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 8 hours ago
Blackout blinds and fans are more than enough.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 hours ago
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 3 minutes ago
My blinds are on the inside. Reflective material cut to the size of the panes. We put a frozen 2l water bottle in front of the fan, and the nights have been pretty fine during the heatwave. I
PonyOfWar@pawb.social 8 hours ago
Can’t confirm. Especially if you live directly below a roof.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Is Big Roof to blame? Find out more at 9.
edinbruh@feddit.it 8 hours ago
Said the British, living right at the edge of the heat dome
Hazel@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 hours ago
If it’s a couple days maybe, but in a heatwave everything will heat up eventually.
rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 8 hours ago
you can open windows during night, as long as night air temperature is tolerable
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 hours ago
You think night air is going to be tolerable in a 40°C heatwave?
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 4 hours 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.
exu@feditown.com 7 hours 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.
mitram@sopuli.xyz 8 hours 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
rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 8 hours ago
maybe you have some kind of natural evaporative heatsink nearby (trees)
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
Is it the North side? Maybe painted a different color?