From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Sun Dec 19 2004 - 13:51:51 PST
At 2:22 PM -0500 12/19/04, Glenn Shaw wrote:
>Hi Wayne
>
>And I always though that New England weather was crazy. I never think of
>Georgia and Florida in terms of 20 degree temps. Are home heating systems
>even desgined to deal with that normally down there?
Depends on the house. Usually houses are built
pretty solid. Insulation against heat is just as
useful against insulation against cold, so in
addition to being cool in the summer, they can be
pretty warm in the winter. There's not as much
emphasis on some of the systems up north, most
heat is natural gas or propane if you're in the
middle of no-where (or don't want to be on the
grid). Some houses have electric heat pumps (like
my neighbors). Usually its a natural gas/central
air system.
My grandparents house in Albany, Ga always stayed
nice and warm in the winter. That was a much
older house (40's construction?). The biggest
thing is that as you go further south, the
greater emphesis that is placed on a good AC
system.
Heat is easily an afterthought.
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