Morning Cup Of Coffee And Weather

It was 30F when I woke up this morning. It’s steadily heading down to 20 by midnight and the low tomorrow morning will be 14. Then 72 hours later it will be in the 40’s. I think it’s been three months since it was in the 40’s.
 
dustinp said:
Yeah, when we were first getting started and living in a 12 yr old 10x48 two bedroom mobile home for five years while saving our nickels and dimes to build, I ended up fashioning some skirting out of some painted chipboard and banking the snow around it to keep the wind from pulling all the heat out from under the trailer. What a huge difference it made in both comfort, and furnace run time.
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Did you have one of the 'dragon' heaters --- I don't know who made them, but they fit in a closet size opening and just were RIPPING hot. Mobile homes are completely different than RV's in so many ways....but freezing pipes, and bad heaters are common to both :) Have several family members who lived in mobile homes...they are an adventure to be sure!


Tour 931 said:
I have in-floor radiant heat and I love it. No drafts and no noise plus it’s always the right temperature. Since it takes so long to warm up I just leave it at 68F.
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I'd love to have radiant. Especially in my b . athroom - warm tile floors - can't beat it! I keep mine at 72 -- but thats completely different than Radiant. Have you done a comparison of cost to operates? I'm curiuos which is more efficent -- forced air or radiant. I'm going to guess its radiant as you wouldn' thave the constant warm/cool cycles....

I can see the nose-to-tail conga line of cats beause most asuredly, they would find the warmest section of the floor. As I write this, I have 1 bathroom floor register that is the gathering point for several every morning as we wake up the house...sometimes resulting in skirmishes. The fact there is a baseboard register 6 feet away in the next room that they ignore is a little strange.

Van_and_Terri said:
During my earlier aviation career as an A&P we had floor radiant heat in the hangar. More than one mechanic fell asleep on the floor!
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As close to that as I can come is the raised floor data center, where we found the output of the chillers kept certain adult beverages and the perfect temperature :)

We're at 38 right now with absolutely clear blue skies. Temperatures should be edging up near mid 40's and possibly even the 50's and mid 50's early next week. I'm so ready for a slight break in the temperatures.
 
Sweeney said:
Did you have one of the 'dragon' heaters --- I don't know who made them, but they fit in a closet size opening and just were RIPPING hot. Mobile homes are completely different than RV's in so many ways....but freezing pipes, and bad heaters are common to both :) Have several family members who lived in mobile homes...they are an adventure to be sure!




I'd love to have radiant. Especially in my b . athroom - warm tile floors - can't beat it! I keep mine at 72 -- but thats completely different than Radiant. Have you done a comparison of cost to operates? I'm curiuos which is more efficent -- forced air or radiant. I'm going to guess its radiant as you wouldn' thave the constant warm/cool cycles....

I can see the nose-to-tail conga line of cats beause most asuredly, they would find the warmest section of the floor. As I write this, I have 1 bathroom floor register that is the gathering point for several every morning as we wake up the house...sometimes resulting in skirmishes. The fact there is a baseboard register 6 feet away in the next room that they ignore is a little strange.



As close to that as I can come is the raised floor data center, where we found the output of the chillers kept certain adult beverages and the perfect temperature :)

We're at 38 right now with absolutely clear blue skies. Temperatures should be edging up near mid 40's and possibly even the 50's and mid 50's early next week. I'm so ready for a slight break in the temperatures.
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I’m sure floor radiant is the most cost effective. With forced air most of the heat rises to the ceiling. Anyone that has changed a ceiling light bulb knows that. But the heat rises slow from the floor and it’s not so warm up there.
 
DO I do it? Dare I try it?!

Overnight low 37 -- 58 degrees on day 1, 60 on day 2. I wouldn't have to winterize...No bathrooms - thats OK - I've got that covered. I'd need to filly propane tank, easy ....
 
Sweeney said:
Did you have one of the 'dragon' heaters --- I don't know who made them, but they fit in a closet size opening and just were RIPPING hot. Mobile homes are completely different than RV's in so many ways....but freezing pipes, and bad heaters are common to both :) Have several family members who lived in mobile homes...they are an adventure to be sure!
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No dragon heater, it just had a wall furnace in the hallway, so we kept all the doors to the bedrooms and bath open to keep the air circulating, and the lower kitchen cupboard doors open on the coldest nights and let the faucets drip to help keep the pipes from freezing. It was an adventure, but we had good neighbors, didn't feel deprived, and knew it was for a limited period of time.

Been pruning some of our firestick plants and transplanting the cuttings.
 

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