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Cincodemayo
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Bruce...it's global cooling. Al Gore was all wrong.
Don\'t get mad...
Get EVEN.
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Bruce R Leech
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when was he ever right?
Bruce R Leech
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comitan
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Larry
You know someone that lives in La Paz now that has a heater and Fireplace.
wiley
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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Bruce R Leech
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I know a few
Bruce R Leech
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fdt
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It's like saying you don't need a pool in La Paz, but it sure is nice to have sometimes.
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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fdt
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cincodemayo
Bruce...it's global cooling. Al Gore was all wrong. |
Watch the day after tomorrow, when Mexicali becomes the capital of the US
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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woody with a view
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And if you are on the Pacific side...well, that's just downright frigid!
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that's 22% of the attraction!
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Bob and Susan
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masicast = 22%woody
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Bruce R Leech
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Oooooooooooh oooooooooooh Wiley there on to you better put it out before Al Gore shows up
Bruce R Leech
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Bruce R Leech
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Larry that reminds me of a time when I did the same thing. and drove to Denver in January. I almost froze to death when I got caught in a Blizzard.
Now I am getting ready to go to Ensenada next week with a bypassed heater again it is going to be cold and I hope I can get it fixed there.
Bruce R Leech
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Bajagypsy
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Canadian's know how to keep warm, why do you think my husband and I have four kids??!!??
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Bob and Susan
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i've had lot of heater cores redone because the cars are not made anymore...
the core is just like a radiator...
just have the radiator shop cut out the old core and replace it with a new core...then braze the hose tubes on...
i've found the most common problem is the heater valve...that's something that just NEEDS to be replaced
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Paula
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We don't have heat in our house in Loreto, and I don't know anyone who does. I have noticed that some houses are warmer than ours, I think because
they are planned to take advantage of the sun. If we were going to build again, I would face the house so that the sun shines on a deep colored
saltillo floor for as much of the day as possible to be warm all day and cool at night. Next time we design a house we'll use a real architect, and
not yours truly
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Bob and Susan
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what about september....HOT!!!
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Paula
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Well, there's always the old tin foil on the windows. And it makes people wonder what you're up to inside! 
edited for clarity. No change in this important message.
[Edited on 12-24-2006 by Paula]
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longlegsinlapaz
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capitolkat
Now this raises a question-- we are designing our house in La Paz and the contractor, several architects, and friends all say we need no heating
system. 50 degrees in Cabo makes me think something else. Why are so many trying to keep me from having something to keep us warm in the cooler
winter weather- note I didn't say cold- but 50 is sweater weather. thanks |
Uhhhhhh....because THEY don't have to live in the casa, YOU do! Also, central heating or cooling systems as we know them in the states aren't done in
the majority of construction done locally. And if it were, I could pretty much guarantee that the ducts would be OUTSIDE the walls!
It depends on the type of construction method used. I know someone with a well-constructed place with foam block walls & they swear the inside
temps don't vary from 70-72 year round.
My first casa in La Paz didn't have any type of heat source whatsoever....I regretted that decision!! Second casa had two wood-burning fireplaces,
one in the MBR & one in the living room; fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, I didn't need to use either of them in the two years I was in that
casa. Casa #3 (LAST) is in the works now & it will have a wood-burning fireplace!! I'm in a typical local construction rental
now & when the thermometer in the kitchen was closer to 40 than 50 a few days ago, I went out on an extensive search for a small space
heater....they are damn hard to find here! There are 2 left in Plomybanos on 16th September! By the time I FOUND one, I didn't care about the
price...$395 pesos. Unfortunately, this 3-bdrm rental only has two interior doors....bano & one bdrm.....NOT the bdrm I opted to use of course!!!
I'd have moved a door to the bdrm I'm using, but this IS Mexico & the door is a totally different size than the opening of the room I'm
using!
Owner came by this AM for rent....told him he could have the rent as long as I could get a door to help hold heat in the bdrm!!
Larry, you obviously forgot knowing me, huh??  It only made it up to 60 inside
today, which is a tad too chilly for my finners & toes....and I'm originally an Oregon/Washington gal!!!
capitolkat, DON'T BELIEVE those people!!! You DO NEED; as opposed to it'd be a nice "luxury" to have; a heat source besides the sun!! Several days
of 50 degrees inside gets to be more than sweater weather!!
(Edited price....hate to have anyone think I'm THAT cheap!)
[Edited on 12-24-2006 by longlegsinlapaz]
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longlegsinlapaz
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| Quote: | Originally posted by lencho
| Quote: | | capitolkat, DON'T BELIEVE those people!!! You DO NEED; as opposed to it'd be a nice "luxury" to have; a heat source besides the sun!!
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Maybe. I have a number of friends in New Mexico (6000 feet, snow country) who have no heat other than solar, and are plenty warm all winter.
Building a thermally-effective home-- both for cooling and heating considerations-- should be a piece of cake down here in Baja Sur where winter is
mild and sun is almost a sure thing. Yet almost nobody is doing it. Wonder why...
What boggles me even more, is that these thousands of new lower-income housing boxes that are going up for sale to folks who can not
afford high power bills, look like simple concrete ovens with NO apparent consideration for thermal efficiency. Another tragic example of "lo barato
sale caro".
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OOPS!!! I was just referring to the plain old sun in that statement, not construction engineered to solar heating!!
If the Mexican people would stop buying those little cookie-cutter ovens, maybe the Gov & builders would start thinking about making them more
energy efficient! But they buy what they can afford & what's available!! I did see ONE foam-block test casa in a subsidized housing
development...how they expect to determine efficacy with ONE test casa is beyond me, but it does tell me that someone is at least thinking about the
subject! Foam block construction is a little more costly to build, but the savings in electricity for heating & cooling begins immediately!
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shari
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YEp, got a little chilly all right...we went to Loreto and I brought shorts thinking it would be hot...it was freezing and I wore my fleecies and a
hat for 2 days. Here in asuncion it is warmer because the water is 72 degrees, still nice for swimming. But we had a nasty santa anna type wind on
Saturday morning for a few hours but warmed up real nice in the afternoon.
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Bob and Susan
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nice here on the bay in Mulege today...
64 degrees at 6AM
lots of wind yesterday 12-23
No wind today....YET
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capitolkat
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Thanks Friends
After the comments here it appears to be a lot smarter to put some kind of heat source in the house. One comment was that after being in Baja Sur for
year 76 was cool and 50 was ski jacket weather. For that reason it's a lot easier to design a house with a heat source than add it later. Lencho--
thanks but I understand what to do with a sweater. Norm
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