Thread for people in sweat box flats

[EmmaH2022]

Please not just me?

I’m waiting for the outside temp to penetrate these insanely insulated walls. The temp in here is the same as yesterday. It will be like this till October unless we get a cool spell.

when I go outside I’m surprised it’s not boiling. These places are mad. They should have been made with air con as standard.

Mines the same . We keep blackout curtains shut most of the time in summer which helps a bit . We are ground floor too so means can't leave windows wide open at night .
On the plus side we only had the heating in 4 times last winter for a total of around 10hours, so no horrendous gas bill

I live in a tiny flat that is hot all the time, I find shutting the windows and keeping curtains shut during the hot times keeps the heat out and turn on fans to feel some coolness. Open the windows again once the sun goes in to let the heat out. If this is happening to you all year round then I don't know what to suggest, thankfully for me it's only a summer time problem.

My sympathies to fellow sufferers
its a sort of April to November problem but has been only mildly annoying till last week

I’m aware I’m lucky that warm weather started late this year. June and July are probably the worst. Counting the days! I was hoping for a storm but I can feel it’s better outside but that benefit just doesn’t come in.

I had this problem in my previous home which was a flat. My upstairs neighbour also had a grow on in the room above my bedroom which made it worse. You have my sympathies!

Oh no. What temps do you get with those?

there's bound to be some here, it's a big block.

Is it not worth getting air conditioning in?

Definitely not just you. We put hand towels in the freezer to put around our necks and 9pm trips to the beach to cool down are common.

I find that it helps to keep a copy of your winter gas bill laying around, just so you can keep telling yourself that it will get easier soon!

Sadly my budget will only stretch to a bowl of cold water to soak my feet in and a box of strawberry cornettos.

Fair enough. You can get a decent one for about £250, but I understand that’s still a lot.

No, they should be made with better design rather than electricity hungry air conditioners.

It's weird because my dads is roasting and much hotter than outside
Mine is so well insulated that it's actually cold in summer and warm in winter. Dad came in and asked if I had AC put in secretly it's usually 5c colder in summer than the temp outdoors

If you wet a thin towel or even a normal bath towel, put it over yourself and sit in front of a fan, you'll be shivering in no time

Once the sun is down, prop open internal doors and open windows on at least two sides of the flat to create a through-draught. Really cools the space down.

We live in a converted bungalow with north facing dormers - it's the worst house we've had for the heat upstairs, had flat before with internal rooms and only two rooms with external windows, then a southwest facing bedroom and lounge with previous house. Currently 27c upstairs now and 23c outside! Bedrooms only have one opening window each and two velux windows on front which open about 3"!. I'm complaining, but I'm trying to be grateful as I really don't want this winter with rising energy prices.

28.5 inside in the mornings if I don't leave the balcony door open overnight.
Going in to the office more for the air con.

Today it was so humid too.

Still I appreciate never needing the heating in current times.

But “should” doesn’t help if your flat is too hot.

I've got a portable unit. It can only be vented out of the balcony door. you can't then seal it properly unless you're okay with sealing that off for the whole summer. It's appalling design.

i can't have proper air con fitted because there's no way to vent it.

i'm extra annoyed this summer because I had been hoping to move out but it fell through.

jay55 sounds like you have similar. My place faces west so worse in the evening. Comtesse i can't open windows on both sides, the flat only faces one side.

last year I covered the windows in cardboard - that's on top of blackout - but foolishly recycled it in winter because I thought I'd be moving.

Interesting, I'd have thought ground floor north facing would be the coolest place.

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Put a wet t shirt or nightshirt on after a long, cool shower. Leave your hair very wet. You'll be chilly in no time. I sometimes sleep under a damp cool sheet. After a couple of minutes it feels delicious.

def not putting on wet clothes.

it's the circulating air that I would like to cool down further. I go outside and I'm amazed at how normal and breathable it is. In here it's just bizarre.

I live in Malaysia where it is a constant 30+ and high humidity- adding to this our flat has a wall of glass windows so can often feel like a terrarium. I don't like to use the air con too much as it's too expensive. To alleviate the heat I open the windows and doors on a morning ( I get up at 6) when it's cool and then close them around 10. I have a ceiling fan running all day switched off at night ) and when the sun comes round to where we are I close the curtains to keep the heat out. It works for us. I lived in Kuwait prior to here and the summers were 50+ - our rent included electricity so didn't have to worry about the air con there thankfully!

Oh wow! for 6 months, it’s that hot in your Flat? Can you complain?

I’m lucky in that all temperatures are bearable at our home with minimal effort. Rarely need to put the heating on in winter and we’ve managed to survive summer with windows open and blinds drawn.

I'm complaining here 😂
I own it.

fool that I am, I used to be surprised when I saw flat listings with air con. I had no idea the building regs required this insane level of insulation.

what sort of internal temp do you have normally, just out of interest? I imagine it's all built to keep the heat out?