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Help me beat the heat in Southern Louisiana!!

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Dedpuhl

Lifer
The windows in my living room face west, therefore, they are blasted with heat all afternoon. My a/c just can't keep up. Are there any good materials out there that effectively reflect the light and hold off some of the heat?

Each window is 49" x 29.5". If something is placed in the window, it has to be white to match the blinds (manager's policy).

Any ideas?
 
A couple of layers of 3 or 6mm white plastic would probably help...

Something silver would be best...
 
Originally posted by: Dedpuhl
The windows in my living room face west, therefore, they are blasted with heat all afternoon. My a/c just can't keep up. Are there any good materials out there that effectively reflect the light and hold off some of the heat?

Each window is 49" x 29.5". If something is placed in the window, it has to be white to match the blinds (manager's policy).

Any ideas?
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Buy some white vinyl blackout shades (the rollup kind). Cover the window side of the shade with foil wrap.
 
my brother lives in LA.
He was telling me the other day that the weather went from the 80's in the morning... 70's in the afternoon afternoon/evening and shot to almost 90 at 2AM.

crazy.
 
Originally posted by: Dedpuhl
The windows in my living room face west, therefore, they are blasted with heat all afternoon. My a/c just can't keep up. Are there any good materials out there that effectively reflect the light and hold off some of the heat?

Each window is 49" x 29.5". If something is placed in the window, it has to be white to match the blinds (manager's policy).

Any ideas?
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White styrofoam boards or similar can be bought at home depot.

And just wait til August. 😀
 
go to lowes, pick up some Gila heat control window film. I live in texas in a house with 3x6 and 4x6 single pane windows everywhere, it works great at my house.
 
Get a larger AC? I'm so glad I don't live in Louisianna any more. Having 100 degree weather with like 90% humidity sucked.

Although the past couple days in Seattle are starting to remind me of Louisianna.
 
Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong
go to lowes, pick up some Gila heat control window film. I live in texas in a house with 3x6 and 4x6 single pane windows everywhere, it works great at my house.
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You could probably do this if you made an interior storm window to put in between the blinds and the inside of the room.



 
May I recommend acient Japanese room dividers to place in front of the window? I have a couple in my dojo and the chicks never complain about it being to hot even with all my guitar amps.
 
At the Social Security office I was in today had the heater on. Yes, it was cold here in Daly City just so. of San Francisco...
 
Aluminum foil is the clear winner. Put it on the outsides of your windows, it will block pretty much EVERYTHING.
 
Originally posted by: KarenMarie
my brother lives in LA.
He was telling me the other day that the weather went from the 80's in the morning... 70's in the afternoon afternoon/evening and shot to almost 90 at 2AM.

crazy.
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Tell your brother to stop doing drugs. There's no way that's possible. And living in Los Angeles, I definately know that's false. The past couple days, we've been getting a high of ~85 and a low of ~65... there's no way in hell it could be 90 degrees in the middle of the night.
 
best bet would be a way to increase the R-value of your windows (insulate them better) and reflect the sunlight.

what I would do is go buy the thickest rigid foam (the pink or blue dow polystyrene kind) you can fit between your blinds and the window. 2" will probably work. cut it down so that it fits very snugly in the window frame (you could use weather stripping for an extra good seal). Paint with white latex paint to match your walls.

if that isn't enough (I bet it will be unless your AC really sucks), you can try and get a thermal flywheel going, depending on the size of your place. get a bunch of 5 gallon buckets, fill them with water and seal them off. at night, place them right next to the air conditioning duct to chill them down. during the day, move them to other parts of the apt, where they will absorb some of the heat. this basically transfers some of the peak cooling load to a time when the AC has some capacity to spare - hence the name thermal flywheel. This won't work too well if you have a huge place (unless you move to 55 gal. drums), but can make a difference if done right. Also beware condensation on the outside of the buckets.
 
1. Place a series of water filled black PVC tubes in front of the windows, insulating the unexposed side.
2. Route insulated tube between ceiling and floor of next-door upstairs neighbor.
3. Place similar series of exposed pipes on far end, under neighbors floor.
4. Attach pump.
5. Enjoy cooler temperatures, while someone else has to bitch and moan to landlord.
 
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