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Chilled PET bottles as heat help
March 2024

Chilled PET bottles as heat help

In the heat, I always have one or two PET bottles with crane water in the freezer. For example, I like to take a bottle to work (I'm a cashier at a bank) and put it in a towel wrapped in the...

Sun and heat protection for skylights
March 2024

Sun and heat protection for skylights

Sun and heat protection installed inside is only half as effective, if at all. With sunscreen on the inner pane, I've made quite poor experiences. In my roof window, the disc jumped over the entire...

Fix wet towel in front of the window
March 2024

Fix wet towel in front of the window

Since it is getting warmer again, there is the possibility to hang a wet towel in front of the open window / balcony, to bring a little cooling in the room. Now I had the problem of fixing. Since a...

Sleeping cool in the heat - even in the hotel
March 2024

Sleeping cool in the heat - even in the hotel

In the summer we usually go cycling tours where you sleep in a different hotel every night. And not every hotel has air conditioning in the room, so the rooms are often too warm to sleep. The already...

Good indoor climate thanks to (mobile) air conditioning
March 2024

Good indoor climate thanks to (mobile) air conditioning

A hot summer is great. This is at least for those who let the sea breeze blow around their nose with a cold drink in their hands. On the other hand, anyone who breeds in a completely overheated attic...

Protect the house from heat
March 2024

Protect the house from heat

We live in a house with a flat roof, which is "only" designed with roofing felt. At these temperatures, the heat accumulates inside. Since ventilate in the evenings only partially what brings (due...

Cooling down on hot days: The best tips against the heat
March 2024

Cooling down on hot days: The best tips against the heat

The sun beats, the heat presses, no breeze stirs: Unusually high temperatures in the summer are causing problems for many people and are quickly affecting their physical condition. Slackness,...

Sleep well despite the heat
March 2024

Sleep well despite the heat

In our house with a flat roof, it is unbearably hot at these temperatures. Despite all the tips with wet towels, fans, etc., it does not cool even in the evening / at night with open windows....

Against heat - hang wet towels in the apartment
March 2024

Against heat - hang wet towels in the apartment

I got to know this anti-heat tip in Pakistan. There are wet towels hanging everywhere in the houses, which provide nice cooling. In my attic it is now more than hot. The big wet towels are ideal....

Falling asleep better in the heat: turn the hot water bottle into a
March 2024

Falling asleep better in the heat: turn the hot water bottle into a "cold bottle"

Yesterday I took a purpose-designed hot water bottle to bed to sleep better in the heat. It worked great :-)! To do this, I filled the hot water bottle with ice water (put the plastic water bottle in...