a tip for cooling your house down...
21 July 2006, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by sarasquares
i cant stand LK today. i dont watch it
Mrs Reality is a different story.
Talking of Mrs Reality - Time I was on my way home.
21 July 2006, 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by kingofturds
Its not so hot down here in cornwall anymore anyways, tis all cloudy and the thermometer is reading 21°c
21 July 2006, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Spoon
Having no neighbours is another tip. I haven't had a problem sleeping or feeling too hot in the home.
Plenty of field cross-winds ensure you actually get chilly in the night without the duvet.
If I visit friends or family living on estates or anywhere built up, then it's a completely different experience.
Plenty of field cross-winds ensure you actually get chilly in the night without the duvet.
If I visit friends or family living on estates or anywhere built up, then it's a completely different experience.
21 July 2006, 04:09 PM
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Another top tip: Keep a thermometer in the shade outside (must be in the shade), and one inside the house.
If the one outside reads hotter than the one inside SHUT the windows - especially between 12:00 to 4:00pm. All you do is draw warmer air in. Reopen them when the sun start setting. How many times do I have to tell ex-pats that in Spain, whinging about it being too hot, I tell them to begger off back home (in Spanish
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Also Keep the curtains drawn and also have the back of them lined with white material or get some white blinds. If you have Pilkinton "K" glass, remove it and reverse it
Also painting your roof and walls white does wonders
If the one outside reads hotter than the one inside SHUT the windows - especially between 12:00 to 4:00pm. All you do is draw warmer air in. Reopen them when the sun start setting. How many times do I have to tell ex-pats that in Spain, whinging about it being too hot, I tell them to begger off back home (in Spanish
). Also Keep the curtains drawn and also have the back of them lined with white material or get some white blinds. If you have Pilkinton "K" glass, remove it and reverse it
Also painting your roof and walls white does wonders
Last edited by Shark Man; 21 July 2006 at 04:13 PM.
21 July 2006, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Shark Man
Another top tip: Keep a thermometer in the shade outside (must be in the shade), and one inside the house.
If the one outside reads hotter than the one inside SHUT the windows - especially between 12:00 to 4:00pm. All you do is draw warmer air in. Reopen them when the sun start setting. How many times do I have to tell ex-pats that in Spain, whinging about it being too hot, I tell them to begger off back home (in Spanish ).
Also Keep the curtains drawn and also have the back of them lined with white material or get some white blinds. If you have Pilkinton "K" glass, remove it and reverse it Also painting your roof and walls white does wonders
If the one outside reads hotter than the one inside SHUT the windows - especially between 12:00 to 4:00pm. All you do is draw warmer air in. Reopen them when the sun start setting. How many times do I have to tell ex-pats that in Spain, whinging about it being too hot, I tell them to begger off back home (in Spanish
). Also Keep the curtains drawn and also have the back of them lined with white material or get some white blinds. If you have Pilkinton "K" glass, remove it and reverse it
Also painting your roof and walls white does wonders
and where was the TISSUE warning with this post ?
21 July 2006, 06:22 PM
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Sorry Sara SIAL!!!! & urban myth..
My office is in the loft. it get plenty hot!!!! without the loft hatch open!!!! if you open the loft hatch then the air can circulate and cool slightly. i,m up here now and its pushing 30 degrees
Mart
My office is in the loft. it get plenty hot!!!! without the loft hatch open!!!! if you open the loft hatch then the air can circulate and cool slightly. i,m up here now and its pushing 30 degrees
Mart
21 July 2006, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by mart360
Sorry Sara SIAL!!!! & urban myth..
My office is in the loft. it get plenty hot!!!! without the loft hatch open!!!! if you open the loft hatch then the air can circulate and cool slightly. i,m up here now and its pushing 30 degrees
Mart
My office is in the loft. it get plenty hot!!!! without the loft hatch open!!!! if you open the loft hatch then the air can circulate and cool slightly. i,m up here now and its pushing 30 degrees
Mart
21 July 2006, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Tam the bam
I opened my loft hatch, it is no cooler but a couple of big spiders have emerged from it, they can stay though as they might get rid of the flies coming in through the open windows.
hot air rises so opening the hatch lets the hot air rise into it
21 July 2006, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by sarasquares
as long as the flies are not from somewhere else
hot air rises so opening the hatch lets the hot air rise into it
hot air rises so opening the hatch lets the hot air rise into it
I think there is enough hot air up there already to fit anymore, I stuck my head up the hole earlier and I came out dripping, it's seriously hot and sticky up there tonight...
21 July 2006, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Tam the bam
Lol
I think there is enough hot air up there already to fit anymore, I stuck my head up the hole earlier and I came out dripping, it's seriously hot and sticky up there tonight...
I think there is enough hot air up there already to fit anymore, I stuck my head up the hole earlier and I came out dripping, it's seriously hot and sticky up there tonight...
21 July 2006, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by kingofturds
Another tip,cherish this weather so in 2 months time,when you are freezing your nuts off you can look back to the "good ol days"
ohh how they will learn to cherish when its snowing and there outside cleaning cars
21 July 2006, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by sarasquares
lol, sorry.....this weather has made me a bit slower than normal
Bit like me then..........another 'blonde moment'!!!!!!!!! LOL
21 July 2006, 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by sarasquares
i wouldnt let these lot know you have a hot and sticky hole
GF asking what I'm laughing at
Better than reading about mods/oil/price of petrol