Yeah, I live in a bomb shelter 6 pack style unit, I have done a lot over the years to get the thermal regulation as good as you feasible can, and my main windows are north west facing, which sucks in summer, hence all my tinting and thermal blinds etc, but in winter I can get the place pretty decent temps just from the sun and hold it all night. In reality the fans where on super slow just to move the warm air about and stop it getting to stuffy, not actually for cooling 😂
A lot of people don’t understand the advantage of a NW face in winter. Free heat. But yes facing west is often a nightmare in summer.
I read a little while ago that tinting can actually get rather hot too. I did buy some but never got around to installing it in my last west facing rental.
The tint blocks UV and radiated heat, but still get whatever comes through the window itself actually being hot, but as for temp/electricity usage reduction from the tint in summer? Dramatic, and the weird part, in high dinner, you can have direct sun touch your skin and essential feel no heat from it, it’s a strange thing. I def recommend a good tint for heat mitigation in summer if you have windows that get smashed by the sun, plus bonus no one can see in during the day.
Haha I didn’t think it was that warm but fair enough. Do you get a lot of sun coming in ?
Yeah, I live in a bomb shelter 6 pack style unit, I have done a lot over the years to get the thermal regulation as good as you feasible can, and my main windows are north west facing, which sucks in summer, hence all my tinting and thermal blinds etc, but in winter I can get the place pretty decent temps just from the sun and hold it all night. In reality the fans where on super slow just to move the warm air about and stop it getting to stuffy, not actually for cooling 😂
A lot of people don’t understand the advantage of a NW face in winter. Free heat. But yes facing west is often a nightmare in summer.
I read a little while ago that tinting can actually get rather hot too. I did buy some but never got around to installing it in my last west facing rental.
The tint blocks UV and radiated heat, but still get whatever comes through the window itself actually being hot, but as for temp/electricity usage reduction from the tint in summer? Dramatic, and the weird part, in high dinner, you can have direct sun touch your skin and essential feel no heat from it, it’s a strange thing. I def recommend a good tint for heat mitigation in summer if you have windows that get smashed by the sun, plus bonus no one can see in during the day.