Good morning, dear lotters. / myLot

Chile

December 13, 2022 6:10am CST

I woke up very early, in part because I turned off the lights earlier and in part because I´m not used to this extreme morning heatI live near the mountains and here there are almost 20° C of difference between dawn and afternoon. Today I listened to ideas on TV about dealing with this heat. We must close the house as we do during winter. We can air it at dawn but close every window and door at midday on. I hadn´t thought of that. See you later, friends. I´ll get going now.

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@DaddyEvil (137145)

• United States

13 Dec 22

Good morning. You can also set a fan to bring air into the house during the night when it's cool and another fan to push the air out of the house. Ideally, the fans should be on opposite sides of the house with a clear sightline between the two openings. Then shut the fans off when the temp starts rising in the morning and close the two openings to preserve as much of the coolness as possible during the daytime.

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marguicha

@marguicha (215405)

• Chile

13 Dec 22

I will, when I win the lottery

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@DaddyEvil (137145)

• United States

13 Dec 22

@marguicha A fan is that expensive there?

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marguicha

@marguicha (215405)

• Chile

14 Dec 22

@DaddyEvil I have a small fan in my bedroom that I can place anywhere in the room. I´m using it now. Here we don´t use those ceiling fans that I have seen in the US and we don´t need it. Last year I did not need my fan. But now we are having a heat wave for 10 days. It is not worth it spending money in more fans.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458008)

• Switzerland

13 Dec 22

This is what we do during the hottest days in summer. Close the house, close the shutters and only open after dawn.

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marguicha

@marguicha (215405)

• Chile

13 Dec 22

I don´t have shutters. I have thick curtains but it is not the same.

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marguicha

@marguicha (215405)

• Chile

14 Dec 22

@LadyDuck I suppose that it depends on the kind of house you have. My windows have thick glasses in the windows though.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458008)

• Switzerland

14 Dec 22

@marguicha We have outside shutters, this is something I really appreciate, I feel so much safer when I close the shutters for the night.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (159008)

• Boise, Idaho

13 Dec 22

That is very important. Keeping it all closed up will keep a lot of heat out. I had to teach the kids to not keep running in and out.

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marguicha

@marguicha (215405)

• Chile

13 Dec 22

So true.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (95136)

• Marion, Ohio

13 Dec 22

It can help you stay cooler if you get the timing right. Hope you send some warmth my way soon.

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marguicha

@marguicha (215405)

• Chile

13 Dec 22

The best thing to do is to take a nap after lunch

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Simone

@Janet357 (75656)

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13 Dec 22

Good morning to you. Oh, here it is getting colder

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marguicha

@marguicha (215405)

• Chile

13 Dec 22

We are in summer now.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (28490)

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13 Dec 22

Are black-out curtains popular there? They really do help. You draw them closed if the day is extremely cold and it helps retain heat in your home. In the hot weather, they block the sun very well, so that it doesn't stream inside and make it hotter than it already is in the home. It does help to keep the house closed up to help with the temperature.

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marguicha

@marguicha (215405)

• Chile

13 Dec 22

I used to have some but my eldest daughter helped herself to them when she was just married. I thought I could have other ones soon but never did.

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Fleur

@Fleura (29129)

• United Kingdom

13 Dec 22

Keep the curtains closed all day, that makes a huge difference. If you have windows on the shady side of the house, open those to allow cool air in and open others at the top of the house (if you have any) to let heat out. We had 40 C heat here at times during the summer and that kept the indoors quite comfortable.

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marguicha

@marguicha (215405)

• Chile

13 Dec 22

Most of my windows are towards the warmest side. It is more important for us to welcome the winter sun than to stay away from the summer. These last days have been exceptionally hot.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Dec 22

We always close up the house during the day when it's hot. Close doors and windows and close curtains, pull down blinds, etc.

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marguicha

@marguicha (215405)

• Chile

14 Dec 22

I´m doing that now.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (156056)

• United States

14 Dec 22

We keep the house closed up during the summer too and have heavy drapes that block out the sun on the west side of the house. We have central air; so we don't get really hot if we keep the house closed up.

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marguicha

@marguicha (215405)

• Chile

14 Dec 22

My house is not as hot as the outside either. I, too, have thick curtains.

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