My room faces west and the sun hits it. Hard.

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger
Tape some aluminum foil over the whole window, or if you don't want to look like a loony trying to hide from the satellites, use black construction paper or some such material.

:shocked: lol, it's Hollywood, remember...as if THAT's out of line...:laugh:

 

[magomago]

Just go with mirrors or aluminum foil....

ideally anything will help - b/c once you have a layer guarding you then you'll heat up through conduction through air rather tahn have it touch yoru skin straight up

 

[crt1530]

Tape aluminum foil to the window panes.

 

[Compton]

I've used aluminum foil in apartment windows before. It works great but it looks ghetto from the outside. You can also use large sheets of styrofoam.

 

[Throckmorton]

Black cardboard is going to make it hotter. The point is to reflect radiation not absorb it.

 

[evolvedbullet]

Another ironic thread, I have the same problem and if you do have curtains that have "sun stains", throw a blanket or 2 on the window. Get them hanging from the curtain hanger. Brace yourself, it's not going to really help much so you better get an AC quick.

 

[Throckmorton]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: Throckmorton
Try freezer paper. I just put some on my living room window to block direct sunlight. Unlike cloth, which has lots of little holes, paper is opaque yet transmits a lot of light.

lol

What are you loling about? Me calling it opaque but transmitting a lot of light? Opaque can mean just that you can't see through it. I can't think of a better word anyway

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Burns: Since the beginning of time, man has yearned to destroy the sun. I will do the next best thing: block it out.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Put some reflecting material on the windows themselves. As other stated, cheap aluminum foil will work.

If you can also block the sun by an awning, that will also help.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
This is going to sound stupid...but they don't have to actually be black do they? I don't want it to look like I'm in 1940s Britain.

Err, Blackout Curtains are actually white on the sun facing side. They are called that because you use it to blackout your room

 

[uallas5]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Cellular shades like these

QFT

We have these fitted for our windows an they make a HUGE difference both in the summer keeping it cool and in the winter keeping it warm.

 

[ngvepforever2]

Nothing beats aluminum foil

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