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Re: Keeping the house cooler
« Reply #15 on: 17 June 2022, 21:25:32 »

Can’t argue with that ^^^🙄
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Re: Keeping the house cooler
« Reply #16 on: 17 June 2022, 21:55:42 »

I will let you know how opening the windows goes in Dubai/Bahrain  ;D
If that's where you're off to you have my sympathy  ;D
Have to say Bahrain is the nicer looking of the two, but it's only ever for a night or two, so whilst neither would be my first choice, for a holiday, they have to be an improvement on a Tuesday night in Mancchester  ;D
Depends on who you're with  :)
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Re: Keeping the house cooler
« Reply #17 on: 17 June 2022, 22:36:06 »

It's just June....  8)
June 17th....one hot day....then back to normal  ;D

Apparently the hottest day recorded in the UK was 35.6C in Southampton on 28 June 1976.  :)

Climate change!  :D
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Re: Keeping the house cooler
« Reply #18 on: 17 June 2022, 22:43:05 »

It was only 34 in Longford at 5 this evening  ::)
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Re: Keeping the house cooler
« Reply #19 on: 17 June 2022, 22:53:15 »

Funny how people throw their windows open on a hot day. ::)

Trick is to close the curtains/blinds on the sun-facing side and keep all window and doors closed.

A short while ago it was 32c outside and only 24c inside my home. Not great, but bearable. :y

This absolutely works.  :y
Keep the hot air out  when its hot, let the cool air in,  in the evening when it cools down.We started doing it a couple of summers ago and it makes a big difference.
Hoping to get the aircon regased in the Omega Weds. too which will make life more bearable if we keep getting high temps.
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Re: Keeping the house cooler
« Reply #20 on: 17 June 2022, 23:04:36 »

Funny how people throw their windows open on a hot day. ::)

Trick is to close the curtains/blinds on the sun-facing side and keep all window and doors closed.

A short while ago it was 32c outside and only 24c inside my home. Not great, but bearable. :y

This absolutely works.  :y
Keep the hot air out  when its hot, let the cool air in,  in the evening when it cools down.We started doing it a couple of summers ago and it makes a big difference.
Hoping to get the aircon regased in the Omega Weds. too which will make life more bearable if we keep getting high temps.

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Re: Keeping the house cooler
« Reply #21 on: 17 June 2022, 23:21:19 »

Funny how people throw their windows open on a hot day. ::)

Trick is to close the curtains/blinds on the sun-facing side and keep all window and doors closed.

A short while ago it was 32c outside and only 24c inside my home. Not great, but bearable. :y

This absolutely works.  :y
Keep the hot air out  when its hot, let the cool air in,  in the evening when it cools down.We started doing it a couple of summers ago and it makes a big difference.



That's how it's done in southern France and Spain. Keep the windows and shutters facing the sun closed. Combine that with traditional building style - thick walls, light plaster, tiled roofs and floors - and cool interiors are entirely possible even when the outside temperature is 40°.
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Re: Keeping the house cooler
« Reply #22 on: 18 June 2022, 01:31:40 »

Aren't those Mediterranean countries?  :D
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Re: Keeping the house cooler
« Reply #23 on: 18 June 2022, 07:44:37 »

Aren't those Mediterranean countries?  :D


Yes. But the principle is the same; keep the heat out.
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Re: Keeping the house cooler
« Reply #24 on: 18 June 2022, 12:08:36 »

Zackly.  :y
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Re: Keeping the house cooler
« Reply #25 on: 18 June 2022, 14:20:51 »

Quite ;D
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Re: Keeping the house cooler
« Reply #26 on: 18 June 2022, 18:53:53 »

Indeed
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Re: Keeping the house cooler
« Reply #27 on: 18 June 2022, 18:59:53 »

New word association thread?
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Re: Keeping the house cooler
« Reply #28 on: 18 June 2022, 19:24:05 »

Hmmm! ... oop here oop north near the arctic circle it is 14c today and has been blowing a hooly for the last 3 days. Talking to my pal today and the temps were -6c at the top of the Cairngorm massif last night ffs. Off to Mallorca a week afer next.  8) 8)
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Re: Keeping the house cooler
« Reply #29 on: 18 June 2022, 20:39:07 »

Hmmm! ... oop here oop north near the arctic circle it is 14c today and has been blowing a hooly for the last 3 days. Talking to my pal today and the temps were -6c at the top of the Cairngorm massif last night ffs. Off to Mallorca a week afer next.  8) 8)
The way Palma flights are going currently, I would go to Barcelona or Valencia and jump on the boat...
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