How do you heat your home in Thailand?

[Derek M]

How do you heat your home during the cold season in the north or north east of Thailand?

Are calor or butane gas fires available?

How do you do it?

Thank you kindly for your responses.

Edited February 8, 2015 by Derek M

[cmcom]

Fan heaters

[gerry123]

i personally think you are having a 2 and a half

[Don Mega]

I simply turn off the AC.

[CharlieH]

Dont need nothing to "heat" here, except for cooking.

[Crossy]

The wife!

[KhunBENQ]

No heating. Wearing socks and long trousers all day.

Good insulation windows. thick blankets for the night.

A solid house and good windows will save you from the nightly cool spell.

Sit in the sun comes after it comes out in the morning.

There are a few days that it is cool AND the sun doesn't shine.

We survive it

Last year I have seen gas heaters on sale/rent at an appartement hotel in town.

Edited February 8, 2015 by KhunBENQ

[Briggsy]

Da fridge, da computer, da tv, da bodies, da sun-heated concrete, da microwave, da other things all pumping out da heat.

[keestha]

Reckon if you live in a place like Chiang Rai, you would need some sort of heating at home.

[steven100]

we build a fire on the floor in the lounge room during the cold nights ...

[MrTee]

We use solar power heating.. works a treat.
Its a bit hard to turn it down though..

#TropicalClimateProblems

[duanebigsby]

Reckon if you live in a place like Chiang Rai, you would need some sort of heating at home.

I live in Chiang Rai and I don't bother with heating.

really it's not that cold that a thick blanket doesn't suffice.

[brucegoniners]

Here in Bangkok I simply turn the AC off

[Estrada]

You can install Airconditioners that are of the heat pump variety, the same as in Europe or Libya. LG and others make them.

[wwest5829]

This year we did not feel the need for heating. Last year, however, I did go to Global House and bought an electric "fireplace" heater.

[h90]

I simply turn off the AC.

And open the window

[godden]

Throw a match on it

[Just1Voice]

Close all the doors and windows, then ask my wife what she did for the day. Works just fine.

[Fiddlesticks]

Reckon if you live in a place like Chiang Rai, you would need some sort of heating at home.

I do live in CR and would never even consider wasting money on a heater for the house. On the really 'cold' days I simply wear a sweatshirt and socks in the morning and evening until the sun is up and it is warm enough to take the sweatshirt off. That said, it is only this kind of cold for maybe 10 days all year. I think one would have to be a real wuss to think that any kind of space heater is a must for those few 'cold' days. Now I will admit that taking a shower in the AM and PM does cause some trepidation (and some shrinkage) but that's part of the Thai experience here in the North.

[willyumiii]

When it gets way down to 21c here and all the Thais are freezing with chattering teeth and hard nipples, I close the doors and windows.

I really see no need for a heater in Thailand...ever!

[carlyai]

We bought a gas fire that has those fake logs burning.

We saw the model we wanted in shops in melbourne. looks great and has a remote control booster fan.

Imported it from china but u have to be careful with import taxes.

House not finished yet but should be installed in a couple of weeks

[carlyai]

Global house have the electric log burning fires.

Dont look nearly as good as the gas ones but the fire place looks good

[oztaurus]

Reckon if you live in a place like Chiang Rai, you would need some sort of heating at home.

I do live in CR and would never even consider wasting money on a heater for the house. On the really 'cold' days I simply wear a sweatshirt and socks in the morning and evening until the sun is up and it is warm enough to take the sweatshirt off. That said, it is only this kind of cold for maybe 10 days all year. I think one would have to be a real wuss to think that any kind of space heater is a must for those few 'cold' days. Now I will admit that taking a shower in the AM and PM does cause some trepidation (and some shrinkage) but that's part of the Thai experience here in the North.

The image of you padding around wearing nothing but a pair of socks not one which I actually want in my mind .....

[laolover88]

Fracking 24/7. Is that the right word?

[cooked]

I turn on the car's heating, half heartedly, in the morning when going into town at 7am. Coming back 45 minutes later I turn the heating off. Maximum 10 days a year. That was the winter for those that hadn't noticed. The thick bed cover has gone back into its box now.

If I were to worry about heating, I would buy a fan heater, good for filling space and gathering dust for 355 days a year.

[uptheos]

Dont need nothing to "heat" here, except for cooking.

I second that

[Donnievino]

Live in Chiang Mai and definitely don't need to heat my home although sometimes when I tell the wife I am going to turn on the fan she says she Is cold.

[Jdietz]

Local Tesco had these a while back, 10 minutes on full will drive you out of the bedroom, sweating.

http://www.tesco.com/direct/wl44001-warmlite-2000w-fan-heater-thermo/386-1767.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=386-1767

[bazza40]

Drink Lao Ka and I guarantee you won't feel the cold......

[kannot]

I burn all the furniture but find it easier to OPEN the windows