Oh, the bliss of a fan!

My old fan broke last year so brought a tower fan its 30° in my living room curtains have been shut since 5am . Its lovely and has remote control.

We have a chiller unit in the L room, fan oscillating over cold water, I could hug it!
Fan in bedroom.
35 now, blinds and windows closed in L room (west) open in kitchen/diner (east).

We went out and bought two fans on Sunday. I had one on all last night in the bedroom. Currently we cannot open any windows in the bedrooms, although we can open windows on the landing and in the bathroom. The fan makes sleeping possible.

Whiff

My old fan broke last year so brought a tower fan its 30° in my living room curtains have been shut since 5am . Its lovely and has remote control.

We have one, you put water in the bottom and it’s very good, keeping our LR “liveable”

Just ordered two, as our one is very old and cumbersome.

Had one delivered within twelve hours of order from the evil empire. Reviews said easy to assemble. Well it was for my daughter 🌞. Now have two going in the big kitchen. It’s got velux windows and double patio glass doors. Ill need blinds if the heat becomes frequent

Just seen a photo of massive queues outside a Lidl store today, for an air conditioning unit which was going on sale in their 'middle aisle' this morning.

We bought an air con unit last year and 2 tabletop fans to replace old small ones. Both very quiet. The air con is noisy but effective. So glad I bought them. It has made the last 3 days manageable. I will think about shutters on the kitchen window and a curtain rail above the kitchen patio doors to hang something on. Not sure what yet.

I have a tower fan, which is quiet and effective. However, the thing that has made the most difference is a ‘sail’ that throws shade onto my rear ground floor windows. My house is almost exactly east / west. I get sun on the front in the morning, a brief respite in the middle of the day while the sun is overhead and then, when it is at its hottest, it shines straight into my kitchen and living room. The sail is an awning that can be fixed in any position, usually either rectangular or triangular in shape. Mine shades my French windows and kitchen door perfectly and makes a huge difference. A cheap and adaptable way to help reduce the heat. I got mine from Amazon.