Why Does the Loft Conversion Bedroom Feel Hotter Than Every Other Room in the House?
A few structural things stack against a loft conversion at once. It’s literally where rising heat ends up — warm air rises through the house all day, and a loft…
How to Cool a Bungalow in a Heatwave (UK Guide)
Bungalows have a structural disadvantage that people don’t always clock: every room sits directly under the roof, because there’s no upstairs floor acting as a buffer between the living space…
Is Air Conditioning Safe if You Have a Heart Condition or High Blood Pressure?
General information only, not medical advice. This page explains why heat is a recognised extra strain for people with heart and circulatory conditions, and what that means for choosing an…
How Many Air Conditioners Do You Need to Cool an Open-Plan House?
Often more than the one unit people start with. An open-plan kitchen-diner-living space is usually a much bigger cooling job than a single bedroom, for three reasons: it’s a larger…
How to Store a Portable Air Conditioner for Winter (Without Ruining It)
Don’t just wheel it into the shed and forget about it. Drain every last drop of water, then run the unit on fan-only for an hour or so to dry…
What Temperature Should You Actually Set a Portable Air Conditioner To? (UK Guide)
For most people, around 24°C is the sweet spot — comfortable, and far cheaper to hold than a colder setting. The rule to remember is that every degree lower widens…
Cooling Help for People with Limited Mobility or Disability
General information, not medical advice. How heat affects a particular person depends on their health, medicines and circumstances. For advice specific to you or someone you care for, speak to…
How to Cool a Room with High Ceilings
High-ceilinged rooms — Victorian and Georgian rooms, barn conversions, galleried landings, glazed extensions with lanterns — behave differently from ordinary rooms because of one thing: warm air rises and pools…
Best Cooling for Shift Workers Sleeping During the Day
Sleeping during the day in summer is the hardest cooling problem there is, because you’re trying to sleep when it’s hottest, brightest, and your body clock is fighting you. The…
Keeping Food and Medicine Safe in a Heatwave UK
General information, not medical advice. For anything about your own medicines — storage, whether a medicine that got too hot is still safe, or how heat interacts with a condition…