Beat the heat - Tips on staying cool

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  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 1,770 Championing

    Ha ha, Lerwick has 15C. I don't think they do summer up there!

  • Rag_793
    Rag_793 Community Member Posts: 456 Empowering

    I go off what temp my boiler is at 🤣 it is around 30 degrees Celsius where I am at. Mainly sat in a pair of shorts on with a tower fan ticking over watching a film with the blinds closed and five windows open in the living room.


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  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 4,599 Online Community Team

    Good idea keeping the blinds closed @Rag_793. I haven't opened our bedroom curtains for a few weeks now in an effort to keep it cool!

  • Rag_793
    Rag_793 Community Member Posts: 456 Empowering

    I open them to let the air vent and all the bad energy has to be Avada Kedavra‘d

  • Rag_793
    Rag_793 Community Member Posts: 456 Empowering

    I don’t know why but I have set up a Facebook account again, to try and rebuild some bridges that I have burned since 2023. I have sent a few messages, but I doubt I won’t get any replies.

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 4,599 Online Community Team

    You never know @Rag_793. If you don't get any replies then that's ok. It's a sign to move forward. People come and go throughout our lives.

  • Rag_793
    Rag_793 Community Member Posts: 456 Empowering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1144137#Comment_1144137

    to be honest I have just instantly just hit the delete button, my anxiety started to pick up, just a sense of unease going on there.

  • MrHappy2
    MrHappy2 Community Member Posts: 48 Contributor

    This current heatwave has nearly destroyed me. Temperatures within my flat have frequently hovered between 34 and a whopping 38 degrees even when temperatures outside were lower.

    My 8000 BTU portable aircon has been a life saver because without it i would not have been able to continue living in my furnace of a home. There's been a price to pay though which is a near doubling of my last three monthly electricity bills. Normal Electricity bill £60pm, Heatwave Electricity bills £110pm.

  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 1,770 Championing

    i'm usually about £100 per month for electricity and gas in the summer, with the central heating on soon, I dread to think.

  • MrHappy2
    MrHappy2 Community Member Posts: 48 Contributor

    My south facing flat is very nearly unbearable during heatwaves.

    My emersion tank cupboard fills my flat with hot air 24/7 365 days a year.

    My £150 fan doesn't cool my flat at all but it does manage to increases the temp.

    My 8000 BTU portable aircon unit works well but only when its pointing directly at me.

    A through-breeze only works if you've got windows on both sides of your home - i don't.

    Now eagerly awaiting Black Friday to hopefully purchase a 14,000 BTU portable aircon unit.

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 6,182 Championing
    edited August 16
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1144792#Comment_1144792

    The solution is to stop the heat getting in!

    Awnings/shutters or reflective screens/aluminium foil on the OUTSIDE of your windows will keep you cool indoors. Open your windows in the early/late hours - the cooler air outside will draw out the stuffy air. Blocks of ice in rooms have the same effect.

    Plants will also work their magic indoors!

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 6,182 Championing

    Ps I have an adjustable portable fan which creates no heat in use. Cost £25 and pennies to recharge. Works a treat!

  • Mr_Shoes_Tied
    Mr_Shoes_Tied Community Member Posts: 157 Empowering

    I'm glad it's cooler today I've been especially agitated

  • chloedecker
    chloedecker Community Member Posts: 5 Listener

    These are really useful tips! I’d also add a small portable or rechargeable fan, especially for travelling or working away from home. Keeping a bottle of water in the fridge and avoiding unnecessary journeys during the hottest part of the afternoon can help too. Would be interesting to hear what cooling gadgets everyone else recommends!

  • egiste2r
    egiste2r Posts: 181 Connected

    https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260819-the-medications-that-can-make-the-heat-harder-to-handle

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