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Reba said:
You mean you go down to the basement every time you need a few ice cubes for a drink?
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Yes, it´s not just ice cubes but canned cat foods, bottle of juices, mineral water, vegetables, etc. I go down a lot. I see no problem to go down to the basement... ;) Don´t you know that it´s good exercise for you go down and then up? ;) Of course we have 3 rooms in basement, I go down alot for laundry, sport, hobby, etc.

We don't have a basement, and the garage is much too hot in the summer. That won't work for us.
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It sounds that you have wood or cupboard to built garage? Correct? The brick garage would be cool, not wood or cupboard because it would make room too hot. Yes we have hot summer here in Germany but the room is still cool in garage and basement.

My garage is built with grey brick.. it help room cool... and the same as basement as well... They built basement with white brick to help room cool.. and then change from white brick when they finished with basement then red brick to keep the room warm.
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Really any houses, especially that almost every mobile homes don't have basement, and they generally have crawl space underneath. This is the WORST energy waste. No matter how hard you try, your floor always stays cold, thus making you feel colder in your house! Houses with basement that is heated tend to make your house feel warmer and uses less energy to heat it!
Trying to overinsulate can make it worse. When you do "Overinsulate" you'd create condensation problem and this can cause mildew and mold problem and CAN kill you.

No, covering oil tank won't help at all. The oil does not care how cold it is. When it meets oxygen and the lighter it burst in flame toward to about 1,800 degrees. So, it won't make any difference how cold the oil is... with ONE exception... That is IF oil is in where they drop to 50 degrees below zero fahriet (Sp), then oil can't catch fire.

Y said:
EEk about the oil/heating costs Sigh...

I wonder if you can install these "pink insulation stuff"
or anything to protect and keep your mobile home
warm ? If NOT, then how will you make
your mobile home warm and comfortable
without having to use extra oil/heater ?
You just mentioned that the tank is outside,
then Would this be possible for you to get
someone build a wooden shed to cover
the tank ? Perhaps this would help ...
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Oh really, aw shucks !
It looks like that this is IMPOSSIBLE
to keep her mobile home Warm.
Right ?
 
Right. Only way to keep your trailer toasty warm is to heat the crawl space, but again it costs money anyway.

Y said:
Oh really, aw shucks !
It looks like that this is IMPOSSIBLE
to keep her mobile home Warm.
Right ?
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Yea that sucks. I know but I am warm in my house anyway. The only rooms are not warm cuz I closed it off to keep the other room warmer then to have the entire house warm to save my oil. Yea I set it at 67 during the day and 64 during the nite. It help then to set at 70.

Some day I will move again to look for a house and will have a pellet stove to put in. My next door neighbor have one and boy it was really good. It does save you lot of money then to buy oil. My neighbor told me that he save lot of money. He buy about $400 to $500 worth of wood pellet for the entire winter. Yea that is better then asking for a full tank of oil for a 8 weeks worth of oil.



Y said:
Oh really, aw shucks !
It looks like that this is IMPOSSIBLE
to keep her mobile home Warm.
Right ?
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Wow. The mobile homes. I am surprised to hear that. I think that they should install foam insulation under the mobile homes. I have seen some websites about filling up crawl spaces with the foam. It should be worth it.
 
Not really going to help much. Remember the rule, warm air ALWAYS rises. So if you don't have any heat below floor, and you add insulation in there, there is STILL no heat in there to rise to keep the floor warm.
Simple trick is to add insulation below and have the heating element on top of the insulation to radiate the floor, then THAT would work. BUT it would cost money with energy you used to run that kind of heating system. The cheapest would be if you got outdoor furnace (The unit cost starting at $3k!) then you run water with antifreeze in the system and run them under the floor. Throw in firewood in outdoor furnace, your floor will be kept toasty warm. But again, the cost to install them could easily be around $10,000 dollars. Worth it? You decide!

webexplorer said:
Wow. The mobile homes. I am surprised to hear that. I think that they should install foam insulation under the mobile homes. I have seen some websites about filling up crawl spaces with the foam. It should be worth it.
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Liebling:-))) said:
... Don´t you know that it´s good exercise for you go down and then up? ;)
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Yes, I know that. We have a two-story house, so I go up and down stairs all the time. :)


It sounds that you have wood or cupboard to built garage? Correct? The brick garage would be cool, not wood or cupboard because it would make room too hot. Yes we have hot summer here in Germany but the room is still cool in garage and basement.
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Our house and attached garage is concrete slab foundation with brick facade, wood framing, and vinyl siding. ("Cupboards" in America are cabinets; do you mean "clapboard" siding?) In the summertime, the garage is a little cooler than the outdoors because it is shaded but it is still hot and humid. When the outdoor temperature is in the 90's degrees, and the humidity is in the 90's percent, then the heat index is like 120 degrees. The garage is like a "cool" 85 degrees. That is really not very cool.

We can't have basements in the Lowcountry; the water table is too high.
 
True but also have to remmy that you need air circulation under the mobile home otherwise it would cuz moisture in the house. I dont need that. Outside furance. Hummmm dunno I want to go outside to had more fuel to it. But I would go for pellet stove. That would work for me. To install would be around 2,000 dollars. Not bad. But I gotta get in my mobile home. I am waiting for my mom's house to be sold then look for a house. That way I will get one for my new home.

diehardbiker65 said:
Not really going to help much. Remember the rule, warm air ALWAYS rises. So if you don't have any heat below floor, and you add insulation in there, there is STILL no heat in there to rise to keep the floor warm.
Simple trick is to add insulation below and have the heating element on top of the insulation to radiate the floor, then THAT would work. BUT it would cost money with energy you used to run that kind of heating system. The cheapest would be if you got outdoor furnace (The unit cost starting at $3k!) then you run water with antifreeze in the system and run them under the floor. Throw in firewood in outdoor furnace, your floor will be kept toasty warm. But again, the cost to install them could easily be around $10,000 dollars. Worth it? You decide!
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Pomeranian said:
True but also have to remmy that you need air circulation under the mobile home otherwise it would cuz moisture in the house. I dont need that. Outside furance. Hummmm dunno I want to go outside to had more fuel to it. But I would go for pellet stove. That would work for me. To install would be around 2,000 dollars. Not bad. But I gotta get in my mobile home. I am waiting for my mom's house to be sold then look for a house. That way I will get one for my new home.
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If your town zoning law does not allow you to have a pellet stove in your mobile home, (who knows) how about this one: http://www.suncloud.com .
 
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