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Post by chickypoo2468 on Jul 29, 2017 8:31:23 GMT -6
O's room faces east. It is an oven in the mornings, and over a 10 degree difference from the rest of the house. One day he's going to have to sleep in here and I would like to figure out a fix before that happens. It's already miserable just being in it in the mornings and I'm the one sweating through the therapy that I'm just observing lol. Besides new windows what else can I do? I have blackout curtains but they apparently do nothing for the morning sun's heat.
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Post by brandiewine11 on Jul 29, 2017 9:47:39 GMT -6
There are thermal insulating curtains.
Does your house have a/c?
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Post by chickypoo2468 on Jul 29, 2017 9:50:36 GMT -6
There are thermal insulating curtains. Does your house have a/c? We do have AC. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by niko8083 on Jul 29, 2017 10:03:35 GMT -6
Can you adjust your registers so more air will flow toward that room? DH does this in our house so the rooms we use more get more air flow and we aren't cooling the rooms not used as much.
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Post by chickypoo2468 on Jul 29, 2017 10:36:35 GMT -6
Can you adjust your registers so more air will flow toward that room? DH does this in our house so the rooms we use more get more air flow and we aren't cooling the rooms not used as much. Not really. I think that is what I did when it was L's room and it helped but not enough. There's just the one register in each room and it's right under the window. Then the living room and kitchen are open concept so I feel like that complicates things. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by mapleme on Jul 29, 2017 11:01:42 GMT -6
It's not a quick solution, but my college dining hall had this issue and they solved it with vines growing over the window (I think they were away from the window so as not to damage the building). They would cool the room in the summer and then die back and warm the room in the winter.
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Post by grumpycakes on Jul 29, 2017 16:07:58 GMT -6
You can close the registers and put a small window unit in there. We do this with our rental which has central air, but only a return vent in one of the bedrooms.
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Post by chickypoo2468 on Jul 29, 2017 16:42:11 GMT -6
You can close the registers and put a small window unit in there. We do this with our rental which has central air, but only a return vent in one of the bedrooms. I wonder if D would go for this... but then isn't it easier for people to just climb in the window? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by grumpycakes on Jul 29, 2017 18:27:32 GMT -6
You can close the registers and put a small window unit in there. We do this with our rental which has central air, but only a return vent in one of the bedrooms. I wonder if D would go for this... but then isn't it easier for people to just climb in the window? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I think when you properly install a window unit, it's supposed to be screwed in and such. No one I know actually does this, but I'm sure that would deter intruders. It's usually pretty easy to just kick a back door in anyway. Security is generally an illusion. |
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Post by chickypoo2468 on Jul 29, 2017 19:10:32 GMT -6
I wonder if D would go for this... but then isn't it easier for people to just climb in the window? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I think when you properly install a window unit, it's supposed to be screwed in and such. No one I know actually does this, but I'm sure that would deter intruders. It's usually pretty easy to just kick a back door in anyway. Security is generally an illusion. What about me makes you think that that was an ok statement to make there, Stoney? Was it how I obsess and worry about all the things? Tinfoil? Microwaves? Sleeping with the windows open? AC units? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by grumpycakes on Jul 29, 2017 20:07:10 GMT -6
I think when you properly install a window unit, it's supposed to be screwed in and such. No one I know actually does this, but I'm sure that would deter intruders. It's usually pretty easy to just kick a back door in anyway. Security is generally an illusion. What about me makes you think that that was an ok statement to make there, Stoney? Was it how I obsess and worry about all the things? Tinfoil? Microwaves? Sleeping with the windows open? AC units? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I thought the screwing in was a reassurance. No? I still avoid tinfoil because of you. ❤️ U. |
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Post by chickypoo2468 on Jul 29, 2017 20:12:31 GMT -6
What about me makes you think that that was an ok statement to make there, Stoney? Was it how I obsess and worry about all the things? Tinfoil? Microwaves? Sleeping with the windows open? AC units? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I thought the screwing in was a reassurance. No? I still avoid tinfoil because of you. ❤️ U. But apparently my back door can get kicked in? Neat. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by milano on Jul 29, 2017 20:31:41 GMT -6
J's room had this problem in our old central air house, we just put in a window unit in his room. Problem solved. It was a second story very exposed window though so I didn't have concerns about someone breaking in there.
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Post by kona on Jul 29, 2017 21:24:33 GMT -6
J's room had this problem in our old central air house, we just put in a window unit in his room. Problem solved. It was a second story very exposed window though so I didn't have concerns about someone breaking in there. This. |
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Post by grumpycakes on Jul 30, 2017 6:13:20 GMT -6
I thought the screwing in was a reassurance. No? I still avoid tinfoil because of you. ❤️ U. But apparently my back door can get kicked in? Neat. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I'm sorry I planted that seed. 🙁 |
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Post by nikkipal on Jul 30, 2017 11:29:03 GMT -6
Wait, what's the issue with tinfoil? I'm almost afraid to ask.
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Post by chickypoo2468 on Jul 30, 2017 12:20:53 GMT -6
Wait, what's the issue with tinfoil? I'm almost afraid to ask. People who smoke drugs using foil burn the foil beforehand so that they don't inhale the stuff in the foil that is toxic. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by chickypoo2468 on Jul 30, 2017 13:33:26 GMT -6
In other words, crackheads don't want to get Alzheimer's from foil but we use it to cook our food.
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Post by piccyami on Jul 31, 2017 7:16:41 GMT -6
Wait, what's the issue with tinfoil? I'm almost afraid to ask. People who smoke drugs using foil burn the foil beforehand so that they don't inhale the stuff in the foil that is toxic. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk There's a plastic film on aluminum foil. I pretty much never use it after I did a chem lab with it. |
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