keeping your home cool at night.

["andy"]

despite the burning sun weve had a nice breeze today followed by a massive storm tonight for an hour. perfect weather tbh !

 

[Dave85]

Ceiliing fan best thing I ever bought works fine at keeping me cool upto 25c and on the very rare occasion of hotter then I put the AC on and it blows the cold air around

 

[Ahleckz]

People have AC in this country?
It's nowhere near that hot to warrant that!

 

[hurfdurf]

People have AC in this country?
It's nowhere near that hot to warrant that!

I think for a lot of people its very very low on the list of priority's

 

[Allnamestaken]

Majority of people dont have AC because the weather is not that dramatic in our country so no real need for people to have it in there houses.

 

[ultrakipper]

in the knowledge that heat rises. im pondering the idea of opening the loft hatch. worth it?

open any small windows upstairs and leave your doors open downstairs

 

[Things change I've changed]

People have AC in this country?
It's nowhere near that hot to warrant that!

But yet we still keep having people on here complaining about the heat in their homes, I've spent thousands on gadgets over the years but my a/c is probably one of the best things I purchased in over a decade, the other night it was reaching 30c in my room and I honestly wanted to hug my a/c unit after it was on for 20mins, they are relatively inexpensive, a couple of hundred pounds gets you respectable unit these days, for the convenience of being able to have cool air pumped into your room at the flick of a switch, it's a pittance seriously.

 

[G-MAN2004]

What I do is open my window wide open, and put my tall, adjustable fan right in front of it. This draws in the cold air from outside, resulting in a nice cold room.

 

[willhub]

Sitting in my room is like sitting in the desert, it's about 40 degrees when my PC gets going, can't even play games at the moment, and to make it worse my window only opens about 3" from the bottom so no wind can get in, EVER!

 

[mithrandir]

Been a lack of breeze on Friday although a little better y'day. My room is around 28oC in the morning and then hits 30-31oC after noon time. I splash on a bit of cold water every now and then to keep me cool and keep the fan going.

 

[oli356]

I generally have my fan next to my desk, so it's blowing air onto my face. It makes me feel cooler but as soon as I turn it off, it's like uhh..

Think it would be better having it by the window just blowing air in?
Windows are as wide open as they can and blinds are all the way down

 

[peige]

Ceiling fan, for £30 you'll be able to sleep again. Fitted one in both the bedrooms of the place i've lived and now in the girlfriends too.

 

[rz30]

Small fan, still wake up in pools of sweat though.

 

[axer]

Try keeping you curtains drawn during the day so that the sun doesn't warm the room too much.

This unfortunately

 

[I get around]

I just get naked and wake up in a pool of my own sweat.

 

[Cosimo]

+1 keep cooler during day to stay cool at night, draw curtains south facing keep windows open north facing, then flip when the sun goes down

This works rather well. I've never found it necessary to use fans and air con in this country. Sleeping naked uncovered with a window open is just fine.

 

[physichull]

Vests.

And ceilling fans.

 

[Van Hellseek]

bath tub is easier.

lol, I only came into this thread to see how long it took someone to suggest a bath.

 

[Cosimo]

The ultimate solution for all the whimps who can't cope with a little warm weather is to pitch a tent and sleep in it.

 

[D.Roberts]

Well the best way is to keep the curtains closed all day.