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In summer and without air conditioning, your house can quickly turn into a furnace. A few simple steps can cool your rooms and make your interior pleasant and breathable.
1. Close the shutters during the day
A basic advice but always useful to remember when the temperatures are panicking. This is the first reflex to have: closing the shutters to prevent heat from entering. The best thing to do is to open the windows at night when the temperature drops, to bring in the maximum freshness into your home and sleep better, and to close them at 9 a.m.
2. Unplug electrical appliances
We don't always think about it, but our electronic devices like television, internet box, phone chargers and so many others produce heat. Ditto for the light fixtures, it’s summer, it’s late at night, so no need to leave the lights on which will increase the temperature. By turning them off, you limit the production of heat in your apartment but also reduce your bill at the end of the month! Double advantage therefore.
3. Think about green plants
Notice to plant mums, in addition to being decorative, green plants are precious allies in summer. All the more reason to pamper them! They form a bulwark effect against heat by absorbing heat through an evapotranspiration mechanism. The plants thus release water vapor into our interiors which will bring a feeling of freshness. What type of plant to choose? Rather those with broad leaves. We do not hesitate to moisten them regularly.
4. Hang a wet sheet in front of your window
Hanging a wet sheet (or cloth) in front of a window brings a little freshness into its interior. As it evaporates, the water will bring a feeling of freshness to the room. In the same vein, you can also moisten the floors or pass the mop so that the humidity cools the room.
5. Place ice cubes in front of the fan
When you're not fortunate enough to have air conditioning, fans are great alternatives. However, they are useless when the air inside the room is hot. To remedy this, a bowl of ice cubes or a bottle of frozen water is placed in front of its fan so that it diffuses the cold in the room. To renew as much as possible during the heat wave …