Any tips on how to cope with the heatwave?

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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 5,061 Send Message	BrianW	Report	19 Jul 2006 07:27
	Cool the house down overnight with the windows open. Close them and the curtains as the sun comes up and keep them closed. If you have shutters (preferably external) that is better than curtains.
	Researching: Sherwood (Kent); Jesson (London); Worboys (Herts)
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 450 Send Message	Victoria	Report	19 Jul 2006 07:36
	Hi all - When the temperature soars unrelentingly here, as it did last summer, I get up super early to do what has to be done while it is still relatively cool - but sleep as long as possible during the hottest hours. I also 'do stuff' in the evenings once things cool down. Open all the windows as soon as it shows signs of cooling down - and close everything up the minute the thermometer looks as if it is in a cartoon. If possible screen windows (and walls) from the sun - bricks get hot enough with the ambiant temperature, and don't need the sun full on them as well. Good luck all Victoria (where it is several degrees below minus most nights at the moment)
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,077 Send Message	Paul Barton, Special Agent	Report	19 Jul 2006 08:08
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,077 Send Message	I find I reach boiling point when I go on to my Hot Matches!