Moving to HK in a few weeks.....should we bring oil filled radiators?

[Watercooler]

I am from saskatoon, so i know what cold is, thank you very much.

Difference? Saskatoon and winnipeg: central heating in all buildings, insulation, vehicles have heaters etc.

It is different her. At least in canada you can escape the cold. Here it is as cold, if not colder, inside our house as outside.

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You're welcome . Maybe you've lost your winter hardiness after moving to HK... (relax-kidding). Um...yeah, I already mentioned the difference with the buildings in HK here too.

The cold here is more of a damp variety, in Winnipeg, even if it is -35, it is dry (too dry actually, I get chapped lips and get zapped by static electricity when I open doors). So the damp cold here chills you to the bone a bit.

[Watercooler]

I cannot seem to get our heater to work....

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Maybe i can instruct you on that...

[bibbju]

That is wrong. .

It's certainly correct for Crown shipping from UK to HK. It's their policy. Can't comment on other firms as Crown is who my company uses.

[flameproof]

It's certainly correct for Crown shipping from UK to HK. It's their policy. Can't comment on other firms as Crown is who my company uses.

As general cargo it's no problem. Those movers may have their policy which may not always make sense. But it all makes sense when you watch them work.

Or maybe a language mixup, they may have understood 愛你.....

[bibbju]

Or maybe a language mixup, they may have understood 愛你.....

Given it was a move from the UK, all discussions (and documentation) was in English. No language mixup at all. They were actually impressively efficient. Same feedback from friends in France who used them.

[justjoe86]

Wow you pretty much described me and my wife. I am always trying to persuade her to let me put the air conditioner on because I love a freezing cold bedroom. If i could I would put it on the coldest setting all year but she'd kill me!

If i have a duvet I can stay warm on a freezing day but I think it is because as a kid in the house I lived in (uk) til 11 we only had one heater, downstairs

My husband has a different opinion to me, he loves it cold and runs the air con at night in winter. I gave up after the first winter and moved into the spare room until our bedroom stopped feeling like a fridge.

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[Koen]

Oil heaters are horribly energy inefficient, they play havoc with your electricity bills. I think OP should see what their house is equipped with before buying if they dont already have oil heater.

We have both aircon heating and then radiators upstairs in the rooms. Upstairs we only put them on in the late afternoon then put them low over night and off when we get up, though the tortoises room has one on constantly with the door closed. They can't be left outdoors at grass all year too cold, they came in this week and will go out again in April.

Heating is only maybe not necessary if you live in Central (for example) and your flat is well insulated. Where we are in the country park it's always at least three or four degrees colder than anywhere in the city.

I would love a fire place. One of these days Im going to knock a great hole in the wall build a chimney and put in a lovely fire place. Add to the fossil fuel burn up

I grew up in a very hot country, though nights were always lovely and cool. I also lived in Northern Europe and the UK all the houses have double glazing from the oldest to the newest. Even Ludwig's faery palace Schloss Neuschwanstein in Bavaria has ancient double glazing. Hong Kong not, don't know why but it would certainly help in summer and winter.

The sun gets weak and cold in winter so not a guarantee your house will be warm. It gets pretty damn cold enough here enough to make you want to stay in bed, so heating is honestly yummy and not a luxury!