warmsecondrinse
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Yes, definitely climate but also individual differences. For example, I frequently have cold feet while the rest of me is more than warm enough. I suspect I'd be an ideal spokesman for radiant floor heat, lol. I've seen electric radiant heat floor kits that can be used when putting down a new floor of almost any type. They're not for all situations but do allow for warm floors in situations once impossible or did not make economic sense.
Another factor that sounds bizarre is that of fuel availability. In many places any given fuel is either available reliably or not at all. It's very cut and dry. In other times/places, not so much. My cousins in Poland spent years building a house during the waning years of the communist regime. Fuel supplies were not reliable at all. Their heating system was hot water baseboard fired by TWO different boilers: One was gas. The other could burn either coal or wood. Both boilers had hot water coils for domestic supply. There were 2 tankless hot water heaters, one gas and one electric. To top it off, each room on the first floor had an electric outlet on its own circuit next to a window. Stored away were electric radiators that could be brought out and used in the event other fuels were not available. I forget the wattage, but they were the highest conventional plug-in radiators available at that time. Talk about back-ups having back-ups!
Jim
Another factor that sounds bizarre is that of fuel availability. In many places any given fuel is either available reliably or not at all. It's very cut and dry. In other times/places, not so much. My cousins in Poland spent years building a house during the waning years of the communist regime. Fuel supplies were not reliable at all. Their heating system was hot water baseboard fired by TWO different boilers: One was gas. The other could burn either coal or wood. Both boilers had hot water coils for domestic supply. There were 2 tankless hot water heaters, one gas and one electric. To top it off, each room on the first floor had an electric outlet on its own circuit next to a window. Stored away were electric radiators that could be brought out and used in the event other fuels were not available. I forget the wattage, but they were the highest conventional plug-in radiators available at that time. Talk about back-ups having back-ups!
Jim