Help with bringing temperature down in the house

CDaniels1987

So purchased a portable AC today, and it did a fantastic job, dropping the room temp from 23.5 to 18.2 in around 2 hours, issue is due to the crappy floor boards in this house its like your constantly underneath an aircraft due to the vibrations, makes it an issue due to our room being right next to the neighbours kids room, so going to have to take it back unfortunately.

Think I'm going to have to just settle that I'm not going to be able to bring the room temp down, I'll just keep him in a vest and a light blanket (he seems restless without), I will also invest in a decent fan for the room to keep on during the day/night (not directly on him of course) because although it won't drop the actual room temp at least it will keep us all cool!

Thanks everybody for the advice.

Toto

Oh and thermometers, we advise under arm digital for under 5s. Do not do it as pictured on the NHS website this is wrong. The thermometer should be pointing upwards into the armpit.

CDaniels1987

Thanks, I currently use a head one, which is what the Doctor used the other night when we took him in for conjunctivitis.

I an looking at getting an armpit one soon though.

mrsHall2b

Spendless wrote: »

Honestly he'll be fine. Trust me in another 15 years you'll be complaining about him not wearing a school coat in mid-winter.

in 15 years? my 3 year old hardly ever wears her coat now! she will leave the house with it on but a couple of steps up the road and shes carrying it!

both my girls get very very hot at night 3 year old just has a fleecy blanket over her now as she cant cope with a duvet and still will get sweaty patches on her pillow, 2 year old is the same although she still has a blanket but both end up with sweaty pillows over night. and we sleep with out windows open (but not fully open any more as 2 year old can climb onto the window sill and Im terrified she would do it whilst we slept!)

CDaniels1987

We have the Dyson Cooling Tower coming tomorrow, not expecting it to actually drop the physical temperature, but our room is fairly small so hoping it makes the room feel significantly cooler.

All the reviews for it have been bang on, so we shall see.

Mojisola

CDaniels1987 wrote: »

So purchased a portable AC today, and it did a fantastic job, dropping the room temp from 23.5 to 18.2 in around 2 hours, issue is due to the crappy floor boards in this house its like your constantly underneath an aircraft due to the vibrations, makes it an issue due to our room being right next to the neighbours kids room, so going to have to take it back unfortunately.

I've no personal experience of them but you can buy vibration mats to under appliances. Wonder if anyone else has tried them?

CDaniels1987

well set the Dyson AM07 cooling tower up in the room, nifty looking thing it is, all the reviews were fantastic when i read it today, some people in america were even saying it was that good at cooling a room down they used it instead of aircon to save money, so i was very excited to get home and set it up....... well the room has gone from 25.0 to 25.8 since its been on and well to be quite honest it doesnt feel any different to my £30.00 fan i was using before this one, very confused, either its not as good as people make out or our house truly is rubbish when it comes to heat.

its only been on an hour so I'm hoping my mind is changed by time its bedtime tonight.

Gloomendoom

A fan can't reduce the temperature on its own. All it can do is make you feel cooler by evaporating the sweat on your skin more quickly.

Like any electrical appliance, the fan will actually give off heat when it is running.

sheramber

My baby was born at the start of the heatwave in Scotland in 1975.

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He didnlt like the heat so during the day he slept in his pram in the garage at the side of the house as that was the coolest place.

We ran a fan heater on the cold setting in the bedroom at night which kept the temperature down there.

As a child he stayed inside on hot days.

At 40 years old he still does not like heat, He wears short sleeved tshirts in the house all year round.

Kaye1

The ice in front of a fan post is a good one.


Get some of those ice cube bags, put on a plate in front of fan and let the cool air blow. You can re-freeze and repeat.