"The house still gets warm but takes longer to heat up."
As temperatures rise, homeowners are turning to low-cost, DIY methods to keep their living spaces cooler.
Foil and Fabric Barriers
- Bethan Earley, from Rugby, places foil blankets on the outside of her windows before closing them. She reports that while the house still gets warm, the method effectively slows down the heating process.
Reflective Windows & Sunlight Defense
- John Turbefield, 38, from Chichester, uses white bed sheets on the outside of windows in the hottest rooms. He also purchased survival blankets—designed specifically to reflect heat—and taped them to window frames to bounce light away.
The Frozen Fan Hack
- Turbefield also employed a creative cooling method: freezing two-liter plastic bottles of water and positioning them in front of and behind five fans around his house. He notes that large bottles may take a couple of days to freeze completely, offering a long-lasting, reusable cooling solution.