Windows Open Or Shut?

[cecil39]

yesterday a friend told me I should keep doors and windows shut in hot weather, she says that I am letting in the heat and whirling it round with my fans, its my first thought on a hot day, to open up and let out stale air and let in fresh, I can't bear to not have them open, who's right?

[sandyRoe]

Open. That allows the breeze, if there is one, to help cool the rooms. Keeping them shut would be like living in a glasshouse.

[mccfluff]

open, it might be hot but at least its fresh air

[Ric.ror]

My bedroom window has been opened since Dec 2009 when I moved in

[sandyRoe]

Ric.ror, is it stuck? Can you not get it fixed? ☺

[zoe76]

Open

[gangesboy]

some people say you should also open the trap door to your loft which will help to disperse the hot air

[whiskeryron]

// My bedroom window has been opened since Dec 2009 when I moved in //

Pity but I'm afraid you are going to have to accept the fact after this length of time Ric.ror that it would appear no-one is interested)-:

[HansUrbancka]

You have an intelligent friend.

Open windows at night and close them in the daytime to keep out hot air.

http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/hot-weather-advice

Hans.

[Old_Geezer]

If you have a/c then shut is a good idea.
Otherwise try both at different times, I feel confident open will prove cooler.

[woofgang]

open windows to allow movement of air. If you live in a two storey house, open bedroom windows to allow hot air to rise and escape, drawing in air downstairs. Close loose curtains or blinds over open windows to keep out the sun.
Its easy to check, get a thermometer, close all the doors and windows and see the temperature rise.

[woofgang]

Close windows to keep the hot air out????? Try that in your car or green house and see where it gets you!

[woofgang]

PS provided your loft isn't airtight, opening the loft hatch does work to encourage air circulation in my experience.

[sunny-dave]

Close the windows (and curtains) on the sunny side of the house. Open the ones on the shady side.

Open everything for as long as possible between about 8pm and 8am.

Take all clothes off ...

[gingejbee]

If it's 20C inside and 28C outside, open the windows and doors.....and it becomes 28C INSIDE as well. So, close windows and curtains during the hottest part of the day...a fan stops it feeling stuffy.
Or do what I do....shut everything and turn air-con unit to 20C (curtains closed on sunny-side, of course).

[boxtops]

I don't have air-con so that's out for me..... all the windows and back door open, lovely breeze coming through this morning.

[EcclesCake]

Open everything......

Dave could you please clarify that statement......

[jomifl]

The problem with having a cooling breeze blowing through the hous is that although it may be cooling you through evaporetion of perspiration it will be warming the house up on the inside. When the breeze stops you roast. Whre I live it gets up to nearly 40C every August(it has already been up to 37C on 2 occasions). Most people shut everything up during the day, except for the inevitable sceptics..So today it is 30C out and 24C in.

[ummmm]

Open...but mine are open all year round.

Sometimes it's hotter outside than it is inside so I suppose keeping them closed is not a bad thing..

[whiskeryron]

//
Take all clothes off ... //

There you go Ric.ror that might help. lol.

[HansUrbancka]

As tips to keeping cool, I read somewhere :-

Don't overexert yourself.
Drink a quart of fluids an hour.

I can't see my supply of wine lasting more than another, hic, two hours and I don't want to overexert myself by going to buy more. Perhaps there is a considerate ABer who will drop by my house with, hic, a few crates of plonk...

Hic, hic, Hans.