Comment on I love houses that trap heat! /s

Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Hazel@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  If it’s a couple days maybe, but in a heatwave everything will heat up eventually.

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  • rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    you can open windows during night, as long as night air temperature is tolerable

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    • exu@feditown.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That’s your lower bound, but you need to have fans everywhere to replace all air and cool down your walls to the air temperature.

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    • rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You think night air is going to be tolerable in a 40°C heatwave?

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    • usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      True, but we’re at the time of year when there’s way more daylight than night, so it’s a war of attrition with the hot day winning no matter what you do.

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  • mitram@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Not sure how true that is, although I don’t understand how, one side of my house is noticeably cooler than the rest and it has stayed like that throughout the heatwave even without turning on the ac

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    • rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      maybe you have some kind of natural evaporative heatsink nearby (trees)

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      • mitram@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        No trees (unfortunately). I even have a commercial laundry right next to that side that is constantly expelling very hot air around.

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    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Is it the North side? Maybe painted a different color?

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      • mitram@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        South/east, but there is a building right next to it that gives it some shade during the end of the day.

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• PonyOfWar@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Can’t confirm. Especially if you live directly below a roof.

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  • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Is Big Roof to blame? Find out more at 9.

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• edinbruh@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Said the British, living right at the edge of the heat dome

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• rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Maybe if the blinds are on the outside of the window, but IME that’s not the norm north of the alps. And you can’t blind+fan your way out of 40°C heatwaves, the nights get warm too and then you can’t properly cool down your place at night anymore.

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  • Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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    • rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      What kind of reflective material do you use? My blinds use reflective material and it does jack shit.

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