• 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.networkEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Central heating (and insulation) is not common here. And cold weather rarely lasts longer than two weeks. We make do with small space heaters at need and I’ve got the space heater I’m using under my desk right now, keeping my legs nice and toasty. But the thick wooden desk is insulating quite well from the heat source, sadly.

        • 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.networkEnglish
          4·
          2 days ago

          The pipes tend to be insulated, the temperatures don’t really get very low (coldest I’ve ever seen is -10° and that was for a couple of hours), and that’s at night, and the cold “season” is very short. It takes time to freeze pipes, and here it just doesn’t get cold enough to do that.

      • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Mostly insulation, then. My space heater is also below my desk, but keeps the entire room toasty warm.

        They’re heavy. Indeed that’s part of their appeal, but if you carry multiple sets it can get a bit unpleasant. Sometimes my purse feels like I’m carrying several sets of knuckle dusters or something.

        How many sets are you carrying around all the time? 😂

        • 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.networkEnglish
          5·
          2 days ago

          Usually only the one, but if I’m going to run a game I’ll bring several sets because there’s always someone (possibly more than one) who doesn’t have one.

          And yes, there’s no insulation anywhere here. The walls are mostly concrete (with plaster, etc. over top, natch) and when cold weather hits actively start to radiate cold. (I know, I know, technically they’re sucking heat out, but it FEELS radiative!). All the windows are single-glaze and they’re not particularly well-sealed either, so drafts are common.