow during Winter and reach almost 45C in Summer.
I don't even use my car's A/C that often during summer after the sun roof and large windows let all that direct light onto my black leather seating. So this stuff does work.
It kinda works if I sit directly in front of it, but my bed turns to ice by about 4am in the morning as keeping an electric heater on when your sleeping seems kind of like a waste of electricity and a potential fire hazard.
Is there such a thing as a special kind of doonah or blanket that retains a ton of heat? Not like space blankets or something but something I can put on my bed and actually use.
When the lease was up and I moved out I just ripped the insulation off, sanded down and re-painted the window frame. It helped that my between uni years job was as a painter and decorator..
Anyway, it's more important to know what the indoor temperature currently is, and what temperature Cat would prefer. Blankets are only convenient for lying around, really, and they do a poor job of heating your extremities. I think window treatment mixed with space heaters, if the heat that services the apartment is unreliable or useless, is the best plan of action for heating a general space, although it's best to set them up in a room, close the door, and stay bundled up or keep a jacket around if you're going to be moving through the rest of the house.
I used it in my apartment and it doesn't leave any residue. Its a 2 sided roll of tape and thick plastic pretty much.
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Trapping your warm breath between the cloth and your body will do a lot to keep you warm.
The daytime isn't the problem. The apparent temperature falls to around 6C or so for most of the afternoon and night, and early morning. But yeah, you're all really big and tough and pointing that out first is essential to answering my questions. jesus christ.
Do you know if it comes in sheets big enough to cover sliding doors? Because that's basically what the bedroom and living room walls are; a sliding door and a big floor-to-ceiling panel next to it. They're high ceilings, too.
http://www.amazon.com/Patio-Door-Insulation-Kit-2144W/dp/B0000CBJ80/ref=pd_bxgy_hi_text_b/104-0491947-5837511
its 84" x 112", and the window kit is 62" x 252. so about 2.1m x 2.8m and 1.6m x 6.4m for you metric folk. if they don't fit you could always just overlay them, i don't see any problem in that.