by Hélène G » 24/10/09, 10:42
Hello
Clothing: Well, I did not know this principle that should not exceed 3 layers of clothing; it would be necessary to know how to mix the molding layers, the loose and airy layers, the thick or thin layers; I think that the first layer should be woolly (the problem is that the wool stings a little skin, then a thick sweater with turtleneck but ventilated, then I think a thick garment but ample enough to trap hot air; it is cold at home I keep my fleece jacket (which is in principle an outdoor clothing), it is ample but closed.
Our friends sheep and other llamas face the cold weather with their thick woolen layer; you can also put on a sheepskin jacket. rustic but very effective.
For the legs: go to the ski department of the sports shops the padded pants.
Gloves: If you need quality gloves for the outside, you can also wear small gloves for the inside, but the problem is that you can not work with: neither writing nor typing; One can, by searching, to find with the well-stocked rays of some stores knitted gloves whose the end of the fingers is truncated, which makes it possible to use a pc. The trouble is that on most of this type of gloves, only 4 fingers on 5 are trimmed, the remaining thumb covered. I only found gloves once with the tips of the 5 fingers cut off. If you do not find what you want in store you can sacrifice a pair of old gloves and cut the five ends.
The temperature I usually have indoors in winter varies, depending on how cold it is outside and the seriousness with which I keep my fire, between 11 ° and 15 °. I make little fire for not burning unnecessarily if I have to go right and left. On the other hand if I have to work on my PC I make a good fire and especially I pull my radiator oil bath 60 cm of me; you can not be cold with a radiator on wheels nearby unless you are in a very large room where all the heat is scattered.
The worst that I experienced at the temperature level was due to a power cut due to bad weather, which lasted 6 days. It was -7 ° outside, and I had no electricity (so no heat or light). Wood heating but only habitable room: the room where the chimney was; in distant rooms I had 2 °, with frost in the morning on the inside of the windows.
Outfit worn = outfit. At dusk: in bed with socks, hat and scarf.
"Closed" beds: Do you know what closed beds were used by people in certain areas? They were beds in wooden boxes, with sliding facades to access them; the canopy bed is on the same principle: to have a bed that closes, in this case with hangings.
If you have a room that is too cold or if you want to save on heating, the "closed bed" system is very good, because the volume to be heated is not the volume of the room but the volume enclosed above the bed.
A very simple and quick way to make a closed bed is to buy two bunk beds in a furniture store. Only the bottom bed will be used (as bed closed by draperies); the top bed will serve as storage for extra mattresses and textiles; this layer of textiles placed on the upper bed will serve as thermal insulation. Then we deploy from the upper bed a thick wall hanging around the bed. A quarter of an hour before going to bed, we will close the curtain and we will put into operation inside a mini radiator blowing, which will heat the bed very quickly. By the time you go to bed, it will be off as well as the rest of the heating of the house because why heat the night, apart to get the frost?
Small parts: This idea joins the idea of the closed bed for the night. I think the smaller a room is, the easier it is to heat and keep the heat. When it's really cold, I stop working on my laptop in my downstairs room that makes 15 m² to go upstairs in a small office that I have, which has wooden walls and has a surface of only 7 m²; to get hot in this room just turn on the heater for half an hour; then it's hot for several hours. It may be interesting to reclose a room a little large or part of attic to install a small office-TV room in which we are well, even with insufficient heating.
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