How cold does it get here in winter?
The outside temperatures are normally very pleasant especially in the sunshine.
The story changes when you move inside your rustic stone house or more modern looking house of ten years old or more.
I a country were people have been brought up with no insulation AT ALL in their homes it has taken some time for the Portuguese to regard thermal insulation of properties as “value for money” It is very common to see older people wearing coats in their houses with the doors and windows wide open in order to bring into the house the last warmth of the afternoon.
Many houses which should have had insulation installed (to comply with building regulations) did not have it put in during the build to save money!!!
So if you have bought an old stone house or an older modern looking house what can you do.
One solution could be a wood burning stove, possibly running radiators or under floor heating pipes from it. Or electric under floor heating such as Warmup which you may have seen in B&Q in the UK and wall mounted electric radiators.
http://www.technorati.com/blogs/www.warmup.com
The worst of all heating is an open fire due to the draughts they cause, huge amount of wood required and the low amount of heat they produce.
Gas or oil central heating can also be installed.
DH Property Lda 
January 27, 2009 at 7:54 pm |
Get the sun shades out, Slap on the sun screen and Relax.
Climate scientists have predicted that 2009 is set to be one of the five warmest years on record.
The average global temperature for 2009 is expected to be more than 0.4C above the long term average, the Met Office and University of East Anglia researchers said.
The Met Office also predicted a rapid return to long-term warming for global temperatures and an increased probability of record temperatures after 2009.
Currently the warmest year on record is 1998, which saw average temperatures of 14.52C – well above the 1961 to 1990 long-term average of 14C.
Professor Phil Jones, director of the climate research unit at the University of East Anglia, said: “The fact that 2009, like 2008, will not break records does not mean that global warming has gone away.
“What matters is the underlying rate of warming – the period 2001-2007, with an average of 14.44C, was 0.21C warmer than corresponding values for the period 1991-2000.”