Why are electric baseboard heaters so noisy only in the dead of winter? [more inside]
posted by Eicats on Oct 6, 2009 - 4 answers

Who do I get nauseous the second the heater is turned on in the car? [more inside]
posted by DrGirlfriend on Nov 30, 2007 - 25 answers

I want a kotatsu, but can't afford to ship one from Japan. I'd like to make my own if possible, but don't know where to start.
posted by Electric Elf on Jan 23, 2006 - 11 answers

Ceramic tile floor heater question. Not hot water circulating through tubes, but a resistance heating wire in thinset mortar under the ceramic tiles. It just don't get very warm. (MI) [more inside]
posted by fixedgear on Dec 22, 2004 - 14 answers

"Winter is icumen in, lhude sing 'Goddamm' ...
Was thinking of augmenting my rickety ol' furnace by getting a portable kerosene space heater for inside the house. Bad idea or unfairly maligned by price-gouging gas & electric companies?
posted by RavinDave on Oct 31, 2004 - 5 answers