Menopause Matters Forum
General Discussion => This 'n' That => Topic started by: kerrieann on July 13, 2013, 05:23:34 PM
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Its so hot here and i was wondering what most of you do regarding leaving the windows open or closing them to keep the house cool, as by bedtime our house is like and oven ;D i have been keeping my windows wide open but i am wondering if its letting the heat in ?
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Being a hater of heat I keep all windows and doors closed throughout the heat of the day because the air outside is much hotter than the air in the house. It seems as if the house would be stuffy but that's not the case. I also close any curtains on windows where the sun is coming in and that also helps. It's better in the week when we're at work obviously and it's so nice to step into a cool(er) house when you get home.
Taz x
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taz, i will give that a go i think tomorrow as the forecast is very hot again, even if i only keep everything upstairs closed, as other half likes patio doors open in the lounge. kerrie
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We have a timber framed house, so it gets hot whether windows are open or closed. I'm always hopeful of a through draught though. Think fan may need to come out of loft!
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Windows closed (hay fever) curtains closed fans on. Sleep with one on in the bedroom every night in this weather, the sound lulls me off to sleep.
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Windows and doors open. The back of our house faces south so it's warm in the kitchen and my bedroom. The rest of the house does not get much sun until the evening. My daughter's room is in the loft conversion and also faces south. She has to be convinced to open her Windows otherwise she would slow roast. She thinks she will get bugs in her room. ;D
The dog wanders in and out looking for a shady spot. It's cool in the house now as the sun has gone from the back and its only the dining room that's hot.
We sleep with the bedroom window open summer and winter. The last time it was closed was when the snow was blowing in. Hubby likes the fresh air thank goodness because I hate a hot bedroom.
On a bit of a strange note.....off topic as usual. ::)
Last night just as we had turned the light out to go to sleep we heard a really big bang. I asked hubby what it was and he said it sounded like a shot gun. About five minutes later it happened again twice. We stay next to a country park with hills and fields behind us and I think someone was out poaching. Gave me the creeps....silly I know but I don't like hearing that.
Honeyb
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Could be deer culling ?
Windows wide open. Draught blowing through ;)
Hot upstairs ....... may have my bath and retreat to the patio for a couple of hours
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good idea clkd, i may go in the shower now and then sit on the patio in my nightie and let the breeze circulate ;D ;D
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Why bother with a nightie :P - it's dark ;D
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;D our neighbors can see our patio if they are upstairs, dont want to give them a shock, i aint 18 anymore ;D ;D
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... what's a nightie... :ange:
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Its what i put on when i come out of the bath/shower ;D don't remember ever sleeping in 1, and yet both of my daughter in laws go to bed in pj's or nighties ??? i thought they were the younger generation ???
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My mum and dad always wore nightwear as did most of my friend's parents so maybe we rebelled against this and thought we were really cool sleeping in the nuddy and the new generations are now rebelling against us!
Taz x
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I have to wear something even if it's only a T shirt. I also need to be covered up to be able to get to sleep.
My daughter sleeps in the oddest combination of things. She has been known to wear a wooly hat....She can be a bit odd sometimes...wonder who she gets that from ;D
Honeyb
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I too have to be covered but i just use a cotton sheet under the duvet, but trying to sleep in clothes, i would just get tangled up ;D ;D
Both of my d, in law where pj's socks and heaven know what in winter, its a wonder i have any grand kids ;D ;D
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Have had to shut the windows tonight because of noise from outside, someone having a party I think. There is inevitable noise from outside eg. car doors, taxis pulling up, kids playing, noise just gets to me these days. With the heat I am feeling even more irritable. I am really fed up with loud banging music coming from cars, it drives me nuts, I find it so inconsiderate that this is inflicted on people who really dont like it. Just want peace and quiet and less heat.
Meg
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I have to have something over me even it's just a sheet. Bedroom window open most of the year. Well except when it's blowing a gale or snowing. ;D
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I live in an upstairs flat (and work indoors too), and although there is a shared patch of lawn at the back it's not really usable for anything more than hanging out washing, so I like the windows open to let a bit of the outside in. Sometimes I prop open the door, which is at the bottom of the stairs, too, that can get a nice breeze circulating. If I lived in a house with a private garden I'd have the back door open all summer.
I prefer the bedroom window open at night when it's hot, and so does my cat, in fact she'd like it open all year as she loves to be on the roof - we pulled it to a bit the other night, not realising she was out there, so I had to get up later as she was crying outside to come in. She can't get down from the roof unless she comes in through the (attic) bedroom window!
I recently found out that my partner doesn't actually like sleeping with the window open because he's afraid of bugs coming in!! The whole flat is like an oven in warm weather though, and the attic bedroom especially so.
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In the nuddy,quilt off,windows open.
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Hope the curtains are shut Dyan.
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Honeyb
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There are several types of fly screen that can be cut to measure for doors and windows.
All windows open around the house this evening
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I live in an old stone cottage so doors and windows downstairs kept firmly closed during the day and early evening and the house is lovely and cool all day (but I like being outside in the heat too!) compared to the furnace outside, so no need to waste energy on fans or anything! Upstairs keep the bedroom windows open day and night. It's completely still and quiet all night from about 9 pm especially since the pub next door closed :( . Sparrows wake at dawn and are noisy....
Hurdity x
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the pub closed Hurdity? Obviously you didn't do enough :drunk: :drunk: :drunk:
Taz x :D
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I left the spare bedroom window open all night :o - it's accessed from a sloping roof :o :o ...... no sign of the Black Magic man though :P
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;D ;D try leaving your window open tonight, he may come in when he knows where you are ;D ;D