how to keep my base warm

[AdrianVaughan]

am on a frozen map type that been made with mods , am after trying to keep my base warm , i have heaters set up , and have put Insulated Tile all round my base made of sandstone , there no beaks in the wall its totally sealed but the base never heats up, can i ask if am doing something wrong. thanks

[Hedning]

It takes time to heat up a lot of cold mass. Try digging up all the ground you can and store it in containers elsewhere. Then replace only what is necessary with regular tiles.

How cold is your base? Dupes can deal with extremely cold temperatures without problem. Rime for example is fine as long as they are not getting wet. A small farming room, insulated and containing only plants and farm tiles should be able to be heated rapidly. You can even place your o2 production in it and the o2 will heat the farm and push cold air away.

[jballar]

I am on the Rime asteroid right now, which is all cold, and had similar issues. The key is getting all cold producing items out of your base, then you can slowly heat it up.

First of all, get all of the material inside of the base to the outside. Each dropped material still has a temperature and having several tons of it lying around will keep things cool.

For me, I double walled insulation around the entire base (igneous rock preferably). Then, I researched the liquid tepdiizer and put it in my main water area. I then put a pipe loop around my entire base (not in the insulated tiles), and put radiant pipes at my openings around the base, with tempshift plates. The radiant pipes and tempshift plates help with the heat loss when going out of the base.

I got the the water up to about 40 degrees, then shut it off. It slowly started heating the base up.

After you get automation, then put a thermo sensor on the liquid tepidizer so you do not have to micromanage turning it off and on.

My base, in the coldest area, is 15 degrees, but it typically about 25 degrees. Warm enough to grow thimble reed. The adjacient outside areas are between -15 and -25.

All of this takes a lot of time to do. The good thing is that hatches and pips can survive severe cold, so start ranching early. If you get a temporary cold spot, then use a space heater, otherwise they are not very useful.

My base is quite large, so it works on small and large bases. When I get into the game next, I will get a screenshot

[Bokonon]

Tepidizer in your water supply then pipe it around the base in non-insulated piping works but isn't very efficient. But as Hedning says the dupes are fine in cold for the most part, you should probably only warm enough for a farm or ranch and not the whole base.