Enough's enough, I want air con!

Biggles

You can get a proper wall-mounted one for not much more than that.

If I understand correctly, they don't require a big vent in a wall, just a small hose for a pipe to go through plus an exterior unit. Your landlady might not be unhappy, as it might add to the value of the flat.

Examples:-
https://www.carltonsales.co.uk/hitachi-summit-rak-18pec-air-conditioning-system.html
http://www.aircon247.com/p/9049016/Daikin-K-Series-Inverter-FTXSK-kw-wall-mounted-multi-split-indoor-unit.html

another_casualty

I used to live in Twickenham also. Yes, very humid in greater London and London in general . I survived by having ceiling fans in living room and bedroom . I doubt if the landlady would allow unfortunately

I'm sorry I can't offer any more to the great advice given ,and hope things get better for you .

Gers

Freeze bottles of water and then place them in front of a fan blowing air. The air goes over the cold bottle and cools down. Very rough and ready but can be effective.

When I was in hospital a number of years ago with a very high fever the nurses did this as the ward was hot as well. The number of people who had to walk past my bed rose up each time the bottle was out.

tronator

Gers wrote: »

Freeze bottles of water and then place them in front of a fan blowing air. The air goes over the cold bottle and cools down. Very rough and ready but can be effective.

When I was in hospital a number of years ago with a very high fever the nurses did this as the ward was hot as well. The number of people who had to walk past my bed rose up each time the bottle was out.

The only problem with that is, that the energy needed to freeze the bottles heats up the flat.

GwylimT

We have central air in this flat, well, until we move in a couple of days! In our previous home we had portable units, we had sash windows so I bought a section of chipboard, i cut it to the width of the window and around 30cm high, I then cut a hole for the aircon units pipe and wedged said wood in the window. I did this for the living room, dining room and bedroom, the units were around £500 each in 2005.

RobTang

so you buy this thing


http://www.diy.com/departments/window-seal-for-mobile-air-conditioning-units/1263259_BQ.prd


its a piece of fabric with Velcro around the edges and a zip in the middle, you can stick the aircon output pipe through it and zip it around it. It keeps most of the cool air from leaking out but obviously you still need aitflow into the flat which will still be hot.


Don't expect miracles however a small unit will only take 3-5deg off the outside temp however often I find its enough to make the room bearable.

jshm2

If you want quick and easy air cooling then get yourself the biggest pedestal fan you can find and a 400+ thread count cotton towel.

Simply soak the towel in clean water (make sure it's not dripping) and place over half the back of the pedestal fan.

Instant cool air.

droopsnoot

On that, what about directing the flow from a desk fan across the top of a bowl of water? I tried that and it seemed better than the fan on its own. Isn't that similar to how tower block air-con works, by directing air over water?

B_G_B

I’ve been using a swamp cooler for the last couple of years. Not as effective as air con but still pretty good and loads cheaper to run.

Ant555

I don;t know how large the area is you wish to cool but at the office we had a portable one when the building air con packed up last year (standard format with the round vent tube hanging out of the window)

It was a 12000 BTU/1.7kW rated unit and it cooled a surprisingly large area for 9 people.

Amazon I can see units 4000BTU and 9000BTU so ranging from a small bedroom to an average living room?
The make was Pump House

Hope this helps