How does insulation work?
During the summer I get around a 12° differential average but now it is winter and I don't even have 8° differential
Does cold come up from below? My floor is not insulated and the under the house is exposed to the wind. Is that why
How can I heat my home for free? I had a kerosene heater but the last time I used it, something wrong because it smelled terrible and I felt sick after
Skirt that trailer man
Kerosene heaters need maintained
Take the heat chamber off, raise the wick and get the calcified shit off of it. Use a stiff wire brush. Or remove it and trim the hard black shit off. Frick who can afford kerosene.
>Does cold come up from below? My floor is not insulated and the under the house is exposed to the wind. Is that why
Yes. Definitely insulate the floor and cover the exposed area
Any thermal bridge will let in cold.
The wind will chill the house a lot, so you want to insulate it to avoid heat loss.
There can be many solutions to get better insulation. Something that shields the wind around the walls of your house is going to help a lot. Like for example a tall hedge or a fence not more than a couple of meters from the walls outside (the side from where the wind normally blows is of course the most important to shield). (you don't want to shield off completely underneath your house, or else you could get a lot of moisture there and get bad mold)
Also, in the winter the sun is not up for as many hours and is lower in the horizon. This means that you're not getting as much sunlight in through your windows which traps it like a greenhouse in the summer.
I believe that wood is the cheapest way to heat your house if you have an efficient stove. At least it is in Europe.
The most efficient types are mass stoves, they're also the most convenient (in most cases) because you practically only need to fire it up once a day and it's very efficient (though it takes a long time to heat up from cold). Some of them can stay warm for several days. It depends on how much mass you give them and how hot the stove can get.
Doesn’t know dick about wood stoves
Ok I'll see if I can repair the heater
i think it will cost too much to fix the insulation, I will do it later
The heater seems to be better
I think it was just dirty inside, I wiped everything down with a damp cloth but the lid has lots of stuff burnt onto it and cannot come clean.
Maybe if was the lid that smelled bad. I want to see if I can get one which doubles as a cook surface to replace it.
What the frick you're going to have a nice day, those are not made for constant indoor use
Where you suppose to use it outside. Is this safety boomer again? Aren’t you suppose to be at Home Depot with your little flags clearing the way for the big, heavy dangerous fork lift ? I doubt seriously this guys shack is air tight he’s not going to gas himself
Where did I say you're supposed to use it outside? Point it out in my post. I'd use one in my uninsulated 1,200 sq/ft barn that's practically unsealed but not in my fricking house because I'm not a stupid Black person.
Wrong again shit for brains. For one trying to heat 1200 sq ft with open trusses is just stupid. Secondly these heaters are perfectlyfine in a house not so much in a closed bathroom. Take your sky is falling chicken shit down the road you old fat pussy
You need to clean the wick it’s right below the glowing heat chamber.
I'll check it out, not sure how to clean it though, I could like scrape it with a brass brush till it looks ok.
I have a co meter, and I'm using the super pure kerosene that burns cleanly.
wait what part of this do I clean, it looks alright to me
It still smells pretty bad so I think maybe my kerosene went bad, not sure
Wick looks fine these things given off an odor regardless, especially if you crank the wick too high. You’ll know because it will start smoking
That may be it, I ran it pretty low and it smelled fine. The flame is uneven though, only shows up in some spots. I think it's damaged by the lighter
I will look into fixing the floor insulation in the summer, some is still there while a lot of it has fallen down
Would it make a significant difference to make it air tight from the direction of the wind? I could do that as a small winter project
Also, I do know this is PrepHole, I'm not blindly taking personal safety calls from here. I understand there are risks and concerns with any open flames inside a house. The manufacturer of the heater says its designed for home use, and I have a co meter. I also add a bit of air circulation and only operate it while I am awake and nearby.
Most of the time I don't need it but it's been dropping to 2°c in the morning due to a minor winter freeze
*2°c indoors
Another voice that those things will have a certain amount of diesel smell even if all set up right.
Theyre more of a survival solution tho. Heat is valuable, in any form. Its rarely free. (Passive solar)
You have to insulate every inch.
Up north, r30 ceilings and floors, r21 walls is pretty standard.
For you, id get a 1500w space heater and make a cave.
Not sure where you are/access to straw bales but a layer of straw all along the base of the trailer is what you see around here
The mice love it tho
Heat transfers through 3 main mechanisms:
>radiation
The energy moves directly through the space and heats up whatever it impacts. A good example is how direct sunlight heats up surfaces
>conduction
The heat energy moves through an object. Metals are very good at conducting heat, like how a metal handle on a pan on the stove can burn you - the heat is conducted directly into your skin.
>convection
The movement of a heated gas/liquid. Think about putting your hand near a hot radiator (radiation), vs a space heater with a fan (convection).
To keep heat in your house, the main ones you want to focus on are conduction and convection. When the wind blows under your trailer, it replaces the blanket of somewhat warmed air with fresh cold air. The heat is then conducted out through your floor, since you have no insulation to stop it. Imagine sleeping in a hammock with a fan pointed at the underside of it. You'd get cold, even if you had a blanket (a form of insulation) on top.
Your home could be thought of as a baby that needs to stay warm, and the insulation is the blanket you wrap it in.
Basically, insulation slows down the transfer of heat, so that it stays where you want it and doesn't escape to the cold