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Too hot in this old house to sleep.
(hexbear.net)
what's the basement situation?
Moldy
Try and make a swamp cooler if you can
Sorry that sucks. The thing you'd ideally want is a very well-insulated home that can be rapidly aired out when needed plus an AC. All of that is $$$.
Someone mentioned a swamp cooler. That only works in low humidity but if you're lucky and have low humidity you're good to go.
Someone mentioned a ceiling fan but having someone install it is a dealbreaker. You can stimulate a ceiling fan with a rotating fan that's angled at around 45 degrees upwards. It moves air all around the room. Combined with AC or a cooler nighttime air it can cool your room overall.
Covering windows during the day can be a game changer if you have good enough insulation. You can black out windows with aluminum foil and tape. You can combine this with a windows open/closed schedule where you get cooler air at night (windows open) and then close the system during the day. This also means very little indoor cooking during the day or the house will heat up.
We've had quite a bad time of it in Yurop too. The houses aren't built for it, the government obviously won't do anything to mandate that landlords perform remediation, and the setting-stuff-on-fire-for-energy-is-good-because-i-profit-from-it people will never be held accountable.
I find it so hard not to doom when I keep seeing headlines like "parts of Asia will be incompatible with human life within n years" and we, as proletarians, have little power to stop it.
I hope you can get some sleep soon anyway.
Yeah I was thinking about Europe too, it's mental. Anyway thanks, but I'm up now and drinking coffee. One bit of good news it's supposed to rain today so that will break the heat.
Surprisingly, a box fan, a plastic bottle (bigger is better), and a shallow baking pan can come in handy.
Fill the plastic bottle(s) about 3/4 full and leave in the freezer (or fridge if you don't have space in the freezer) to get cold.
Put the baking pan in front of the fan with the cold/frozen water jugs in it to catch the condensation and turn the fan on.
Can you get a ceiling fan? It's been awesome for me and my sleep!
I'd have to hire someone to install it
Regulation, fear or disability? If you don't mind me asking
My house is really old and I don't know how to do it myself. Honestly it'd just be easier to buy a better standing fan
The house being old doesn't matter that much to many modern ceiling lamps. There are 60ish€ models with self-folding (arms? What are the windy sticks called?) and with an integrated LED lamp, the process consists on replacing an existing ceiling lamp by the fan.
That said, if you're already running a standing fan, it won't make you feel cooler, it's just a less invasive form of doing the same.
windy sticks
fan blades i believe is the technical term
Thank you!!!!
of course, but i do like windy sticks and i think i'm going to keep that for myself
Replacing an already existing fan is doable with patience but trying to rewire a house and cut a hole in the ceiling might be outside of comfort zone for a non-electrician.
Modern ceiling fans don't require rewiring or hole-cutting. BLDC motors are smaller and lighter, and plastic bodies and plastic (arm thingies please tell me their name) also lighten the weight. You just need to drill a few holes in the ceiling because they're not that much heavier than a normal lamp, I'm talking from experience after installing one a few weeks ago myself, you just use the preexisting wiring because the whole fan pulls less current than the old incandescent light bulbs that the wiring was prepared for.
Huh... I've never seen that style of fan before.
This is what I'm talking about. It's more than sufficient for a small room, comes with the lamp, and it's 45€ on ali. The wind blades look so weird because they're spring-loaded and automatically collapse behind the lamp area when not spinning, kinda neat design if you ask me
I am in winter at the moment and am so not looking forward to summer if what the north is going through right now is any indication.
I hate the heat. My ass was made for the ice age.
I hate the heat. My ass was made for the ice age.
Feel you. When I was younger I loved the summer and the heat, now as I've gotten older and fatter, the mild fall and spring are my seasons.
Summoning @Dort_Owl@hexbear.net to this post as they are 12 hours ahead of est.
Mrrpt?
Hello goofy owl
Need that sink to be turned on?
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