Things you can do to avoid the heat (if you don't want to turn the AC on)
When temperatures are starting to rise, the go-to reaction is to turn the AC on and not leave the house. However, the cost of running the airconditioner can turn a summer into an absolute nightmare.
How to keep your house cool? And what if you don't even have AC, to begin with? To those who are melting in the heat, here are 23 ways to cool down your house without turning the AC on:
- Summer clothes for your home
- Spray the curtains a bit
- Customized blinds
- Stay cool in bed
- Cotton bed sheets
- Let the early morning breeze flow through the house
- Open your windows at night
- Switch off lights and electrical appliances
- Using a fan
- Ice and coarse salt
- Installing fans on the ceiling
- Mild showers
- Put your feet in water
- Drink a lot of water
- Light clothes
- Mopping the house in the morning
- Turn on your extractor hood
- Avoid using the oven
- Water your plants
- Draught excluders
- Keeping the AC at 78°
- Sleep with your feet uncovered
- Simple and fresh meals
- Keep the house cool but your mind cooler
