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>>75623
I've lived in a Texan swampland and a Coloradian desert, let me tell you how to deal with heat!
>Step 1: Get a bunch of aluminum foil from a dollar store.
>Step 2: Tape aluminum foil over the inside or outside of all of your windows (godmode=both).
>Step 3: tape over all gaps between the layers of aluminum foil or around the window edges.
>Step 4: tear apart some large cardboard boxes and tape it onto the inside of your windows.
>Step 5: ???
>Step 6: Profit! You are now freezig your ass in summer off after spending 10-20 dollars!
Aluminum foil is a radiant-heat reflective-barrier! Much of the heat that gets in your home comes from thermal IR through your windows! The worst culprits are:
>windows exposed to asphalt or roof shingles.
>windows facing directly east or west.
Black-colored oil-based materials absorb loads of energy from the sun, only to re-emit that energy entirely as thermal IR in all directions!
Cardboard is a thermal insulator, which is needed to prevent the highly-conductive aluminum on your window from conducting heat to the air of your home!
Glass is about 50% IR-absorptive, allowing the other 50% of IR energy to pass right through, while the exposed window will steadily absorb energy until it's rate of IR emission matchs it's rate of IR-absorption, turning your home into an oven!
Do you live in your own house, or a rented house, or an apartment, or a shared flat, or a closet?
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