In Belgium, we are living in a small house with roof insulation while renovating the main house.
The small house gets up to 32 degrees inside when it is 34 outside as it has little thermal mass and is not sealed as it is an old stone atelier. We have to sleep in 30+ heat regularly during heat waves.
Main house is better insulated. We resorted to blankets over the southern windows and it is around 26 inside without us living in it at all (windows open at night and shut during the day). When we shift to moving there, it will be warmer. We would have to spend 45 000€ to insulate the walls + 10 000€ for roll shutters. Heat pump is the next best option coming in at a small fraction of that.
Thats nice for you, we also have highs of 36C, but I live on the top floor of an apartment and the temperature in my living room at its coldest today was 26C. Thats using shutters and awnings as early as it makes sense to, opening all windows and doors as soon as the outside temperature drops below inside, sleeping with everything open so we wake up at dawn, nobody’s home during the day, and by the time its cool enough to open the windows its 30C inside.
So I just ordered a new AC. Yes its bad for the environment, but not as bad as if I would drive even an electric car to work.
My apartment is under the roof. It’s well insulated but if the heat lasts longer than 3 days, it becomes unbearable. Heat soaked in, nothing we can do about it at this point.
I have one person living between me and the roof, i think she might also last 3 days. But also the colder parts slowly heat up. Not sure how many days i have myself, but the soaked in heat definitely get worse every day.
I’m in the hottest, sunniest part of Germany and I’m doing fine with the rolling blinds closed. It’s 36C outside and 24C inside. AC not required.
That said, my work absolutely needs AC, because the building sucks.
That is because your house is well insulated.
In Belgium, we are living in a small house with roof insulation while renovating the main house.
The small house gets up to 32 degrees inside when it is 34 outside as it has little thermal mass and is not sealed as it is an old stone atelier. We have to sleep in 30+ heat regularly during heat waves.
Main house is better insulated. We resorted to blankets over the southern windows and it is around 26 inside without us living in it at all (windows open at night and shut during the day). When we shift to moving there, it will be warmer. We would have to spend 45 000€ to insulate the walls + 10 000€ for roll shutters. Heat pump is the next best option coming in at a small fraction of that.
I’ve lived in two badly insulated houses and they stayed amazingly cool. Thick stone walls, baybee.
Thats nice for you, we also have highs of 36C, but I live on the top floor of an apartment and the temperature in my living room at its coldest today was 26C. Thats using shutters and awnings as early as it makes sense to, opening all windows and doors as soon as the outside temperature drops below inside, sleeping with everything open so we wake up at dawn, nobody’s home during the day, and by the time its cool enough to open the windows its 30C inside.
So I just ordered a new AC. Yes its bad for the environment, but not as bad as if I would drive even an electric car to work.
Roof apartments are the pits. There’s a reason people don’t want to rent them!
My apartment is under the roof. It’s well insulated but if the heat lasts longer than 3 days, it becomes unbearable. Heat soaked in, nothing we can do about it at this point.
I have one person living between me and the roof, i think she might also last 3 days. But also the colder parts slowly heat up. Not sure how many days i have myself, but the soaked in heat definitely get worse every day.