The summer is coming soon to the Northern Hemisphere. How do you plan to combat the heat? I live in a regular apartment without air conditioning, and installing a full-scale system is not an option. I wonder what my options are, and how other people are planning to deal with the issue.

  • @Bruncvik@lemmy.world
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    67 days ago

    I live in Ireland. I’ll probably have my heating on during the colder nights, and I’ll check the roof for leaks once per week or so.

    • y0kai
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      26 days ago

      I am curious, why do you need to check for leaks so often?

      • @Bruncvik@lemmy.world
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        36 days ago

        We often gave high winds and rain. Last month, a wind storm damaged loads of roofs in my neighbouhood, and some people only noticed after the leaks started.

        In addition, construction in Ireland is notoriously bad, and one of the first things we did was to fly over a family member who has decades of roofing experience, and he fixed potential leaks. Just as well, as we have neighbours who already had to change some of their timber supports that started rotting. We are still pretty paranoid about the roof quality, though.

        • y0kai
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          36 days ago

          Ah that makes sense. Being from Florida, I can relate somewhat with the wind and rain. I didnt know about Irish construction though.

          Thanks for the reply!