ATOT Home Owners: help with a hot room

[lxskllr]

as to the oak tree, takes a few decades but they're great.

Nah, not that long. It won't be any good for this summer, but it should be effective for the second floor after 10 years. Any shade you can put on that side of the house is a plus, even if it isn't yet shading the roof. A big plus is trees are free to operate :^D

 

[marvdmartian]

OP, what direction is that side of the house on? If you're in a west facing room, you're fighting that afternoon/evening sun, and that would be one big reason why your room is getting so hot.

A number of things to try: reflective window film (you can probably buy it at any hardware store, Lowes and Home Depot carry it for sure); blinds/shades and curtains on the window (the more insulating air you can trap by the window, the less heat is radiating in through there); ceiling fan or small desk fan (I have one in my bedroom/office space, and it does an amazing job of cooling me off while I'm in there); window a/c.

Those are pretty much in the order of what I would try, if I were you. If you can score some mirror tint, that will work even better than the reflective tint sold at hardware stores. When I had my first apartment in Guam, the living room window faced west, and made it blazing hot in the afternoons. I asked for and received permission to tint the window, and picked up some mirror tint from my local Ace hardware. Knocked the temp in the front room down a good 10-15 degrees! :thumbsup:

 

[mmntech]

if you're not planning on moving any time soon a mini split AC system is an option as well. higher up front cost (~$1000 for the unit, possible to wire it yourself if you know what you're doing), but very efficient, programmable, not ugly, etc.

I'm only renting part of the house, so that's not possible. I would be allowed to install a ceiling fan, but something like that is way too impractical.

The room is facing south-east. I did used to have a tree in my neighbour's yard that shaded the window, but it was recently cut down.

 

[coloumb]

[1] DOUBLE FOIL BUBBLE INSULATION REFLECTIVE WRAP for the windows - home depot ~$50.00. Just cut to fit/tape it up and you should be good.
[2] Portable AC for the room [~$200.00 - should be sufficient enough to keep the room cool] - might be a bit loud - but wearing headphones should filter out the noise.