Tuesday, November 3, 2009

The Central Heat

Unlike in America, Korea houses do not have central air. Instead, they have in floor heating. I remember when I was in grade school my parents had a heated floor in their bathroom and thought it was really fancy. In Korea, every floor is heated. It just makes sense, What good is heating the air and blowing it around? In Korea they heat the floor and the heat rises. Its so much more energy efficient. The controls are pretty uniform but kinda strange to westerners. The controls control both the hot water in the house and the heating of the floor. I have no idea what some of these buttons do but I know the ones that control the floor and the hot water for the shower. I have to say, a heated floor is super nice.

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