This is what I do, living likewise in a well insulated northern house that sees sustained high temps.
I’d gladly take my well insulated home during any heat wave over a poorly insulated one. Anyone who thinks less insulation is the solution is misunderstanding the problem.
It’s fine to be frustrated by high temps. It sucks. But insulation is a friend in your fight against high temps, not a foe. Use insulation to resist heat rise during the day and use heavy ventilation at night to exhaust and exchange for cooler air. The alternative is to have low insulation and accept indoor temps being constantly pinned to outdoor ambient which is a recipe for discomfort.
It’s not the insulation that’s the problem, it’s the lack of shading. Modern building regs basically demanded in all but writing huge south facing windows, turning any house into a greenhouse. Old houses have overhangs, shutters, awnings etc. Especially overhangs were excellent because it blocked out the high summer sun without blocking the light and let in the low winter sun. But that wasn’t sexy so all new houses have done away with it and the new housing regs didn’t have any effective regs to ensure summer comfort.
Maybe read the last part. My current apartment is much better than my old one since I can actually create a wind tunnel, but even then it doesn’t lower it below 25°
And any apartment I’ve had didn’t allow for adding anything to the outside unfortunately. The apartments just weren’t designed for summer comfort.
It is physically impossible to get to the windows, there is no balcony. I’d need a boom lift to get to them. Modern Scandinavian designs simply didn’t account for proper shading of windows and if you’re in an apartment you’re shit out of luck.
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Works perfectly when it’s still 35°c in the middle of the night 👍🏻
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This is what I do, living likewise in a well insulated northern house that sees sustained high temps.
I’d gladly take my well insulated home during any heat wave over a poorly insulated one. Anyone who thinks less insulation is the solution is misunderstanding the problem.
It’s fine to be frustrated by high temps. It sucks. But insulation is a friend in your fight against high temps, not a foe. Use insulation to resist heat rise during the day and use heavy ventilation at night to exhaust and exchange for cooler air. The alternative is to have low insulation and accept indoor temps being constantly pinned to outdoor ambient which is a recipe for discomfort.
It’s not the insulation that’s the problem, it’s the lack of shading. Modern building regs basically demanded in all but writing huge south facing windows, turning any house into a greenhouse. Old houses have overhangs, shutters, awnings etc. Especially overhangs were excellent because it blocked out the high summer sun without blocking the light and let in the low winter sun. But that wasn’t sexy so all new houses have done away with it and the new housing regs didn’t have any effective regs to ensure summer comfort.
Maybe read the last part. My current apartment is much better than my old one since I can actually create a wind tunnel, but even then it doesn’t lower it below 25°
And any apartment I’ve had didn’t allow for adding anything to the outside unfortunately. The apartments just weren’t designed for summer comfort.
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It is physically impossible to get to the windows, there is no balcony. I’d need a boom lift to get to them. Modern Scandinavian designs simply didn’t account for proper shading of windows and if you’re in an apartment you’re shit out of luck.
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