What did you do to warm up your house ?

[THAIPHUKET]

It´s getting uncomfortable in the mornings + evenings. Want living room comfortable and the bed room so there is no need to cover my baldy with a pointed cap.

No electric blowers, they make the air uncomfortably dry. No wooden fires, too romantic :-)

and too lazy. We do have a working build-in chimney , could that be powered electrically?

What can be done retroactively without pulling the house down and at reasonable expense?

[masuk]

15C here in Chiang Mai this morning and feeling cool also.

Most houses here are so totally ventilated that any heat produced would be lost.

Out with the winter woolies, beanie and thick socks. Oh for my sheep skin Ugg boots!

[richard10365]

My modern Mitsubishi air conditioner has a heater feature to it that is quite comfortable and warms the room nicely. 99% of the time I use it as an air conditioner but last night I used the heater option on it for the first time. I was pleasantly surprised.

[dave2]

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No electric blowers, they make the air uncomfortably dry.

it works for me ! ... mines been on since 7 am this morning and my rooms lovely and warm

dave2

ps .. 20 quid in argos england .... and about the same postage 6 years ago !

a bit better than 6490 baht here

[khwaibah]

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No electric blowers, they make the air uncomfortably dry.

it works for me ! ... mines been on since 7 am this morning and my rooms lovely and warm

dave2

ps .. 20 quid in argos england .... and about the same postage 6 years ago !

a bit better than 6490 baht here

A big supply of units at Global-House.

[THAIPHUKET]

Interesting, I had electric heater in my air-conditioners in Spain, and because they sucked all humidity from the room, I felt freezing cold, although it blowing at 30 degrees.

@Dave2 your units look rather small, for what size of room? How many watts?

[worgeordie]

Feeling so cold this morning, had to put a shirt on around the house,

and at night get closer to the wife in bed to keep warm.the warmest

things are my Hedgehogs,couple weeks ago bought a heater pad,

from the UK and put it in their cage, now if i could only get a huge

king size one for the bed !

regards Worgeordie

[eyecatcher]

After 3yrs i am now feeling the cold; unless its particularly chilly now or i have acclimatised to the heat.

I dress like an eskimo now on the bike 2 jumpers, hood, wifes beeny hat....like being in uk; off to the loo every 30 mins then drinking coffee to keep warm.

I DONT LIKE IT..............gotta dash....nature calls again.

[Tywais]

I wore a jacket to work today. Funny how many comments I got about never seeing me wear one before. Last year, actually most years, never was cold enough to have to wear one around the office but certainly is this year. Brought my electric heater out of storage for the bedroom last night.

[FiftyTwo]

After 3yrs i am now feeling the cold; unless its particularly chilly now or i have acclimatised to the heat.

I dress like an eskimo now on the bike 2 jumpers, hood, wifes beeny hat....like being in uk; off to the loo every 30 mins then drinking coffee to keep warm.

I DONT LIKE IT..............gotta dash....nature calls again.

Run up the hill to Wat Doi Suthep, that'll warm you up.

[habfan]

I know it's a wee bit cold at night and in the mornings but my advice is to tough it out with added clothing.

It will be gone all to soon.

You just can't beat the afternoons right now though.

[dave2]

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You just can't beat the afternoons right now though

hes right ! .. crystal clear sky over doi suthep an hour ago but theres a slight mist all over it so i think its going to be very chilly tonight

dave2

[catmac]

We were as warm as toast last night, with 7 of our cats curled up either on or in the bed. A cat's body temperature is higher than a humans, so when one curls up next to you it's like a furry hot water bottle that purrs!

Have to agree though, getting out of bed in the morning is no fun at the moment. Still, in a couple of months we'll all be moaning about the heat again!

[eyecatcher]

After 3yrs i am now feeling the cold; unless its particularly chilly now or i have acclimatised to the heat.

I dress like an eskimo now on the bike 2 jumpers, hood, wifes beeny hat....like being in uk; off to the loo every 30 mins then drinking coffee to keep warm.

I DONT LIKE IT..............gotta dash....nature calls again.

Run up the hill to Wat Doi Suthep, that'll warm you up.

Friday it is then bud...usual time.

Anyone else need warming up?

Sent via tin can and string after pigeon shot

[NancyL]

We closed the windows and actually put the duvet into the duvet cover. 50 weeks of the year we use a duvet cover without the duvet. Too blasted hot. Could use a little portable space heater in the bathroom, though, just like the one we had in Michigan. Brr!

[MESmith]

Found my sweatshirt. Sorted. It's not THAT cold. 13C out at our place in the rice fields this morning. That's outside. About 19C in the house. Beer from the fridge tonight, but without added ice

[cloudhopper]

Found my sweatshirt. Sorted. It's not THAT cold. 13C out at our place in the rice fields this morning. That's outside. About 19C in the house. Beer from the fridge tonight, but without added ice

Exactly. Layers.

[jackr]

Man-up, Mr Phuket!

I find a pogo stick or spacehopper works well.

[roger1999]

You might want to try this. It shows how you can heat a room with small candles and flower pots:

http://isupportorganic.blogspot.com/2013/11/how-to-heat-room-for-less-than-15-cents-per-day.html

Edited December 17, 2013 by roger1999

[ovenman]

Already dipping below 17° and it's not quite eight o'clock. It's gonna be a cold one tonight!

Edited December 17, 2013 by ovenman

[meechai]

AccuWeather says it will hit 9c by early morning

I'm still liking it better than so hot I need air con

But on the bike at night it does feel nippy

[jaideeguy]

Enjoy it now, as you will wishing it was cooler in a couple of months. You can always get warmer with more clothes and blankets, but the only way you can cool yourself is to remove clothing and that doesn't do the trick. Stop complaining about the cool and get closer to your warm bedmate.....................enjoy it!!

[Dario]

I have three hot air blowers from Switzerland and have one installed in each bathroom. When I bought the first one about 27 years ago (still working!) people told me I'm crazy. I think I'm not.

[THAIPHUKET]

Ladies and Gentlemen, why don´t you simply assume that I know how to dress inside and outside the bed, assume that I still know how to cuddle up.. when it´s cold. Why don´t you assume the most natural thing which goes back to what we are used in other parts of the world-------namely that it is nice to have a certain level of room temperature of 21 degree while doing whatever in the evening.

Why do you must always impose your style of living on others?

I was posing a technical question, such as = can I get good under floor heating in CM, installed by whom? Running cost?

Can we talk technicalities only, please!

Edited December 17, 2013 by THAIPHUKET

[Konini]

It's the coldest I've been in 4 years here - this morning the coconut oil next to the cooker had turned white and solid, something that has never happened before.

Odd, but I'm actually enjoying it being chilly - good excuse to have stodgy comfort food to warm us up. Corned beef and sliced potato stew tomorrow I think.

[Rotweiler]

10 here right now. Tiss cool. Glad I brought my eiderdown along....

[MrBrad]

You might want to try this. It shows how you can heat a room with small candles and flower pots:

http://isupportorganic.blogspot.com/2013/11/how-to-heat-room-for-less-than-15-cents-per-day.html

I have to say that, after searching for and finally finding just the right sized bread pan, flower pots, and candles, this arrangement just doesn't do much of anything. The pots get warm, in fact the inner one is too hot to touch, but even in a very small 4'x6' bathroom it does nothing to the air temperature. Perhaps if you have a totally enclosed, under the stairway bathroom you might notice a little warmth after a couple hours or more..

But all in all it's really unrealistic, impractical and inefficient in our cement structures here.

[Oscar2]

what a bunch of whiners! it's a little chilly. so what. put on a sweater and a pair of socks. it's only going to last a few days. come on, people talking of major installations to their home? go to Kad Luang and whine with the Thais. the sellers are loving it! selling mountains of Chinese junk warm clothes so people can wear them for 3 days and take photos and post them on facebook. we were there last night and observed this and overheard 2 young (quite attractive) girls - English teachers?? proclaim "this is terrible. it's colder than in England. if it keeps up we will quit our jobs and return home." come on pople...

[rob69]

Good news for me, is, that when I hit the gym early evenings around 7.30pm, then i do get the swimming pool to myself!

[eyecatcher]

The beer bars making money on ice buckets are going to struggle now that 4 chunks will last a good hour.

3 chang for 139 baht.....I think no more.

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