It is almost summertime and already the record daytime temperatures are upon us. I can't afford, and really don't want, to run the air conditioner all day and night. What tips do you have to keep your home cool?
Keep the shades/blinds drawn almost completely closed, but leave the windows open. This keeps most of the direct sun out, but still allows a breeze to come through.
I've had the same problem in my upstairs and it has gotten so bad during the summer that I've had to put window units in the upstairs rooms to supplement the main air conditioning. We've recently put in an attic vent that is solar powered that runs all the time to take out some of the hot air. Time will tell if this will work.
We open all the windows at night and close them early (about 5am) when we leave for work, leaving on the ceiling fans. Works pretty good for us. We have an air conditioner only in the bedroom (window unit) and its worked pretty good at that.
We keep the doors and windows firmly shut during the hot part of the day, and the windows covered. We have great thick walls which are great for keeping the cool in, but unfortunately the roof needs more insulation as the heat comes in that way instead.
You could buy one of those fans that suck the air out and put it in a window. We have one and it seems to do a pretty good job. But I like the shades drawn when the direct sun is coming in.
Ceiling fans, as mentioned, are really good for keeping the breeze going, which seems to be half the battle sometimes. My friend has a ceiling fans over all her beds! I stayed there one hot, humid weekend, and was totally comfortable all night.
I too find ceiling fans effective. My mom always put a bucket of cold water in front of a fan - adding cold moisture to the air? Could have been a mental thing.
Wouldn't it be great to have solar powered A/C units on the windows where the sun heats up the most? That way the energy could be taken to power the A/c and cool down th house. I would even settle with a fan and a spray of water that any way would evaporate with the heat.
How to beat the summer heat at home?
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