NEW BUILD-HEAT& SOLAR PANELS!

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AIBU or have I lost the plot?

We live in a new build and the solar panels are built into the roof above our bedroom, I have sat out in the sun today for 3 hours and felt cooler than I do right now laying on my bed!!! The upstairs of our house is like a sauna. Last summer with the heatwave we had two fans in our bedroom and I slept with a frozen hot water bottle 😂 poor DD has slept in her nappy for 3 nights and is still hot with the fan on, I PRAY this summer isn't as bad because I am pregnant and think I may honestly pass out 😩

AIBU to say the only reason for it is the solar panels they stick in every new build!!!!

Sorry but I think solar panels are a fab idea. Do you get any discount from electricity ??

@Yesicancancan well to say we had the fan on from April to October last year every night we only pay £62 a month for electric & gas... BUT THAT ISN'T THE POINT id rather not have them than over heat and die in the summer🤣🤣🤣

Is your room IN the roof? ie where the loft would be? Does it have slopey ceiling?

Loft rooms are always hot. The roof is lagged to keep the heat in, and the heat rises from all the rooms downstairs. When it reaches the loft room it has nowhere to go.

@Heratnumber7 no only 2 floors but the roof does slope! Makes me wonder whats between the plaster board and the solar panels in these rubbish new builds 😌 xx

OP if you google "new builds and heat" there are lots of people having major problems

I really feel for you. I live in a building that was built about 30 years ago I think...no solar panels but it's been insulated and cladded to such an extent, the heat is insane. I gather most places built in that period have been heavily insulated for energy use. I thought that newer places might have learned from older places, but apparently not.

it's a studio but with the only windows open, it's still 24.5 in here and I think it was 27 outside. Last summer was horrendous. I think the low heating bill is probably offset by the constant use of fans from April till October. It's madness. Also a few people said to me to get a portable air con unit, I can't really afford it and don't have anywhere to vent it but it would use even more energy, I guess.

madness. There must be a happy medium, even if they are trying to meet energy goals.

PS do all new builds have solar panels? I've seen some advertised with internal air con. If they are trying to meet an environmental goal, it hasn't really worked!

I would think it's more the insulation of your house than the solar panels on the roof. Solr panels are not insulating.

I live in an old house and it's nice in the summer but in the winter I have to sleep in pjs a hoodie with hood up and 2 duvets

My solar are on the DC side of the house

Their rooms do not get too hot but mine does. 💁🏻‍♀️
My room is on the side where the sun comes up and DC are on the side it sets but the way the house is positioned the rooms are shaded up until about 6pm and then till sunset with the panels getting the sun directly

It’s more house position, what other objects are around to create shade and cooling I would not say it’s the solar

I get my hot water from solar but doesn’t do much for my leccy otherwise

I will add it’s much hotter upstairs generally due to the huge hot water tank too though
I can’t have my heating on over 18/19 or we all boil upstairs

I doubt its the solar panels particularly - I have slept in a houses without them and upstairs got very hot especially in the evening/night. It's more that the hot roof is so close to your ceiling and to you.

If the insulation is missing from the roof then the hot roof that has been in the sun all day can radiate heat into your bedroom - all night long - ugh. Room-in-roof construction is often insulated badly, and a bastard to check as well.

The advantage of an old house with a large roof is that the tiles are usually draughty so the evening breezes can cool them down - and they are further from your face, too. A well-sealed tiled roof close to your sloping bedroom ceiling is another matter.

The best thing to do if at all possible is to open windows/skylights in the evening to flush the heat out - if you also open a window downstairs the house will act like a chimney and draw cool air up to the skylight, hopefully.

I used to have a loft bedroom and it was so hot at night you couldn’t even breathe properly. It was vile! Tiny skylights no circulating air

I tend to leave the windows open till really late to get rid of the heat

also if you do have a skylight, definitely fit a blind and leave it shut when the sun is on it - the higher the sun in the sky, the more hot sunlight gets in to heat up your bedroom.

It'll be because it's well insulated, I've been on at DH to lag our loft since we moved in in 2016, I can do most things DIY but my balance is poor and I've no head for heights so the loft is his area. He finally did it this winter because I was pregnant and got the best eco insulation he could find, and my god our house is now so stuffy, it's over a hundred years old so should be pretty drafty. Of course I can't complain having used the lack of insulation as a running joke for two years.

I'm in a new build but without solar panels and my bedroom stay really hot at night. I have the window on the stairs open and a back and front window open but there is no breeze outside anyway as we are quite sheltered.

I lived here two years ago when I was heavily pregnant in some extremely hot summer weather and I'm not going to lie, it was torturous! So I would look into option for fans etc. I quite fancy trying the ceiling fans that go above the light bulb but not sure if new build ceilings are too low or not.