How to Cool a Room Without Air Conditioning: Summer Tips

19.06.2023 13:34

Having waited for the long-awaited summer, many people begin to think about how to survive this heat in city apartments.

The problem is solved if you have an air conditioner. In other cases, you just have to survive. We will tell you how to cool a room using improvised methods.

How to cool a room

1. First, you need to create a draft that will pull out all the air that has heated up during the day. To do this, you need to open the windows and doors, you can turn on a fan.

2. Early in the morning, you need to close the windows with curtains and blinds. Many even leave the windows open only at night, and close them during the day to prevent hot air from coming in from the street.

3. You can turn on the hood in the kitchen and also open the doors to the bathroom to ensure better air exchange.

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4. In the evening, after the temperature begins to drop, you must open the windows, and not just for ventilation.

5. Do not stop humidifying the air. You can use a household humidifier or a regular spray bottle with cold water.

6. In the summer, it is better to remove carpets, blankets and decorative pillows, and also to carry out wet cleaning more often.

7. If it is not possible to buy blackout curtains, you can try to cover the windows with wet fabric.

And finally, to feel relief in the heat, it is enough to wet your hands up to the elbows in cold water.

Author: Igor Zur Internet resource editor