Help with bringing temperature down in the house

Snuggles

missbiggles1 wrote: »

That assumes that the air is cooler outside, which won't necesarily be the case in a heatwave.

On an evening the air is always cooler outside than it is in our house, and during the day the fan can be pointed at the ceiling to create a draught throughout the room.

missbiggles1

Snuggles wrote: »

On an evening the air is always cooler outside than it is in our house, and during the day the fan can be pointed at the ceiling to create a draught throughout the room.

Sorry, I meant to say cool rather than cooler. I just hate having warm air blowing round, it seems to be the worst of both worlds.

Snuggles

missbiggles1 wrote: »

Sorry, I meant to say cool rather than cooler. I just hate having warm air blowing round, it seems to be the worst of both worlds.

Yes I agree and a lot of fans seem to do just that, this one has made a big difference for us though, and the reviews on Amazon reflect our experience. We were thinking of buying one of those water air coolers or even a portable aircon unit but decided to try the fan first after seeing the reviews, and it does the job, unlike other fans we had previously tried.

chazsucks

CDaniels1987 wrote: »

So we have a new baby (11 days old), however we really suffer with the heat in our house, its usually around 23-25 degrees in the day currently, and our room where he sleeps doesn't go lower than 23 degrees on a night time, its quite uncomfortable sometimes and I can only imagine it must be a little uncomfortable for the little one, we dress him in a vest and a sleepsuit currently like the midwives advised us, and we have blankets at hand on the off chance he becomes cold.

I have tried everything to lower the temperature in the day so it can stay like it at night (it doesn't seem to budge at night from the day temperature, dropping .5 - 1 degree at most) I keep the curtains shut, I've had fans on in the room, I've tried having a fan pointing towards an open window as I have heard that helps with cool air flow, but nothing works (this house sucks!)

We currently rent so I can't really put proper AC installed, which I would do if we owned the house and just use it during the day to keep the room cool, but Ive seen you can buy AC systems for around £200 - £250 that don't have to be installed, so my question is has anyone used one of these?

I just want something to help bring the temp down during the day, as I know its going to get worse as the temp outside rises from next week once summer fully kicks in (According to the weather forecast)

We have been in this house for 4 years now s

Skin to skin to help regulate babies temperature... if not then definitely ditch the vest or sleepsuit. Babies are used to being warmer than we are because it's a couple of degrees warmer in the nice toasty amniotic fluid. Feel babies chest to see whether he/she feels too hot (not limbs) and adjust clothing / blankets accordingly.

System

The makes of the air con units we have are Amcor and Alaska. They are getting on a bit now but still work well. Yes, you need to keep them on pretty well all the time or the temperature creeps up.

At the moment we are only using the biggest one (Alaska) which is upstairs. As you know, heat rises and downstairs is sufferable.

HappyMJ

In my house it's the hot water cylinder that gives off all the heat and makes the upstairs too warm. If you can do without hot water then turn the water heating off. At the very least turn the thermostat down. If it's gas use the boost button whenever you need hot water. I had an electric shower so I never really did need copious amounts of hot water. I used the kettle in the kitchen for a half sink of hot water to wash dishes with.

System

In my house it's the hot water cylinder that gives off all the heat and makes the upstairs too warm.

and the cooker. Cant believe i had the oven on for an hour last night whilst cooking tea.

MallyGirl

We have an air con unit we bought when DD was a baby. It is pretty noisy but it did the trick. We cooled her room down and put her to bed then moved it to our room for the hours till we went to bed. It does need venting out of a window but came with an attachment to block the rest of the window gap so that the hot air doesn't come straight back in. When going full pelt the hose is quite warm. You need to empty the reservoir every day on humid days as it fills up quickly.

System

MallyGirl wrote: »

You need to empty the reservoir every day on humid days as it fills up quickly.

and clean out the filter.:)

onlyroz

notanewuser wrote: »

DD would have melted if I'd done that!

Why? If you're warm enough sleeping naked and with a single sheet then give baby a vest and a single sheet. If you need pyjamas and a duvet then give baby a vest, sleep suit and a thick sleeping bag. Seems like sensible advice to me.