Kitchen in summer unbearable

Jonesya

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Paint the glass in the windows and doors with a 50/50 mix of white emulsion and matt varnish.

Old trade trick for factory windows, and be scraped or soaked off for the winter;);)

Yeah I was thinking something similar, you can get a white-wash type product for painting the insides of greenhouses to help reflect the light and keep them cool during the summer.

mymedi

Since the idea is to block the HEAT from entering the kitchen, not the sunlight, I would suggest that whatever you do, you have to do to the outside of the windows - for example, put the blinds up, but outside! Otherwise, the blinds will heat up from the sun and the room will still be hot...

olly300

mymedi wrote: »

Since the idea is to block the HEAT from entering the kitchen, not the sunlight, I would suggest that whatever you do, you have to do to the outside of the windows - for example, put the blinds up, but outside! Otherwise, the blinds will heat up from the sun and the room will still be hot...

Blocking sunlight actually helps to block heat.

Stand by a window tomorrow with the sun shining on it and feel how hot the glass is.

Housewives and gardeners with greenhouses have been using the fact you can block the sun to cool down places for years.

Oh and Wilkinsons sells the greenhouse shading product which is very easy to get off.

cyclonebri1

mymedi wrote: »

Since the idea is to block the HEAT from entering the kitchen, not the sunlight, I would suggest that whatever you do, you have to do to the outside of the windows - for example, put the blinds up, but outside! Otherwise, the blinds will heat up from the sun and the room will still be hot...

No, it doesn't quite work like that, it's radiated heat, blocking the light blocks the heat. It doesn't have to be outside.;);)

mymedi

Help me out with this - since it's radiated heat, you're saying the light itself is hot? Ok. Let's assume that. But then since you're stopping the light, you are stopping the heat too - they both "get deposited" on the surface that stops them unless it's mirrored. Right? The glass in the windows doesn't get hot because it lets the light pass through it (some of it), while the blinds will get really hot because that's where the light stops. These hot blinds will keep heating the room. Sure, to a somewhat lesser degree than direct sunlight, but the difference will be a matter of a couple of degrees. Whereas if you hang them outside, you'll effectively be in a "cave" with all heat sources moved to the outside...

martinsurrey

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

No, it doesn't quite work like that, it's radiated heat, blocking the light blocks the heat. It doesn't have to be outside.;);)

mymedi wrote: »

Help me out with this - since it's radiated heat, you're saying the light itself is hot? Ok. Let's assume that. But then since you're stopping the light, you are stopping the heat too - they both "get deposited" on the surface that stops them unless it's mirrored. Right? The glass in the windows doesn't get hot because it lets the light pass through it (some of it), while the blinds will get really hot because that's where the light stops. These hot blinds will keep heating the room. Sure, to a somewhat lesser degree than direct sunlight, but the difference will be a matter of a couple of degrees. Whereas if you hang them outside, you'll effectively be in a "cave" with all heat sources moved to the outside...

mymedi is right,

Blinds inside the window just turn into a solar radiator for the room (there will be an effect due to some reflection/radiation back out the window, but it would not be very effective, but can be maximised by being silver or white)

Blinds outside the windows radiate most the heat to the outside air, keeping the room cool.

its why you see shutters on the outside of buildings in Spain/Portugal/south of France/any hot place without wide spread aircon