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Post by **WLLady** » Sun May 29, 2016 7:00 am

Wow...meat locker? Cant say it was cool or cold in the house last night....sigh...i think i prefer fresh air at night....the things my hubby plans lol...curious to see if it works cause i havent noticed except all the blinds are closed and i hate turning on lights during the day lol

Post by **Killerbunny** » Sun May 29, 2016 8:05 am

No AC in our house. Fans and open windows. Got strange looks in town yesterday because I put a sweatshirt on to go in store. Coming from the UK originally never realised there was a country where indoors you're too cold in summer and too hot in winter! Funny they crank up heat in winter to temps above what they ac to in summer. Don't understand!

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Sun May 29, 2016 10:39 am

No AC in our house either, we knew we wanted passive, so planted deciduous trees around house, sun in the winter, shade in the summer.
Installed blinds on all the east/south facing windows and patio doors, close up during the day and open at night, was a bit costly to begin with, but I controlled the cost rather then Ontario Hydro.
There is maybe couple of nights in July when it's too hot at night to open windows, so run a furnace fan, to bring in cool basement air thru the house. Can't sleep with the windows closed. :)
Works very well with a bungalow, probably wouldn't be that successful with a 2 story house.

ross · Post by **ross** » Sun May 29, 2016 12:47 pm

I used to smile when I'd be fixing a pool heater to run to keep water at 85-90 degrees and just down aways from heater was an A/C unit purring away keeping the house at 72 . Go figure

windwalkingwolf · Post by **windwalkingwolf** » Sun May 29, 2016 3:26 pm

I use AC, 365 days of the year, AC being short for ACclimamatization LOL. It's only 30 Celsius out. Not hot enough to pay more hydro, and by the time it IS, I'll be more used to it. Air conditioning just makes the outside feel even hotter. Talk to me again when it's ove r 40 and I have to work outside... That's usually about the time I re-evaluate lol

Poultryprincess · Post by **Poultryprincess** » Mon May 30, 2016 7:01 am

We are in the Tree biz.
Many jobs is pruning, tree trim etc for "White collar" folks. ( not that there's anything Wrong with that ~ LOL )
Can't believe the Massive fancy pools with heaters & water falls.
If it's hot enough, I don't care how Cold the water is...I'm in!
Hubby does a bit of complaining, but we never think about a heater.
IF we manage to get "off grid" a muddy creek will be our AC (*o*)

ross · Post by **ross** » Mon May 30, 2016 7:42 am

Yep princess . They's the one that pays the bills . Lol luck

Cliff · Post by **Cliff** » Mon May 30, 2016 8:03 am

keep voting liberal.... KW. will save us all... the best is yet to come.. ya right..

baronrenfrew · Post by **baronrenfrew** » Mon May 30, 2016 8:13 am

I am looking forward to "passive" solar upgrades to house. awnings, or a pergola planted with vines (grapes, northern kiwi, or hops: might as well be edible), and painting the tin roof white (at least on the sunny side, it won't mess up the look of the house as nobody sees that side). Maybe trees in the future, but due to the hill slope it would take a long time for them to make a difference.

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Mon May 30, 2016 9:01 am

Bert, If you plant an 8' sugar maple, and I am sure you have a forest of them, you will have a lovely shade in few years, in the meantime, it will cool the ground under it, and that helps too. :)
As a "tree man" you know the best time to plant a tree is yesterday.