Warm bedroom due to sun location - will this do anything?
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Yeah, if I tried to do that, I'd never sleep again. I can tolerate like 75-78 during the day, but I have to have the temperature at 68 or lower to be able to sleep comfortably. I expect to actually use sheets/blankets, not just use them to make the room look nice and then kick them off the bed.
That sounds awful. I would gladly spend the money to not be miserable every night
A few options to consider
-Install a minisplit
-Install an in-wall AC unit. Like a window unit, but permanently installed in the wall
-Portable AC unit
Any of these will cool down your room.
-Install a minisplit
-Install an in-wall AC unit. Like a window unit, but permanently installed in the wall
-Portable AC unit
Any of these will cool down your room.
I grew up without AC. Had a house when I was single and I never turned the AC while living there. You get used to it.
Not your exact same problem but we have a couple of rooms that don't cool very well, mostly since they are at the end of the duct runs. One of them is my office which is on the SW corner of the house. I put a fairly strong desk fan over the air duct blowing up into the room. The boost of the fan pulling the air through the duct made a big difference, without any major vent or AC unit changes.
So did I. But I spend 9 hours a day inside, at a desk, with the temperature at about 70-71. For the last 10+ years
If I try to set my home anywhere above 73 or 74 my body can't cope.
Those are recommended to lower your utility bills, not recommended to feel comfortable.
The portable AC units do a pretty good job of cooling down problem spots. If you get one, make sure you get the kind that will vaporize the water so you don't have to worry about drainage from it. Although being Phoenix, I can't image you'd get too much condensation off of it.
Move you thermostat to your bedroom. Most likely the wiring is run through the attic. It should be an easy move. When we built our house we put the upstairs thermostat in the hallway outside the bedrooms but had an extra wire run to the master for when the kids leave just for that issue. Any HVAC guy should be able to fix that for a couple hundred dollars or less.
I'm the opposite, I spend a good chunk of my time outside. Usually have a tractor that will dump it's AC during planting and I will have a sweat box for a week.So did I. But I spend 9 hours a day inside, at a desk, with the temperature at about 70-71. For the last 10+ years
If I try to set my home anywhere above 73 or 74 my body can't cope.
Respectfully disagree. We tried that with our kids. Noise machine worked way better.
