Heat in the apartment: ten tricks that can cool you down

: It is well known that ventilation brings fresh and cooler air into the apartment.

But be careful: In midsummer you should pay attention to the time of day before you open all the windows.

At lunchtime, when the sun is high, you can bring warmer air into the house.

This increases the temperatures.

It is therefore better to ventilate in the morning or at night when it is colder outside.

: If you have no problem going about your everyday life in darker rooms, you should close the external blinds during the greatest heat of summer.

If these are light in color, you have another advantage: They reflect the light, which means that the apartment does not heat up so quickly.

: you don't have external blinds to reflect light?

No problem: glue aluminum foil to the outside windows.

Incidentally, you should not attach the film from the inside, since, according to

, the panes could

due to the build-up of heat.

: Several years ago, a Twitter user claimed to have discovered an ingenious trick against heat in the apartment.

For it to work, you have to fill a bottle (1.5 liters) with some water, freeze it and then place it at a high point in the room.

Depending on the size of the room, two or three bottles may be necessary.

You can easily find out for yourself whether it works in your case.

: You can achieve a small change if you switch off electrical appliances that are not required.

These include, for example, the television or the PC.

Also, try not to cook too hot in summer, as this creates extra heat.

units: There are now countless devices and models that promise a cooler climate.

These include, for example, mobile air conditioning units and fans.

If you can no longer stand the heat, it is also advisable to use the fan earlier, as it usually uses less electricity.

help

: If you ventilate in the morning or at night, you can add an extra breath of fresh air by spraying your curtains with water.

Evaporation occurs when the water changes into a gaseous state.

: This also works with a towel that you hang on the back of a chair, for example.

At the bottom again you place a water container in which the towel hangs.

If you place a fan behind the towel or have the window open, you also benefit from the evaporative cooling.

: Some plants provide a cooling

because they release the absorbed water back into the air.

As a rule, the larger the leaves of potted plants, the better the chances that they will be able to lower temperatures slightly.

Let

: As we already know, we benefit from evaporative cooling in summer.

Accordingly, it makes sense that we should also let our laundry dry in the house.