How to deal with the heat?

Chris Beard

Chris Beard

Chris Beard

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The heat is on us again, and my tiny corner of the house I'm allowed to use for work, with it's small, single window that only opens at the top, has turned from cosy office to sweatshop.

Normally my colleagues and I seem to be on cordial terms - but my swedish sauna approach to workwear seems to have gotten me into a spot of hot water with HR.

What are the fellow forumites solutions to room cooling, rather than just PC cooling?
 
Chris Beard said:
The heat is on us again, and my tiny corner of the house I'm allowed to use for work, with it's small, single window that only opens at the top, has turned from cosy office to sweatshop.

Normally my colleagues and I seem to be on cordial terms - but my swedish sauna approach to workwear seems to have gotten me into a spot of hot water with HR.

What are the fellow forumites solutions to room cooling, rather than just PC cooling?
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Fan in the room
 
Chris Beard said:
The heat is on us again, and my tiny corner of the house I'm allowed to use for work, with it's small, single window that only opens at the top, has turned from cosy office to sweatshop.

Normally my colleagues and I seem to be on cordial terms - but my swedish sauna approach to workwear seems to have gotten me into a spot of hot water with HR.

What are the fellow forumites solutions to room cooling, rather than just PC cooling?
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If you want to throw some money at it a portable AC unit. I don't have one, just a fan, but I'd like one for those hots periods during the year.
 
AC or stop the light hitting the glass, hanging a sheet or something and keeping the window closed will keep it cooler, although this time of year where it's quite cool at night helps as you can let the hot air out overnight and trap in the cool air during the day.
 
How are you working expecting you to appear? Is there anything to stop you putting a formal shirt on, but wearing shorts that people shouldn't be able to see?

Close the window, close the curtains or blinds and put a fan on. This should help stop the hot air entering your room and the sun heating it up. If possible, keep your door open so you're not sitting in stagnant air.
 
Chris Beard said:
The heat is on us again, and my tiny corner of the house I'm allowed to use for work, with it's small, single window that only opens at the top, has turned from cosy office to sweatshop.

Normally my colleagues and I seem to be on cordial terms - but my swedish sauna approach to workwear seems to have gotten me into a spot of hot water with HR.

What are the fellow forumites solutions to room cooling, rather than just PC cooling?
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We have a couple of the condenser type of air conditioning units for a bedroom and a downstairs room for when it gets unpleasantly hot, they do a decent job.
For less hot days we have a couple of the oscillating tower fans around the place, cheap enough from the local harware outlets.
 
darael said:
How are you working expecting you to appear? Is there anything to stop you putting a formal shirt on, but wearing shorts that people shouldn't be able to see?

Close the window, close the curtains or blinds and put a fan on. This should help stop the hot air entering your room and the sun heating it up. If possible, keep your door open so you're not sitting in stagnant air.
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Thanks - there are a few things in this I hadn't tried.

We have a company tshirt, but indeed - no-one would be able to see my legs.
 
I have a similar issue (top floor of a townhouse under the eaves), honestly the best thing I've found is just having a desk fan pointed at me. The room is still roasting (I can feel the change in temp when I come back upstairs, it's probably still like 30C at 1am) but the constant airflow helps a lot.

I do have a portable AC unit as well but I don't have a proper vent so you have to hang the pipe out of the window, it's just generally a bit of a faff and also quite noisy if I'm going to be on a call, I find the simple fan approach best.

One other thing is think about your house like a PC Case, ideally you want not just fans blowing recycled air but also throughput of air moving through it to bring cooler air in and expel hot air. So have the window open in another room on the same floor to allow wind to blow through, or even setting up an 'exhaust fan'
 
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