FYI if your house is hot, open your loft hatch

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It works! Bedrooms was noticeably cooler last night!

I know it's not an AIBU but in this heat, I thought I'd share.

The house was super hot yesterday afternoon so I wrestled with the loft hatch and it works. Granted, it's not air conditioning but such a simple thing that helps.

Mine too, when Dh opens it, you get a blast of hot air.

🤣🤣🤣

Yes it does.

I thought everyone knew about this, 20+ years my loft has been open.

I also have bats in my attic and they never come down. There's no flies upstairs even though they come in downstairs so either the attic spiders or attic bats keep them down too. All round win.

Through draught from open windows too, upstairs is always cool at night.

Bumping this as I've just opened my loft hatch today and all the bedrooms are noticeably cooler!!

Will the hear from the loft not get out into the house?

No heat rises.

Ive never looked in my loft or opened it 🤣

Hasn't made any difference in my house.
Closed windows and curtains too and still over 28° when I came home at 6pm.

Me too. It doesn't work . I live in the place that nearly always has the warmest night temperatures. Opening the windows in the evening does not cool things down and there is no through draught. Can't keep windows open all night because of road noise, annoyingly but it would still be horribly warm. Abroad they tend to also have stone floors. I'd love those electric shutters.

For anyone struggling to sleep with the heat try a dog cooling mat in your bed. I had three mats (2 med, 1 large) plus two fans for my elderly dobermann who used to lie on one of the mats on the sofa with a fan in the open window (north facing of course, he was no fool) and another fan circulating the air within the room which to be fair stays pretty cool no matter the weather while waiting for me to serve him chicken flavoured home made icepops!! Sadly I lost his highness late last year but he did inspire me to try a cooling mat in my bed and its brilliant. I sleep alone in a double bed so I move on and off the mat as needed. Also helps with restless legs.

He have a section of flat roof at the top of our house with a big sky light
which is opens fully and has been permanently open for the last month or so House cools down a lot over night as it draws like a chimney

but in winter…. Big big gas bills!

Everyone’s will be because heat rises

Ok I'm trying it now. Will report back

Well it certainly worked for this house.

I've opened the windows upstairs and theres a lovely breeze wafting around and its so much cooler than last night.

This works brilliantly and have been doing it for years. But last year we were sat in the living room watching tv and a bat flew down the stairs, past the tv and out the window. (We still open the loft, but only by a little to try and keep the bats from interrupting our TV dinners!)

I live in a bungalow so the loft hatch hangs down in the middle of the hallway