Hot House!

AceCobra

Hello all,

This is my first summer in our new home and we have a problem with heat!
We’ve recently had the double glazing in and I think this has added the problem. The upstairs is just so so so so warm if there is any heat about the place at all. Now I know people will think, yeah yeah stop whining it’s only a bit of heat but I can’t begin to explain how hot it is! As soon as I get half way up the stairs on hot days it hits me in the face. I tried to sleep last night on top of the cover with the window open but after an hour I woke up in a soaking wet sweaty cover and had to go sleep on the sofa downstairs. I’ve not even been this hot in sunny climate countries in hotels with no AC, it’s just so bad. I’ve tried leaving the windows open 24/7, using fans and so on but it makes little or no difference. I’m now thinking about getting some AC installed, is there anything else I can do to improve things beforehand?

O yes someone mentioned as we live in a Chalet bungalow the upstairs may have bad ventilation? Could this be the problem and is there a solution minus expensive A/C?

Cheers

Martin

bernlyn

i have found that if i open the loft hatch that it takes some of the heat out.

chaos5678

We have a mobile home as an extension and we have the same problem.
I've been looking on ebay and found proper air conditioners for around £235 which are easy to install.
These are the ones that really chill the air.

We've tried the portable ones that you filll with icepacks and water, but they are no good for this type of home
Hope this helps

roswell

have you been in the loft how hot is it in there ? it may be that you need a circulation fan in the loft / more ventalation in the eves.

AceCobra

You see thats the thing,

Our upstairs is the loft, its a Chalet Bungalow. Theres a tiny space above the bedrooms in the hall but its its only a few feet high at peak and about 4 feet wide, its not even suitible for storage and yes its very hot there to. We have big eaves which are also very hot. We have A Velux window in one room and a normal side opener in the other. I've tried keeping the windows downstairs open all day and opening the veluw window to crate a draft, it has little effect.

I think its A/C time, I slept in the dinning room last night lol.

Martin.

tawnyowls

You could possibly try adding an extra layer of underlay to reduce the heat rising upwards from the lower floor. If you haven't got insulation in the space above the bedrooms, you probably should, as that would stop heat being absorbed by the roof, accumulating in there, and dissipating out into the bedrooms. Cavity wall insulation should also help keep the house cooler.

Wickedkitten

We had the same problem but opening up all the windows on both floors and leaving the curtains shut helped out a lot.

ahll

when it is really hot I used the ice blocks for the cool bags to keep me cool. I know this wont make ure house cooler but at night it might make you cooler so you can get some sleep...a water spray is also useful and can help cool you down

skyepark

keep a bowl of cool water high up somehow this helps, or leavea damp towel hanging around. or sprtiz a room with water.

Deluks

Do you know what kind of insulation is in your roof space? Having plenty, preferably reflective like kingspan should keep the heat out, it works both ways.

Maybe get a portable air conditioning unit, Argos sell them for under £200. Although it could be noisy at night, you could keep it in a seperate room/downstairs and run flexi plastic ducting into the room with door ajar. Not a very elegant solution but could make your nights more bearable for the next few months. You would also need to keep windows shut to get max benefit from the A/C

My friend bought one of the Argos jobbies a while back and it really isn't that noisy anyway.

roswell

or fit the aircon in the roof space and run piping through vents in the ceiling ..