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What are some tips for keeping a master bedroom warm?
I live in a two story colonial. My master bedroom is in the upstairs facing north and west. Too cold inside.
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Make sure that you have good insulation. Seal near windows, fans, and doors.
Small space heater designed for indoors/small spaces. I couldn't have lived without it when I still lived with my parents.
Other, more "creative" ways to stay warm include:
Wear socks to bed.
Buy some Adult-sized feety pajamas.
Drink hot tea/chocolate/milk/toddy before bed.
Get a dog/significant other to share the bed with.
Microwaveable hot packs or hot water bottles in bed
Other, more "creative" ways to stay warm include:
Wear socks to bed.
Buy some Adult-sized feety pajamas.
Drink hot tea/chocolate/milk/toddy before bed.
Get a dog/significant other to share the bed with.
Microwaveable hot packs or hot water bottles in bed
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Is it carpeted? That can make a surprisingly large difference, also, well insulated modern windows make a large difference. Beyond that, your best bang for the buck is making sure the walls and roof are well insulated.
Carpet and windows are your two biggest allies, and there are ways to better insulate a window short of outright replacing old ones. You can also generally feel for drafts and cold spots to get a good idea where the heat is escaping.
Carpet and windows are your two biggest allies, and there are ways to better insulate a window short of outright replacing old ones. You can also generally feel for drafts and cold spots to get a good idea where the heat is escaping.
* At night close the door and close the window shades. You body(s) generate a surprising amount of heat and closing the door and window shades will help keep the heat within the room.
* Get an electric space heater.
* Get an electric space heater.
1. Thick curtains or drapes on the windows.
2. Make sure your windows don't have drafts coming in... you can test this by holding a candle around the edges of the window. If you have cold air coming in you've got to solve that or your fighting a losing battle.
3. Rugs will warms the place up.
4. Door seals will keep drafts from the rest of the house form coming in.
5. A small space heater works really well if you've done the above. I suggest the Vornado which really moves air around and is quiet as hell.
http://www.vornado.com/CategoryDetail.aspx?ISC_Category=Heaters
6. Extra blankets (obviously).
7. PJs
8. Snuggle with your puppies (yes, that's me below with Fondue!).
2. Make sure your windows don't have drafts coming in... you can test this by holding a candle around the edges of the window. If you have cold air coming in you've got to solve that or your fighting a losing battle.
3. Rugs will warms the place up.
4. Door seals will keep drafts from the rest of the house form coming in.
5. A small space heater works really well if you've done the above. I suggest the Vornado which really moves air around and is quiet as hell.
http://www.vornado.com/CategoryDetail.aspx?ISC_Category=Heaters
6. Extra blankets (obviously).
7. PJs
8. Snuggle with your puppies (yes, that's me below with Fondue!).
I would have voted for this answer, but the screen said "0 answers" until I voted no best answer. This has happened once before. I only record this here in preparation for eventual brown belt judgment day.
There are several levels of effort here, let me give some summaries for each.
Passive (Insulation): Make sure your windows and doors are well sealed. Install weather-stripping, make sure the window seals are good. Once you've done that, think about sealing the window with an additional layer of stretch-film plastic (like the Frost King kits they sell, including tape, for a few dollars, at Lowes/Home Deport/Menards/Ace). You won't be able to access the window for adjusting blinds/shades or opening or closing the window itself (unless you use an outdoor sealing kit, which would require you to get on a ladder for the 2nd floor). But this does definitely help a lot.
Beyond this, passively you can look into blow in insulation into the walls of the room, if your insulation was originally poor. Some new foam insulations make only very small holes. The insulation installers will probably re-seal any holes, but just to let you know. Look for formaldehyde free insulation materials for better health, like treated cellulose.
If you have a very long duct run to the room, consider insulating the duct anywhere it is unconditioned/poorly conditioned space (like running through the attic, or through a basement/crawl space that is cold). Warm air from your furnace can lose a lot of hear running through these cold areas, and thus cannot give as much heat to your room.
Active methods: Install a duct fan or booster to get more warm air through the existing duct. Something like these http://www.atrendyhome.com/durebofan.html can help you add heat, without requiring anything more than lifting out the current register and replacing it with the fan unit.
Use a space heater. My assistant bought two of these for his house, and significantly cut his gas bill. http://www.amazon.com/DeLonghi-HHP1500-Mica-Panel-Radiator/dp/B000G1CY02/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1231906560&sr=8-5 He attached them to the walls, and they look nice and warm the two rooms he is most often in quite well. Space heaters have some safety concerns, these are not huge, but be sure to read the manuals and follow the directions.. You could also consider a heated/electric blanket to stay warm while in bed, but this won't warm the room as a whole.
Good luck!
Passive (Insulation): Make sure your windows and doors are well sealed. Install weather-stripping, make sure the window seals are good. Once you've done that, think about sealing the window with an additional layer of stretch-film plastic (like the Frost King kits they sell, including tape, for a few dollars, at Lowes/Home Deport/Menards/Ace). You won't be able to access the window for adjusting blinds/shades or opening or closing the window itself (unless you use an outdoor sealing kit, which would require you to get on a ladder for the 2nd floor). But this does definitely help a lot.
Beyond this, passively you can look into blow in insulation into the walls of the room, if your insulation was originally poor. Some new foam insulations make only very small holes. The insulation installers will probably re-seal any holes, but just to let you know. Look for formaldehyde free insulation materials for better health, like treated cellulose.
If you have a very long duct run to the room, consider insulating the duct anywhere it is unconditioned/poorly conditioned space (like running through the attic, or through a basement/crawl space that is cold). Warm air from your furnace can lose a lot of hear running through these cold areas, and thus cannot give as much heat to your room.
Active methods: Install a duct fan or booster to get more warm air through the existing duct. Something like these http://www.atrendyhome.com/durebofan.html can help you add heat, without requiring anything more than lifting out the current register and replacing it with the fan unit.
Use a space heater. My assistant bought two of these for his house, and significantly cut his gas bill. http://www.amazon.com/DeLonghi-HHP1500-Mica-Panel-Radiator/dp/B000G1CY02/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1231906560&sr=8-5 He attached them to the walls, and they look nice and warm the two rooms he is most often in quite well. Space heaters have some safety concerns, these are not huge, but be sure to read the manuals and follow the directions.. You could also consider a heated/electric blanket to stay warm while in bed, but this won't warm the room as a whole.
Good luck!
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Insulating my own home in the midwest with many of these methods. Friends and coworkers only struggles to keep things warm.
Insulating my own home in the midwest with many of these methods. Friends and coworkers only struggles to keep things warm.
Here's one I don't see mentioned : move your thermostat. Keep in mind that the thermostat is controlling a large portion of your house (whatever the 'zone' is, depending on how many you have), but it is turning itself on/off based on its own local temperature. So if your thermostat is in a particularly warm part of the house (for instance a small inside room) then it will turn itself off before the outer, larger rooms get heated.
We had this problem in my new house because one of the children's bedrooms was getting a good 3 to 4 degrees colder than the others. We had the thermostat moved to a more central location between the rooms, and it substantially improved the situation.
If you want one room to always be the "right" temperature, put the thermostat in that room. But understand, that will impact the rest of the house.
It is a professional job to move a thermostat, but one visit from a heating/cooling technician will help you optimize the spot to put it and you'll never have to worry about it again.
We had this problem in my new house because one of the children's bedrooms was getting a good 3 to 4 degrees colder than the others. We had the thermostat moved to a more central location between the rooms, and it substantially improved the situation.
If you want one room to always be the "right" temperature, put the thermostat in that room. But understand, that will impact the rest of the house.
It is a professional job to move a thermostat, but one visit from a heating/cooling technician will help you optimize the spot to put it and you'll never have to worry about it again.
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Personal experience.
Personal experience.
If you would just like to keep warm while sleeping, a heated mattress pad is an easy solution. This one has dual controls:
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