Alternatives to aircon for cooling house
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I definitely wouldn’t be able to sleep if I had a downstairs window open....
"The cheapest option is to do nothing. You'd barely get a few hot days a year. Grin and bear is all you need."
That's easy to say in November, and is also what I've said these last 8 spring, autumns, and winters that I've been in this house
27 degrees may have been on the worst nights, but pretty sure my bedroom never got below 24 degrees the whole of July and August. With all 10 hottest years on record in the UK happening since 2002, this isn't just a few days each summer any more, and as long as we're still pumping more insulating material into the atmosphere this is only going to get worse. May as well adapt my house now and be able to sleep in the summer months, we'll all have to adapt our houses eventually.
Did all the 'closed windows and curtains 8am->9pm' last summer, probably did help keep the temp below 30 inside at least.
Sounds like CWI will give the best bang for buck, though finding a local installer is proving tricky.
Window shades on the outside (or maybe an extendable awning) I'm thinking is probably not worth until I have CWI.
Velux window in roof (north facing side) and loft hatch open could be an interesting one.
That's easy to say in November, and is also what I've said these last 8 spring, autumns, and winters that I've been in this house
27 degrees may have been on the worst nights, but pretty sure my bedroom never got below 24 degrees the whole of July and August. With all 10 hottest years on record in the UK happening since 2002, this isn't just a few days each summer any more, and as long as we're still pumping more insulating material into the atmosphere this is only going to get worse. May as well adapt my house now and be able to sleep in the summer months, we'll all have to adapt our houses eventually.
Did all the 'closed windows and curtains 8am->9pm' last summer, probably did help keep the temp below 30 inside at least.
Sounds like CWI will give the best bang for buck, though finding a local installer is proving tricky.
Window shades on the outside (or maybe an extendable awning) I'm thinking is probably not worth until I have CWI.
Velux window in roof (north facing side) and loft hatch open could be an interesting one.
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All you need is a dog in the house.
Or an aircon unit? I know you are asking for alternative but seriously. I had (and have) CWI and on a white painted, south facing aspect still cooks the house.
I think with shutters, internal or external insulation, loft velux and a cross draft, combined, you may be a few degrees on either side of ambient. At a cost.
Or, for the few days a year, take the aircon to bed and need a blanket
I’d be frightened the dog would get stolen!
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Why do you think that?
I agree, I certainly would pay for such a gadget, when a wet towel and a fan would work just as well.
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