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I would be surprised if it was just the UK. The Finns discovered that they don’t have big enough opening windows or cooling in their homes.
Where exactly am I supposed to find “significant investment” to sort my house out to deal with one week of hot every few years?
one week of hot every few years?
Where do you live to be so blessed!? In London every summer has multiple weeks above 30c. I wish I could move to where-ever you are, cool weather like that sounds delightful.
Probably most places outside of London
Midlands. It’s not so bad generally. Open the doors and windows to let the breeze flow, close the curtains on the sunny side to keep the heat out.
Could buy some thermal reflective films for your windows. Should get some myself but we are planning on getting new windows at some point so it feels like it’s better to do that first.
Might make the bedroom more pleasant in the early morning when the sun comes in and turns it into a greenhouse. Living room is fine, just means I have to leave the bedroom.
Rent extract yourself up by someone else’s bootstraps.
Same way large parts of the US did as high temperature went from being a mild and occasional annoyance to being a frequent thing.
Significant investment?
The problem I find is that it’s such a short time period that it’s unpleasantly hot that it doesn’t feel worth bothering to do that much about it. More trees to help against the urban heat island effect would be nice but I lack the space for that without risking damage to a wall somewhere.
Did spend £120 for a parasol, base, bottle of rum and paddling pool which is pretty nice for relaxing in the garden. Not sure if I should go and get one of those larger inflatable ring pools, can do that for about £100 by the looks of it. Still small by pool scales but large enough to be able to submerge yourself in it, probably comparable to a large hot tub in size, not much swimming but if I want to do that then beach is 5 mins away.
Shame I don’t have more friends who would use a pool though, doesn’t feel worth it to buy just for myself and sit in it on my own.
