Comments on: Simple Steps to Fight Summer Heat and Limit Air Conditioning

By: itaLyaN

itaLyaN — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:08:54 +0000

Gotta get my fan out of my attic!

By: Ty D.

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By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:12:27 +0000

This is so common sense it shouldn’t wow me but reading it I was thinking “Oohhh, what a great idea!”. We live in one of those humid zones so it wouldn’t work all the time but I do want to do this more when the weather isn’t so summery.

When I was very young my family lived in Trinidad. There all the homes have open brick high up to let the heat out. My dad also used those in/out window fans – not in Trinidad but in other homes – and those really do work well. Oh, and they also just gave us a Vornado standing fan that is supposed to circulate the air in the whole house extremely well. I’ve only been using it in the room my baby sleeps in but it does seem to do good there.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:11:24 +0000

This is definitely the old-fashioned way. I have never in my adult life had AC and this is the way my grandmother used to do it.

On the few days each year when the temps climb up to 100, we add to this list: popsicles, before bedtime trips to the local outdoor fountain, cool washcloth on your face, more popsicles.

By: MamaBird/SurelyYouNest

MamaBird/SurelyYouNest — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:58:30 +0000

Great post! That’s how my dad kept our house cool in Boston when I was growing up (and how his family kept *their* house cool in DC when he was a boy). I dunno if you already do this, but he kept his shades down when hot and the top inch of the window open (hot air rises?). Gotta get my fan out of my attic!