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Someone put up a tent on their balcony to escape their heat-trapping apartment during the night. (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 1 week ago* by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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Third extended heat wave within 6 weeks.

The previous one exceeded 40°C, and the buildings not yet had time to completely cool down from that one before the third wave hit.

I was considering putting up a tent in my garden myself, but as I own a ground floor flat, the indoor temperatures did, with the help of some additional cooling measures, thankfully not exceeded 27°C.

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[–] 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

When it's 40°C outside during the day and 27°C during the night the apartment doesn't get the chance to cool down and fans only move hot air around. Portable air conditioners keep the dead alive with their noise while also cooling about as well as a wet rag. I totally understand the desperation of just sleeping outside during the night.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    fans only move hot air around

    That's what I was talking about, move it out the window

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago

    I've tried this many times over the years but when the walls are already heated up and the temperature outside stays high during the night it makes very little difference to confort levels. The heat just radiates from the walls and heats the inside air all night. Until I got proper air conditioning installed I just suffered during the summer.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago

    That does work (mainly at night). But it's annoying when the walls don't cool down. I've found that it's better to have very large windows because they don't retain the heat (just close the blinds during the day).

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Have you used a portable AC made in the last decade? They're quiet / on par with central AC these days. I have a Midea one and unless it's on full-blast, it's hardly noticeable beyond the sound of air moving

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    That is surprising. I've had two in the last dacade, the last one bought 3 years ago and they are around 60dB which is standard from what I've seen. I checked the local midea models and they still say >60dB in their spec. No decent central or split system gets close to that kind of noise and personally I find it impossible to live with.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    I bought one used for 95€. It's a real blessing after working in the sun all day. It does cool down the apartment but the noice thing is true in that it does make some noice. But I don't mind it when it's a constant humm, nice to sleep during that

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