Sleeping with the windows open

There was a man on Any Answers yesterday talking about putting tinfoil and cardboard on his windows to insulate the house. He was cut off for promoting some business or other, but the gist seemed to be that you put tinfoil on to reflect the heat and cardboard behind it to block the light.

I can't say I've tried that myself - I've got the windows open though

Bedroom window open here , although don't expect to sleep well ! I will close it when the sun rises and close curtains too.

All my neighbours have their windows wide open. I always feel cold so husband is next door in the spare room with windows wide open and fan on. I have just taken off my vest. Hope you all sleep well.

Every window open, a multitude of fans operating, I'm in the thinnest pure cotton nightie imaginable (think almost see-through, from age and washing) and really hoping for an hour or two of sleep.

Nice not to be the only one.

Hope you all sleep reasonably well.

A downside to the plantation shutters I had fitted a few months ago is that with the window open at night when they are shut, no breeze can get through. During the day I leave the slats open to allow the breeze through but I live in a bungalow and sleep in the front room so don’t want to sleep in full view of anyone coming to my front door! Luckily the bedroom does not get any direct sunlight owing to the steep overhand of the roof so it’s the coolest room in the house but I am having to use my fan more.

So far, I’ve been able to sleep as normal wearing a nightie with no covers on.

I’m sleeping downstairs where it is much more bearable. Windows open.

My windows are all open but I know I'll be eaten alive by midges during the night. Open or shut, this heat is a misery to try and sleep in.

Teacheranne, I angle my plantation slats slightly, no-one can see in and air can flow

Windows shut at the moment otherwise invaded by midges and movies. They like me a lot. When DH wakes I will open the windows and spray myself with Jungle Juice. Otherwise I have had 7 hrs sleep which is good for me. Keep cool everyone .

Not movies , mosquitoes for goodness sake

My bedroom windows are open all the year round.

Bedroom windows wide open, and I left the skylight on the landing wide open.
Didn’t sleep too badly actually, better than I was expecting.

Upstairs windows all open, but curtains half pulled downstairs all closed, but it’s another bungalow here as well so the overhanging eaves cut out a lot of the sun and heat.

However. the spiders are moving in! A large black one on the stairs last night. Urgh….

I have been invaded by what we used to call thunder flies (tiny little black things). It seems a small price to pay for reasonable temperatures overnight, though. .

Maybe your neighbours are away, many of ours are.

Two households are, but I’m fairly sure the rest are not (I don’t stalk them, we’re just fairly chatty/put stuff on our WhatsAp).

Maybe they all have fancy portable air-conditioners - and no thunder flies and spiders and the like!

All windows closed here to keep the heat out, it works.
We have cavity wall insulation,keeps the heat in in the winter,keeps the heat out in the summer,the autumn and spring can be a pain though.
We ahve a fan on in the hallway and our bedroom/bathroom doors remain open.
Spray essential oils around doors and windows to keep spiders etc out.

I too sleep with my bedroom window open all year.
Most of my neighbours have their windows closed all year!

Am I the only one who has slept better than I normally do? I’m an insomniac and if I manage 4 hours sleep I’m lucky. During this hot spell I’ve been sleeping for 6+ hours!
Yes, upstairs windows open here.

Once the outside temperatures fell below the indoor temperature yesterday evening, I opened windows and doors so the house would cool too.

However, I closed the bedroom window when I went to bed, but first hung a reflective silver sheet outside it, then dropped the blind on the inside, to keep the heat of the morning sunshine off that window. That sheet is held in place by trapping it in the closed windows - there's no easy alternative.
On balance, that results in a cooler room in the morning than leaving that window open all night.

Now, at 9.30am, all our windows are closed, and will remain so all day, to keep the hot air out.
They will only be opened again when the temperature outside is once again as low as that inside.

nandad me too. 7 hrs last night ???

You'll only be cooler if it's colder outside than in. With the current heat spike might be best to cool off the house first thing and close the windows as the heat builds.

I live in a bungalow. I have my small bedroom window open all year as I like a cool/cold bedroom. Non of my big windows are open at night for security reasons but I open most of them during the day until the outside temperature is higher than indoors, then I close the lot. Curtains/blinds closed too.