Comments on: What We’ve Been Doing http://urmovingwhere.com/2009/05/16/what-weve-been-doing/ Adventures of an Expat Family in Uruguay...err Bariloche, Argentina...um Córdoba. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:02:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elaine http://urmovingwhere.com/2009/05/16/what-weve-been-doing/comment-page-1/#comment-1016 Elaine Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:24:04 +0000 http://urmovingwhere.com/?p=554#comment-1016 why oh why do Uruguayans not build heating systems in to their buildings?! Some think it strange when there is just one central heating for the whole building...trying my building where they put NOTHING! and apparently this is very common! The Uruguayan answer to why is "Uruguay is a poor country"...so, you're just going to freeze to death? They all dress like eskimos both outside and inside! Its the weirdest system I have ever come across! why oh why do Uruguayans not build heating systems in to their buildings?! Some think it strange when there is just one central heating for the whole building…trying my building where they put NOTHING! and apparently this is very common! The Uruguayan answer to why is “Uruguay is a poor country”…so, you’re just going to freeze to death?

They all dress like eskimos both outside and inside! Its the weirdest system I have ever come across!

]]> By: Lisa http://urmovingwhere.com/2009/05/16/what-weve-been-doing/comment-page-1/#comment-497 Lisa Sun, 17 May 2009 15:42:17 +0000 http://urmovingwhere.com/?p=554#comment-497 Hi Santiago, It's pretty common here for houses not to have central heat (apartments usually have central heat). There are individual heating/cooling units in each bedroom that they call a "Split" that can heat, cool, fan and dehumidify, depending on what is needed. I will write about this some day. Other than that, there is a wood burning fireplace in the living room that we haven't had going yet but nothing in the kitchen or bathroom for heat. The windows are single pane glass, so it gets drafty and cold at night. Really there are only a few months that get cold here and cold is a relative term (40's at night). Coming from the northern part of the US, this cold is nothing!! Space heaters are also cheap and available everywhere. We'll see how our electric bills increase when heating is added in!! Lisa Hi Santiago,
It’s pretty common here for houses not to have central heat (apartments usually have central heat). There are individual heating/cooling units in each bedroom that they call a “Split” that can heat, cool, fan and dehumidify, depending on what is needed. I will write about this some day. Other than that, there is a wood burning fireplace in the living room that we haven’t had going yet but nothing in the kitchen or bathroom for heat. The windows are single pane glass, so it gets drafty and cold at night. Really there are only a few months that get cold here and cold is a relative term (40′s at night). Coming from the northern part of the US, this cold is nothing!!
Space heaters are also cheap and available everywhere. We’ll see how our electric bills increase when heating is added in!!
Lisa

]]> By: Santiago http://urmovingwhere.com/2009/05/16/what-weve-been-doing/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Santiago Sun, 17 May 2009 13:59:57 +0000 http://urmovingwhere.com/?p=554#comment-494 Hows the heating situation? Only one room heated..? How is the rest of the home kept warm..or is it needed? Hows the heating situation? Only one room heated..? How is the rest of the home kept warm..or is it needed?

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