tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075079688076181583.post4193614444964911789..comments2023-03-25T17:38:44.473-07:00Comments on Cultural Comparisons: An American in Germany: *Heaters*Michelle Glauserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646213573761736892noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075079688076181583.post-13108073163521841672012-03-14T02:48:43.306-07:002012-03-14T02:48:43.306-07:00Germans do not build the heating inside the walls ...Germans do not build the heating inside the walls because they don't want to heat the wall - but the air in the room. Therefor many heating systems have even some Alu-Folie-like paper behind it (to not heat the wall). Plenty of energy would be lost when heating the wall instead of the air directly! <br /><br /><br />Modern houses have those heating systems inside the ground for getting the room heated from the ground up (hot air goes up). So the Teppich is cosy warm.<br /><br />(And, yes, you DO wear Hausschuhe on that, too).sommergartenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02976224758737413722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075079688076181583.post-20736869198717047112008-07-23T19:47:00.000-07:002008-07-23T19:47:00.000-07:00Thanks for reading. American houses have sheet roc...Thanks for reading. American houses have sheet rock, not just wood. Only a small percentage of America is affected by hurricanes, and I've never been anywhere near places where people had troubles with hurricanes, so I can't answer for you. However, I'm pretty sure even stone houses wouldn't work out very well in the worst of hurricanes, and wooden houses are actually the best for earthquakes.Michelle Glauserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01646213573761736892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075079688076181583.post-8377327424198470492008-07-23T07:36:00.000-07:002008-07-23T07:36:00.000-07:00iI think your blogg is great.And Ihave to say it's...i<BR/>I think your blogg is great.<BR/>And Ihave to say it's funny that things we take for granted are making you ask questions ;)<BR/><BR/>Well but why we don't have heaters in the wall is explained easyly.<BR/>we dont have wooden walls with something in it, its solid stone^^<BR/><BR/>I always ask myself why do people in america built houses out of wood if their previous was destroied by a hurricane?<BR/><BR/>can you explain this?ALexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004984032974448097noreply@blogger.com