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Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
It's a spanking new house, A rated energy efficiency. It simply doesn't let heat out. The windows are relatively small for that reason, except for the huge ones in the living room that suck in the sunlight and heat the ground floor, and thus the whole house in winter but make it a furnace in the summer,
Opening windows is a noble tnought, but largely pointless when there isn't a whisper of wind and therefore no airflow.
I've slept everywhere from Finland to Mississippi and a lot of places in between and I sweat, moan, gut it out and I'm no worse off afterwards for the experience. I'm sure you're the same as me in that regard.
That doesnt work for Mrs D who has multiple sclerosis and if she overheats she can end up hospitalised, hence me going to the not insignificant expense of having it fitted for her benefit.
The solar film helps, and also has the benefit of making curtains unnecessary where it's fitted, not that we're overlooked at the rear. Rest of the rooms a the rear have white venetian blinds with high solar reflective properties - I'm not frivolous in the use of the AC, have done everything reasonable with these measures to minimise the need to flufk the switch.
Then other advantage is that run in reverse it's far more efficient and less expensive than using the central heating. Unless we have a sustained cold snap in heavy negative numbers I don't need to use the central heating at all, and last time I checked not burning natural gas was considered a good thing.
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