Closing the Windows
Every autumn at my house, there are two great days for me:
- The day I can turn off my air conditioner, open up my windows, and let Nature cool the house. Admittedly, I do this as early as I can, and there are days when it hits 30C upstairs during the day, but I can live with that to not run my A/C.
- The day I have to close my windows because it’s too cold outside to leave them open at night, but yet not too warm during the day that my house gets hot if they stay shut.
Today is that second day. In case you’re wondering, yes, I do eventually turn on the heat pump, but only when it gets below 5C outside or so. My house holds heat pretty well, and so do I; it’s only when pipes are ready to freeze that I’ll fire up the heat, and even then I only keep it around 15C downstairs; it’ll be near enough to 20C upstairs to be comfortable. It helps that my neighbors on both sides really like to run their heat up high, as I get some of their residual heat through the common walls between our townhouses.
Posted October 18th, 2008 in Life Updates, Sickness & Health.
I’m with ya on those two days, Geof. We hit #1 here back at the beginning of September, and #2 back a couple of weeks ago. This week we broke down and turned on the furnace. I would’ve survived OK, but something about a wife and two kids who tend to get cold means turning it on a little early. We had a nice frost here this morning. I love autumn.
October 18th, 2008 at 09:50The year I rented a garage apartment, I didn’t have a heater … until I woke up one morning and could see my breath when I woke up, and found frost on my comforter. Great night of sleep, though, because it was cold enough that I didn’t toss and turn finding a cool place in the bed.
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