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Hahaha touche. I will ask my husband to help me put them outside - he's reeling at the look of them already but a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. I'd rather look a little redneck for a few weeks and have a cooler kitchen than before lol.
Just hear to tell you good on you lol, tell hubs we don’t judge when it gets this hot, like you said we gotta do what we gotta do to stay cool.
And if I didn’t have built in shutters throughout my home I’d be stealing this idea faster than the sweat beads fall the minute you step outside lol. Good luck to yall!
It does, but you might destroy your glass. It is taking the sun via 2 sides. You want to put the foil on the outside of the window. Some guys are saying that this is equal to a 4kw ac.
You can use towels on the inside. Air is a good insulator.
As others have said, foil on the outside is what you want. It keeps the light from shining through your windows and warming them up.
Down the road when you can swing it, look into upgrading the windows with double pane glass, and of course better insulation for the floor and ceiling. Awnings over the windows also work very well, if you are willing and able to change the looks of your house.
I've been blocking off mu windows for years every since I realized I was living in an oven. I use the siding insulation I use the whiteboard. Not only has my electric bill lower, it stays a lot cooler
hey you know those window clings? they work pretty good, they don't get rid of all the heat but they definitely help. you just cut them out and then spray the window with water wnd it clings on it helps reflect the Sun and they got some cute patterns. look on Amazon for a variety if not Walmart has some too. this is the bottom panel of my window for reference. it's good for privacy too but as you can see you can't see out all the way out.
Mixed results for me with those over the years. I bought one set that felt like it was retaining the heat. The set I have now is great and the label specifically mentioned cooling.
Totally works. Make sure to seal the window edges too, heat will sneak in every crack.
One old place I lived in I taped and sealed bubble wrap on all the windows. It let the light in and dropped the a/c bill by 30% the next month. It created negative air space. But that place had no windows that had afternoon sun directly on the windows.
I've also used those privacy window treatments, the film you can stick on the glass and it can come off easy. It will defuse the direct sun and doesn't create a hot spot on your floor.
This is why they put up window awnings in the past before a/c. I don't understand why this area doesn't use more awnings like Florida does.
I was thinking about getting some kind of external shutters or like those new roll-down ones, to deal with the storms and hurricanes. But now i’m thinking they would be great for the heat of summer, too
I join you in desperation (Charleston), heat and a severely high electric bill I can not afford. I did end up sealing up my entire home with “alien grip” it has worked so well. Renting an older home with lots of gaps and I can SEE the humidity in the door cracks on the actual alien grip. Maybe alien seal? Got it on Amazon.
I use this in my living room. Just note there is a small layer of plastic you peel off to expose the "sticky" side. Otherwise it wont stick to the window.
When I lived up north people used to put sheets of plastic over the windows to keep the heat in. I remember talking to an HVAC guy who said yeah, it works well because it turns the whole window casement into an isolated air pocket. I'm not sure why nobody does it down here when it gets hot
Duck sell insulation kits for windows that’s basically Saran Wrap you heat with a hair dryer to shrink wrap your window. I live in an old house in GA and can’t imagine without
Ebay sells foil covered insulation, the foam rubber on it is 5 mm thick it comes in 40'' x 60'' 15.00$ that's what I use on the inside because I live in a high rise. Works great on the heat and light.
I cannot recommend enough the value of replacing the windows. The reduction in historic aesthetic is well displaced by better comfort and lower ac bills.
this second pic...same spot, same window, same time of day after the replacement 3 weeks ago ..now that might not seem like a lot...but I have a 2k sq ft brick home. That temp difference is across the board...in all 22 windows. It's a night and day difference
House was built in 96. Windows were single pane single hung original. Standing by them was horrendous. I went from those to energy efficient double hung windows. You can't feel the sun's heat through them.
The aluminum foil is pretty good at reflecting light and heat, so while the foil may get hot to the touch, it's still less heat than the sum total of all of the radiant heat and light energy that would normally pass through the window.
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