SHADE NEEDED

[ClematisPurple]

Please help, I'm dying of heat stress.
The back of my house is WEST FACING.
It is sheer hell in this heat.
The kitchen is in the back of the house.
I'm going to pieces unable to cope with the blinding tortuous sun beaming directly in through my kitchen window and back door (next to window) every single solitary day when I'm trying to make dinner.
It's so hellishly, tortuously, insanely bright and intense that I get sunburn whilst standing at my kitchen worktop preparing a meal, the backs of my calves actually burn, and I have to wear sunglasses in my kitchen, and still I am squinting like mad and getting migraines from the intensity of the sun shining in to my eyes as it shines directly in to my kitchen at 5pm, 6pm, 7pm.
My kitchen sink faces the west facing window.
My kitchen is a shitty little tiny box kitchen 10ft long x 7.5ft wide and the back wall of the kitchen is all glass because the massive window and 100% top to bottom glass door take up the full width of the entire wall of the kitchen that faces west, and I HATE IT.
We are elevated on a hill, with no natural sun screen i.e. no trees. We are completely exposed to the elements.
I feel like I'm going insane.
I can't use my kitchen between 4pm - 8pm every day in this heat.
Outside my kitchen is our tiny patio only 18 feet wide and we are boxed in by tall brick walls since my next door neighbour that we are joined on to got a 4 metre rear extension which has created a breeze less sun trap at the back of our house. I hate it. We used to have air circulating at the back of our house bit their massive rear extension has stopped this.
Today, preparing dinner for DC at 5pm made me feel sick. I still feel ill now. I got sunburnt whilst cooking at my hob/oven becausethe sun hits my oven as it drops down lower in the sky. I got a migraine from standing at the kitchen sink washing up because the sun sank lower in the sky until it was straight opposite my window above the sink.
I bought a gazebo from argos and stood it against the back of the house. It helped. It lasted 4 days then we had a windy day on Saturday and the frame snapped and it collapsed.
What should I do?
Please advise me on what is better for this situation - another gazebo or a patio awning?
What is best?
I feel ill with heat stress even now at nearly 10pm, after getting in such a state in the kitchen earlier.

On a more helpful note than my last post, I bought this from John Lewis.

Originally it was to provide shade while sitting on my balcony. That's not what it does at all. The angle means it shades part of my front room, and does reduce the intensity during the day.

It is heavy weighted - in a storm or very heavy winds it may fall over but has never blown away.

The other things that help are blinds - any kind really. In my bedroom I have a blackout blind in a light colour that was bespoke from Blinds 2 U or whatever its called. Definitely helps a lot.

Then you need internal cooling. I have a turbo floor fan (from Robert Dyas for about £40). In one room I have an a portable Meaco air con which is good, but does require a window that the tube can pass through. There are smaller clip on fans on Amazon that can attach to tables.

Lastly a Cool Touch Ice Towel from Amazon round the neck.

Basically throwing some money at it unfortunately but if you can do it gradually over time it is worth it .

https://www.johnlewis.com/menos-by-kettler-half-balcony-parasol-base-2-7m-grey/p5067124?intcmp=click_on_product_description_exp&_gl=14n7u8h_gcl_agMi4xLmswQUFBQUFEMmVsMXdBeHlYUWJiRzBXTnlkNmRlOHBNRjNiJGkxNzUwNDAyMTE0_gcl_auMTkwNjkwOTk1NC4xNzQ4ODQzNjEz_gaMTY4OTA4NTA2LjE3NDg4NDM2MTE._ga_S1ZHFBNH86*czE3NTIxODEzMzEkbzYkZzEkdDE3NTIxODEzNjEkajMwJGwwJGgw

I can't. I'm working from early morning until i get home at 4pm and then the suffering begins.

I am going mad😩😢

Perfect fit blinds from 24/7 blinds. They do a thermal option which keeps the heat out in the summer and in in the winter. They clip inside the UPVC frame so no trailing cords or anything flapping about

I taped white paper over my windows yesterday. It's made a big difference.

@ClematisPurple item 3

you're in a house? You must be able to put something outside. I can't do that without a scaffold 😂

Sun canopy in the garden to block the sun from hitting the windows / doors. We have one well a few as we have a south facing rear garden with sun all day.

Also cold foods and if doing things like tuna pasta cook the pasta the night before when it’s cooler, rinse it and fridge it for the next day. We did a whole chicken the other day when it was cooler in the evening to then use in salad wraps the next day so all the hot stuff was done late at night for nice cold meals the next day.

OP I feel for you . When it got to 40 DH nailed in some old sheets outside the house over windows and it was so amazing !
Just two small nails were enough to hold up sheets and over our back door. Our kitchen is the same as yours we get the sun at cooking time.
Having blinds inside helps but remember the sun is still getting to the glass so once you peventt that happy timea.
Easy painless cheap option.

Another more expensive idea is to get a sail fitted from Windows outside to fence or nest doors wall.

Aldi are selling sails at the moment. Could you attach one of those to the back of the house, and supports of some sort the other end?

I hear you, I have beach towels stuck over my glass door. It's unbearable.

I also hung towels trapped in by window frame on the outside of my bedroom and bathroom windows again that really helped.

If you can afford it, get shutters fitted on the outside.

Or next best, blackout blinds on the inside. Ikea does them and you cut them to size.

Anyone using this remener it has to outside to stop sun hitting glass a thin sheet worked wonders.

Buy a big bit of white camo netting and attach to top of the walls on both sides.

Enjoy the lovely shade.

You need an old house. Here it was 24 outside at midday, but 21 inside the house.

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I have a south facing garden, and French doors in my lounge that lead out to it. It is roasting in the summer, like a greenhouse. I purchased a pergola with a retractable roof. It's attached to the decking, so doesn't blow over with the slightest gust of wind. It's a godsend, just pull the root closed, stops the sun from trying to kill me.

I only wish we got one the same time as we got the doors.

@ClematisPurpleexactly same situation.

got this, not expensive and SO MUCH better

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yaheetech-Adjustable-Retractable-Canopywith-Restaurant/dp/B0DZC4ZHFG

I'm in a similar position OP we've been having cold dinners aka snacks plates my son calls them. If he's still hungry he just gets snacks after. Yesterday I just shoved some nugs and fries in the air fryer and chopped up some Cucumber it didn't get hot and he was fine. I can't even use the oven or microwave without it bringing up the whole house a few degrees

Hate to brake it to you, but even quiche needs to be cooked.
unless of course you mean buy a shop bought upf quiche, but they are revolting I don’t think anyone does that.

We have just bit the bullet and bought a shark flexbreeze fan, £99 in argos.
There's my husband, my son and dog all in our room with the fan going and it's pretty heavenly, get yourself one tomorrow, I think it's going to be one of them unplanned best purchases of our lives!

This, certainly a cheaper option & easy fix. Then look at a patio awning, my parents have one it was quite expensive but acts as a sunblock when they’ve got it open. Also rain proof so great for autumn being in garden etc

Really better than normal fan?

I was soooo disappointed with my shark hoover after all the hype!

Don't be ridiculous. If nobody wanted shop bought quiches the shops wouldn't stock them. Not everyone wants to be baking from scratch. You do you.

Not an immediate fix but I have a south facing living room with patio doors that was impossible when the temp gets over about 25 degrees, and getting an awning put up a couple of summers ago has made a huge difference. It keeps the sun off the glass which keeps the room cooler as well as meaning we can actually comfortably sit on the patio in hot weather. I bought online & got a handyman to put it up, about £250 in total I think. It retracts using a manual crank.

I can sympathise; I can hardly use the sink in the late afternoon as it's west facing and just awful.

Put nails in the wall outside your kitchen, hang a sheet or get a big blackout blind you can hang up on days like today. Stop the sun hitting the glass and you'll instantly be cooler, plus less light-initiated headaches.