When it’s been a hot day, a stuffy bedroom
can easily keep you awake at night.
Most houses in the UK don’t have air
conditioning so heat can easily build up during the day, making it difficult to
sleep at night. But installing an air conditioning system probably wouldn’t be
cost-effective considering the number of hot days we actually have each year.
That’s why it’s important to know some simple
and effective ways to keep your bedroom cool at night when the hot weather does
strike. To get you started, here are our top five tips.
1. Put your blinds down during the day
Closing your blinds during the day forms a
barrier against the sun’s heat and stops your room overheating. You should
close them as soon as the sun hits your windows in the morning and especially during
the hottest part of the day. Keep your bay windows covered with bay
window blinds as they’re likely to let in the most heat.
Keep your blinds closed until it’s cool
enough outside to open the windows.
2. Hang your bedding in a cool part of the house
If it’s a hot day and you expect your room is
going to be stuffy at night, take your bedding to a cool place in the house
such as the basement or the garage.
This will keep it cool so that you won’t be
climbing into a hot bed later on. You could even wrap your pillow in a plastic
bag and put it in the freezer for an hour to make it nice and cool before
bedtime. This will be welcome relief from the heat if your room gets stuffy!
3. Don’t use heat-generating appliances just before bed
It goes without saying but don’t add any
unnecessary heat to your room before you go to bed. Avoid using hairdryers and
hair straighteners wherever possible to prevent excess heat entering your room.
Dry your hair before bed and you’ll feel your
own body temperature rise too, which could also make it difficult to fall
asleep.
4. Put a fan by your window to circulate fresh air
Hot air rises so upstairs bedrooms are likely
to get the hottest. But you can dramatically cool these rooms down by putting a
fan by the window.
This will help the cool air coming in through
the window to circulate around the room while you sleep – lowering the
temperature. Just remember that leaving a fan on all night will increase your
electricity bill so don’t rely on this as your only method of keeping your
bedroom cool.
Opening the windows during the day will only
let more hot air into your house. Open them during the night, however, and
you’ll let cooler air through the windows.
Leaving your interior doors open as well will
also help the cooler air flow freely around the house. Window shutters from Thomas Sanderson will
also help cool air come in from outside while blocking the light
from street lamps.
Just remember to get up and close the windows
as soon as sunlight starts hitting your house in the morning. This could be
around 6am but if you don’t, your house will start to heat up again.
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