Itâs a sucky solution but taping tinfoil over large sun facing windows helps a lot
Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: đđđ Saturday, 4 December, 2024
Baku@aussie.zone â¨6⊠â¨days⊠ago
Iâve caved and turned on the portable air con. Itâs still really inefficient cause I canât really block the window. But I hung a sheet to try and block extra sunlight and some air getting though. These stupid blinds arenât helping cause theyâre rigid and the entire dimensions of the window
RIP my electric bill, again
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨6⊠â¨days⊠ago
Baku@aussie.zone â¨6⊠â¨days⊠ago
I canât remember who suggested it, but Iâm considering those emergency warming blanket things since theyâre thicker than alfoil and Iâm not sure what else to use besides alfoil
The rental laws also stipulate that youâre allowed to put anything removable on the windows for the purposes of privacy or temperature control. So getting some window tint, or even completely blacking out sun facing windows could also be an option in the long run
SituationCake@aussie.zone â¨6⊠â¨days⊠ago
Maybe the sunshades that go in car windscreens?
Baku@aussie.zone â¨6⊠â¨days⊠ago
Thatâs a good idea. From what I remember, I think theyâre fairly affordable and Iâve seen them in $2 shops a few times
I might look at some kind of window frost film in any case since the neighbours windows look directly over my fence and into my bedroom window which Iâm not huge on.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨6⊠â¨days⊠ago
I was looking at the window tint a while ago, the sample square I got off eBay wasnât amazing but Bunnings sells too and it could help.
Expensive but
Baku@aussie.zone â¨6⊠â¨days⊠ago
It doesnât seem too expensive. If it could just keep my bedroom a few degrees cooler, that would eliminate the need for the porty and itâd probably pay for itself in time
SituationCake@aussie.zone â¨6⊠â¨days⊠ago
A tip, shading the window from the outside is more effective than from the inside. Itâs because as sun passes through the glass, it heats up the inside. But if you prevent the sun from blazing through the window then it really makes a difference. This is why houses with eaves tend to be stay cooler than those without, eaves partially shade the windows and walls from direct sun.