Heaters

[tickle gamer]

Hi All! I got inspired to do this post after seeing Mitchell's weather post.

When you have to use heat, what type do you use? [electric, gas, ETC]

As for me, I use a mix of electric baseboard heaters and wood.

 

[milagros317]

I live in an apartment building which has an oil-burning boiler in the basement which runs a heating system with steam radiators.

 

[Bugman]

Electric, which is included in my rent.

 

[paracarl44]

Hot water heated by natural gas.

 

[BlasterMaster]

Electric, which is not included in my rent. 🙁

 

[Bator]

I live in a 3 story stone farmhouse which I inherited from my late parents. Electric, with a wood furnace for backup, a fireplace, plus a gasoline generator just in case there is a power outage. It gets seriously friggin cold here during the winter months.

 

[teamtickleguy]

I used to live in an old Victorian terrace, which had storage heaters... not particularly good value when you consider effectiveness versus expense. The house also had a log burner, which was lovely as a feature and was certainly effective at heating the room in which it was situated.

Now I have a gas fired boiler for central heating and radiators in all rooms. It's much easier to manage on a day to bay basis via timed periods and minimum/maximum temperature settings to over-ride preset times.

It also helps me maintain humidity levels for my indoor plants.

I have a thermal duvet too, if that counts 🙂

I get frustrated at work with some people's approach to the air-conditioning - less well-informed colleagues arrive in the morning and go "oh isn't it cold today" and without giving their body a chance to adjust to the indoor temperature they go whacking up the air-conditioning to heat to something ridiculous like 30 degrees and then leave it like that, thinking that if they decrease it or start from a more sensible level, they won't achieve a consistent temperature, but of course they would if they gave it a chance and it would much more comfortable for everyone concerned and wouldn't blow up so many compressors on the outside plant that runs the air-con system! Rant over 🙂