We NEED air-conditioning

Does that only apply to us Brits or other countries too.

No we don't. Air con creates more global warming. It's rarely that hot in this country tbh. And I've been through menopause and still liked the hot weather.

Blackout blinds and curtains keep out a lot of heat.

The emissions from running aircon units will exasperate climate change, causing the need for more aircon units. Essentially they are self replicating

I couldnt go into my living room until 3pm this afternoon

Post-menopausal, heat intolerant woman with MS here. I've got 3 portable AC units that sit on either side and at the bottom of my bed whenever the temperature hits 25⁰C.

I started out with one AC unit about 10 years ago and have added the other two in subsequent years.

I'm now looking at buying another couple for in the lounge because atm, if the weather warms up, I'm confined to my bed, so if I've got some AC in the lounge, I'll be able to spend time downstairs as well.

It also takes days for this sweatbucket to cool down after a heatwave is over

And are your places built for it

<sigh>

certain organisations need to start using their common sense. Doing gas safety checks when its 30c so the bloody heating has to be switched on. When flats like mine are like a fucking sauna. Ours is due on Monday. Thank fuck we are capped. Our choice

There is only one entrance AND exit to this shithole and that leads out to the communal hallway which is concrete and a lot cooler and YES i have seriously considered sleeping out there. despite the ex offender downstairs The stairs then lead out to the main door which yet again is the only entrance and exit. Do you really need to be told about cavity wall insulation and how that has turned some homes into sweatboxes. My housing association has put loads of it into our walls. They get funding for it. ££££ Contractors get ££££ We have black cladding BLACK cladding Soaks up the heat. Other estates ive been to have white. The flats here are over insulated and over heated.
Im not staying a sweaty mess just to please others especially when im hated by many on here for being a social housing tenant.
My fridge freezer really struggles in the tiny galley kitchen in the summer. No problem with it in the winter. Because the kitchen is so small everything is so close together. oh and in 2020 they replaced the roof which is also black

So how long and hot has your summer been this year then? I'm not in the UK, you definitely get far less hot/warm/sunny days than we do here.

If my 74 year old DH slept on the floor he wouldnt be able to get up again.

The contradiction on this thread is stark One minute we are told to expect more hot summers and milder winters
Until we suggest air conditioning then its only "a few hot days a year"
Which is it? It cant be both

There have been loads of bloody heatwaves but not much snow The most recent here was one week of snow in December 2022

I'm in NZ and have discovered that unless it is very hot I can just use the air con unit on fan, rather than cool, and it does the trick. I've even slept in the chair under it a couple of times! I don't think I've ever seen a ceiling fan in a house here.

I wouldn't have thought air con was worth it for the few hot days the UK gets.

Errrr, we have a massive global warming problem on our planet. Sponge yourselves down, sleep on the floor, do something that doesn't inflict further grief on our fragile world for a few hot days a year!!!!

@JenniferBooth honestly they are a godsend. We have had our moneys worth out of ours and even hubbie and little ones love it.

Ive seen hoses hanging out of windows here so if its good enough for my neighbours its good enough for me!

Portable AC unit! I’ve been talking about getting one for years, but this year we have our 4m DS (aka precious firstborn) and I decided our room was far too warm (28°C) for him in mini heatwave a few weeks ago and splashed out.

Best £150 I’ve ever spent! But will need to get another one for when he goes into his own room cos I’m not giving it up next year 😂❄️

Dyson fan works fine for me.

Forget all the fans, go straight for a mobile air con unit. We have a delonghi which was about £500 but it works brilliantly. Hose out of the window, on full and it’s amazing.

I live in a hot country and I second this. I actually prefer them to AC at nighttime.

Also little spray bottles of water help no end
Spray face amd around ears . Behind ears and wet your head

I have a little fan /heater under £20
I stick small drinks bottles of frozen water in front of the fan and hey presto lovely cool air.

Half fill the bottles and squeeze a bit to allow for expansion in freezer

34? thats disgusting. Its illegal to transport animals in those temparatures. And what about things like medication that has to be stored at certain temperatures yet cant be put in the fridge

Yes, it’s brilliant. We have it at home, in our bedroom and the living/kitchen/diner. It’s a game changer. We did not (for literally no good reason) put it in our second home, where we spend 3-4 nights a week (for work, before anyone gets cross about it!) and we really, really should have. Bedroom last night was 34 degrees and beyond uncomfortable. We WILL be having it put in.

Does anyone know if there's a kind of unit you can get installed on a wall (or preferably between walls) with a second vent into a different room on the opposite side of the wall? I have a very small flat and units on two opposite sides of the wall would be expensive and probably too heavy. But there are only two main rooms in the flat, the everything-room and the bedroom, and it would be nice to have it in both if I were going to the expense - but I don't think cooling one room would mean the other cooled as well (it doesn't with the portable unit). It's small enough that there isn't much wall space, either. There is room for the outdoor unit bit on a patio, though.

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