Nick G wrote:

Richard

Currently 34C in the living room (with window open and west facing), and
28C in the bedrooms (east facing). As for the humidity, I don't know but
it certainly is stifling.

Our house is highly insulated (and getting better as we are currently
insulating the floors). Problem is we have large windows and when the
sunlight shines through them the temperature soars in the room.


Do you close the curtains? I open all the windows and doors when I wake up -
about five o'clock - then close them about nine. Curtains are kept closed
in sun-facing rooms. Yesterday I maxed at 26 downstairs.

I picked up the idea from a Pub I went to in the hot summer of 1975. At
midday, the temperature had already reached 27. I walked into the pub
through the typical entrance lobby. The outer door and doors to the bars
were all closed. When I walked into the bar I wondered whether I ought to
have brought a jacket with me it was so cold. I asked how they kept the pub
so cool and they explained the method. They also had the advantage of an
old building with very thick walls so it was well insulated. Soon after me,
a young lad walked in and left the door open. He seemed quite surprised
when everyone shouted at him - "SHUT THAT DOOR!"

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Graham Davis
Bracknell