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A few ways to go forth & cool off:

1. spray the roof with water repeatedly
2. put a fan in the window during the evening, it blows in outside air that's cooler

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The first one is hardly practical, and the second one does not work these
last few nights as the temperature difference is simply not there.
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A few ways to go forth & cool off:

1. spray the roof with water repeatedly
2. put a fan in the window during the evening, it blows in outside air
that's cooler

I'll leave more for you...


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Turn the aircon on. Best money I ever spent.
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3. Go out in the drive and sleep in the caravan. The heavy fabric of
buildings will release lots of heat during the night, making it warmer
indoors than it need be. A caravan's fabric store very little heat, so
they are much cooler to sleep in than a bricks and mortar building.
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On 11/08/2020 15:40, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote :
you can say that again...


Oh, if I must...

3. Go out in the drive and sleep in the caravan. The heavy fabric of
buildings will release lots of heat during the night, making it warmer
indoors than it need be. A caravan's fabric store very little heat, so
they are much cooler to sleep in than a bricks and mortar building.

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On Tuesday, 11 August 2020 at 10:08:29 UTC+1, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Mon, 10 Aug 2020 08:33:03 -0700 (PDT), tabby wrote:

1. spray the roof with water repeatedly

Well it might make a fraction or two difference to the temperature in
the loft.


For flat roofs it helps a lot. I wouldn't use it on sloping lofted roofs.


2. put a fan in the window during the evening, it blows in outside air
that's cooler

Think I'd go for a fan upstairs in a south facing window blowing out
to extract any warm air along with 5. below. But take note of air
flow caused by the prevailing wind. You want air in from the cool
north.


blowing in or out have mostly the same result. The upside of blowing in is the coolness is concentrated in one room.


3. Keep windows/doors (internal and external) closed during the day.


totally depends on the house & current temps whether you want it open or closed at any time.


NT

4. Draw curtains and/or close blinds and/or shutters on the hot south
facing sides of the house during the day.

5. Once the external temperature has dropped open windows on the
cooler north side.

6. Have a house with 20 tonnes of thick stone wall running through
the middle of it to absorb any excess heat that gets in.

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On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:58:41 -0700 (PDT), Nick Cat wrote:

3. Keep windows/doors (internal and external) closed during the day.


totally depends on the house & current temps whether you want it open or
closed at any time.


Well this thread context is summer and it hot outside and requirement
to keep inside cooler. If people are daft enough to not draw curtains
etc thus letting lots of radiant heat in, then opening doors and
windows to "let the heat out", the best they can achieve is making
the house the same temp as outdoors.

Curtains drawn and widows/doors closed up keeps a place cooler.

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On 11/08/2020 18:08, Jim GM4 DHJ ... wrote:
On 11/08/2020 15:40, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote :
you can say that again...


Oh, if I must...

3. Go out in the drive and sleep in the caravan. The heavy fabric of
buildings will release lots of heat during the night, making it warmer
indoors than it need be. A caravan's fabric store very little heat, so
they are much cooler to sleep in than a bricks and mortar building.

ha ha


Especially when the van floats away on a torrent of floodwater like
some people are getting.

Not here is Sussex though, where is the frigging rain ????
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On 12/08/2020 17:08, Andrew wrote:
On 11/08/2020 18:08, Jim GM4 DHJ ... wrote:
On 11/08/2020 15:40, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote :
you can say that again...

Oh, if I must...

3. Go out in the drive and sleep in the caravan. The heavy fabric of
buildings will release lots of heat during the night, making it
warmer indoors than it need be. A caravan's fabric store very little
heat, so they are much cooler to sleep in than a bricks and mortar
building.

ha ha


Especially when the van floats away on a torrent of floodwater like
some people are getting.

Not here is Sussex though, where is the frigging rain ????

ALL UP HERE...CARS FLOATING AWAY...


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On Wednesday, 12 August 2020 at 15:56:54 UTC+1, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:58:41 -0700 (PDT), Nick Cat wrote:

3. Keep windows/doors (internal and external) closed during the day.


totally depends on the house & current temps whether you want it open or
closed at any time.

Well this thread context is summer and it hot outside and requirement
to keep inside cooler. If people are daft enough to not draw curtains
etc thus letting lots of radiant heat in, then opening doors and
windows to "let the heat out", the best they can achieve is making
the house the same temp as outdoors.

Curtains drawn and widows/doors closed up keeps a place cooler.


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