• Droechai@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    You shouldnt let the house go below 14-isch degrees since that would create kondensation that might hurt the structure or promote fungal growth. My house is between 15 to 20 degrees in winter and at 15 I can feel my body stiffen due to cold

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      If I had a choice mate I wouldn’t let it haha. I live in Australia, we make houses that don’t qualify as tents in the rest of the world.

      No real insulation (tiny amount in roof but downlights punch a hole through it), single glazed windows, doors that don’t seal. Power costs too much to run heating :') it’s good shit.

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        One of my coworkers is an Aussie and we live somewhere that the winters hover around 0 C. I was trying to explain that snow here is annoying but it never feels truly cold, and the incredulous facial expression I got back reminded me of the vastly different experiences of humanity.

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          When I moved to Los Angeles, I opened a bank account and while chatting with the bank employee, I found out she’d never seen snow up close. She’d only ever seen it on the mountains in the distance. That boggled my mind.

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          I have had friends from colder places come stay and say they’ve never felt as bitterly cold as winter in Sydney.

          When I spent some time in the snowfields in aus I was actually warm. Turns out if you build houses properly you don’t even really need much heating. Residual heat from cooking and body heat hangs around for a long time, we’d only light the fire mornings and evenings.