How to Heat Home Without Electricity

During the colder months of the year. It is important to prepare for possible power outages. So that your home can remain warm.

Layering clothing is one of the easiest ways to ensure your body maintains its temperature. Layer from head to toe.

As the sun goes down, so does the temperature. Use a set of heavy curtains to block heavy drafts of cold air seeping through windows.

Your windows should be airtight. Purchasing removable window caulk or Plastic might help seal them better. At a minimum, stuff a towel or shirt in front of any noticeable leaks.

If you don’t have curtains, you can use blankets as well. Simply fasten the corners of the blankets around the window. Then let them down in the morning to allow sunshine in.

Have couch blankets as well. They are great for covering your body to give you warmth.

Use cheap transparent curtains over the windows that receive sunlight. This will keep the cold air out. 

While the warmth from the sun will heat your house. Without cold air coming in. Clear plastic sheets might work.

Fireplaces and candles are a great way to add heat to your home. Stock up on firewood early in advance. Without forgetting to store them in a cool and dry place.

Be cautious around open flames.

The fireplaces go well with candles. When it comes to heating a home. Candles add both light and warmth to your home.

Take the step to warm your body as well. Through drinking warm liquids. Such as tea, coffee, and hot chocolate.

Physical activity is a great way to get your heart rate up. Hence warming up your body. Something as simple as squats or situps. As your body radiates heat, so, will your surroundings get warmer?

Cooking can be a great way to restore the heat within your home. When moving food from the refrigerator. Be sure to open it quickly. To prevent cold air from escaping.

While cooking, the oven can produce a good amount of heat. That can make a difference. If you have a gas oven. A good bowl of soup can keep you warm as well.

After baking your cookies or pies. Leave the oven on and open. For like ten to twenty minutes. To let some heat into the house.

Limit cooking that gives off steam. As this will increase the humidity in the air. Hence make your house a dump. Due to its great capacity to absorb heat.

It is also important to sleep on the higher levels of the house. Since the heat in a house rises. Making those rooms warmer than those on the lower floors.

Another way to keep your house warm is by sealing the doors. Around the door frames and also under the door. A weather stripping or a door sweep may work.

Check for obstructions that might prevent the Sundays from fully reaching your home. For example, plants and sheds.

As well as items leaning against the walls on the sunny side of your house. Get them out of the way to fully maximize the warmth from the sun.

Remember to close off any unused rooms. This will stop the air from circulating as much. Which in turn reduces heat loss.

Rugs and carpets help prevent heat loss through the floor. They are generally warmer to the touch. As compared to wood or stone. Hence offering a warmer surface to walk on.

A lot of heat escapes through the attic. As warm air rises and cold air sinks. Therefore, add insulation in the attic and the crawl space.

Remember to turn on some lights. The general incandescent light bulb releases up to 95% of its energy as heat rather than light. Making it an efficient source of heat.

A wood stove insert. Works in any home that has a wood fireplace and chimney. Unlike using a normal wood fire. Where the heat and the smoke just go directly up through the chimney.

The wood stove insert is made of thick heavy iron chassis. So as the fire gets going, it heats the iron. Which, in turn, holds most of the heat in the living space.

Most units like this also come with an electronic blower fan. Which will suck cold air from the bottom. Take it up behind the chassis. Then the hot air vents out.

It does allow you to heat a broad area of space. Without running an electric heat pump. You can heat your home indefinitely if you have firewoods.

The pellet stove is very similar to the wood stove. In that, you are burning firewood. To produce the heat. 

The only difference is that it’s a lot easier to handle. As well as to store it. You don’t need a separate wood shed. It can even be stored in your basement.

It also doesn’t necessarily require a wood fire chimney. Or all that masonry work built up through the roof of your house. All you need is a simple exterior wall vent.

Use a dual fuel heat pump system. It gives you the option to set it to emergency heat mode manually. When the exterior temperature gets too cold.

In this case, it will stop using the electric heat pump compressor. And instead, use a gas-fired burner. Which will either use propane or natural gas.

This dual fuel heat pump is the benefit of using the same thermostat. Which is the primary heat system. With the ability to switch over from heat pump to gas-fired heat.

Solar air heater. Self-contained that doesn’t plug into anything. Gives you free heat from the sun. Even during winter.

It’s a two-part system. The top is a standard solar panel that powers the air intake and the fan.

While the bottom part is a box. That absorbs energy and heat from the sun. Which is then pushed into the space that you are trying to heat.

Solar thermal panels are very efficient when producing heat. While solar photovoltaic panels are efficient in producing heat.  

They are both combined together to make the solar panel. Which can be hooked anywhere. As long as it’s facing south on a facade. It will produce heat.

You can also use clay pots as a heat source in your home. With four tea lights. Place them in something that can’t be burned.  Maybe a piece of foil on a metal.

Then cover them with the first clay pot. Of which should be smaller. Place another piece of tea light on top. Before placing the bigger clay pot.

You should note that the clay pots have a hole at the bottom. Where the heat comes out from. After you light the tea lights. Which are a type of candle.

Remove any sort of ignitable sources around. Like paper and matchboxes. Then enjoy about 4 hours of heat.

The tealights can also be used on their while in a can. Light about 5 of them. They can burn safely while providing nice warmth.

They will not warm your whole room. But they can come in handy with warming your hands. Or cook food and still get that heat in your house. It’s slow to heat but better than nothing.

Select an area to be the designated living space. You don’t want to be heating your entire home. This will help confine the heat to one area.

Choose an interior area that is not against an exterior wall. A place that receives maximum sunlight through the windows.

Create microclimates like a tent. Where you can set up and build up some heat from your body and maintain it. You can sleep as well as play games. With a guarantee of being significantly warmer than your surroundings.

Source for body warmers. They get activated as soon as you open the package. They have an adhesive part that you can put underneath your clothing. 

This would mean that for the next eight hours or so. You have a nice heat source.

You can also use safe heat. A variety of canned heat can be burned inside the house. However, not all canned heat can be used inside the house. So make sure you get the right one.

A good can-safe heat can burn up to 6 hours to provide heat. You can buy the portable folding camp stoves as a base. To put the can safely heat in there. 

With the folding camp stoves. You can implement the two clay pots.  Which will act as a heater with the can safe at the bottom.

In conclusion, don’t forget to cuddle and snuggle up together. People are warmers. You also get comfort and security. 

As well as planning. Get hats, socks, coats, and boots. Be sure to hit up your grandma early to crochet quilts and sweaters for you. 

Be cautious around open flames.