You can either do it yourself or hire a professional to do it. The top story in multi-level single-family homes tends to be warmer during the summer and cooler during the winter than the rest of the house. The reasons are a the thermostat is usually on the first floor, and b the top floor has more direct contact with the outside elements. If you have closed your air vents, or your vents are obstructed by furniture or upholstery, proper airflow is being disrupted. This can most certainly cause some rooms in your home to be hotter than others, while placing extra strain on your HVAC system.
While some homeowners have been tricked into thinking closed air vents in unused rooms can help improve system efficiency and lead to lower energy bills — this is an AC myth. Keep your supply and return vents open at all times to ensure a comfortable, even temperature throughout your South Florida home. When was the last time you replaced your air filters?
Walk to the warmest room in your house and check the air filters. Are the filters coated with grey dust and dirt? While it is recommended for homeowners to replace their air filters about once per month, there are some factors that can influence the frequency of this simple maintenance task — like how many people live in your home, pets, indoor smoking, etc.
If you live in a home with old windows, this can be a contributing factor to the problem. Because the temperature outside affects the temperature indoors, you may notice that old windows or windows that are improperly sealed are causing certain rooms to be warmer than others. Re-caulking windows can help prevent air loss, ensuring cooler temperatures remain inside and hot temperatures remain outside.
These sheets use innovative technology to overcome the heat. Naturally, cooking will generate heat inside your apartment. So it just keeps growing inside. If at all possible, try to cook outdoors. This ensures that any heat does not build up inside the apartment. For instance, use the stove once the peak time of the afternoon is over.
Better yet, use the stovetop sparingly. Use a fan or two to keep the air flowing around. Our advice is to not bake anything when the temperature gets out of control.
Heating the oven will keep all that heat in your home for several hours. Keeping your windows open is an excellent idea for better sleep at night. Of course, this only applies if the outside air is cooler than inside your room. This allows air to freely flow between rooms. You can supplement the natural breeze with a fan to circulate the air faster. They use the same principle as HVACs to cool your room.
Start by taking a box fan although any fan will do. Then, place a big bowl of ice in front of the fan. Turn it on and watch how it reduces the temperature. As the air from the fan passes through the ice, it gets cooled. The cool air then circulates around your apartment. But if your apartment happens to use one for some reason, replace them with LEDs. This is because incandescent bulbs generate times more heat than LEDs. Your AC may not have enough coolant to work efficiently. It gets worse on the upper floors since they soak up heat like a sponge.
This is because heat from below rises up and gradually cooks the apartment. We have our hottest month in August, which is 2 months after we are getting the most sunlight energy from the sun. This is because it takes a bit of time to heat the earth up, and then to cool it down again in the fall. The same concept applies to your apartment. It takes a bit for your apartment to heat up in the morning hours because of the cool air present and the walls have cooled off a bit during the night.
But even after the sun goes down, your apartment can stay hot, or get even hotter due to the heat it has stored up all day long. Smart Thermostats are the future, there is no doubt about it.
These things came out a few years ago, and as more manufactures join the game, the price is going to continue to fall. A Smart Thermostat will learn your habits, keep track of the temperature of your apartment, and be the most efficient at both keeping your apartment cool in the summer and warm in the winter, as well as saving you money by running your system only when it needs it.
Want to get your thermostat for FREE?? Check out the rebates your power company has on their website. They want as many people as possible to have these Smart Thermostats because it saves energy! A clogged or dirty filter is going to prevent air from moving freely throughout your apartment.
On top of that, it is going to cause the air conditioner and furnace to work harder than it needs to, which are going to increase your heating and cooling costs and give you poor service at the same time. A double whammy. Furnace filters are relatively inexpensive. All you need to do before ordering some is check which size of filter your furnace needs. Most landlords are going to want to put a new filter in every few months anyways to take stress off their equipment, so you asking for one is usually doing them a favor.
We spend a TON of time in our bedrooms, no matter where we live. Cooling Bedding are things like sheets, blankets, and pillows that are meant to wick moisture and heat away and allow you to stay as cool as possible in your bed. I cannot recommend enough that you check these products out. Regardless of which brand you end up buying, you will not regret the benefit your sleep and your comfort will be from the heat.
If you happen to have an apartment that has a South or West facing window or porch or balcony, chances are, you are getting a lot of solar heating during the daytime hours. If you are leaving your drapes or blinds open, that means that every ray of sunlight that is getting through to your apartment is warming it up. In the summer, you have to keep air-conditioners running all night long if you can't sleep when it's hot.
Doesn't your air-conditioner have an "energy safer" feature that monitors the room temperature and it turns off and on as needed?
Try installing a ceiling fan. You live in New York State. It's not hotter there than it is here. I get by most nights with just a ceiling fan. We haven't turned on our air-conditioning yet this year. I don't recommend the advice to turn off your refrigerator. That's food poisoning waiting to happen.
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