DIY Home Improvement Guide

Alternative Methods To Cool Your Home

You don’t have to rely on central air conditioning to keep your house cool in the summer. If you live in a desert city (Phoenix, Las Vegas) it’s a necessity, but for the rest of us it really isn’t. Having a portable air conditioner to get you through the hottest days will help a ton, but following some common sense techniques will cool your house on the rest of the days. Keep thick curtains closed on the sunniest windows of your home to block heat from entering in the first place. As soon as the sun passes that window, open it up and let cool air in. Open another window on a parallel side of the house to create a breeze way that will flush the hot air out.

Sorry for being so curt, but it’s true. Everyone knows that the most likely time for your current air conditioning to break is in the middle of a heat wave. It will also probably happen on a day when you are stuck at home with a sprained ankle and can’t even leave the house to escape the heat. What happens then? Do you sit there and melt away on your couch, or do you pull out the portable air conditioner and take it in stride? I prefer the latter. There are many reasons you need portable AC, but this reason alone is why I have one. Maybe it’s just because I have really bad luck, but I’d rather be prepared that lose ten pounds from spending an entire afternoon sweating in my living room.