Comment on I love houses that trap heat! /s

• rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨50⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

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

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  • usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨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.

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  • exu@feditown.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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• mitram@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨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

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  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

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

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  • rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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