Reduce the heat your AC has to remove

Close your curtains. Closing your curtains helps keep the heat from your windows infiltrating your house. It kind of blocks that sunlight, keeping the house cooler. Some people like their curtains open. Some people like their curtains closed. Let your air conditioner do its job of cooling your house down. Don't make it more difficult. [Music]

Minimizing the areas where heat is going to infiltrate your home the most. So, making sure you're maybe shutting your blinds, make sure that you know, you're not leaving doors open for for extended periods of time or windows open for an extended period of time. Anywhere where heat is going to come into the house, your system's got to cool that air off. Blocking some of the areas where the heat's coming in is going to be a really big deal. Window treatments are really important. Blinds, curtains, anything like that. Making sure doors are sealed well. Uh make sure windows are sealed well. Um you know, if you really want to go above and beyond, you're looking at how your insulation is in in your attic is a really big deal as well. And so, those are just some common areas that whenever we're looking at heat infiltration, we look at those areas pretty much first.

Fans do not lower the temperature of the room, but they can make people feel cooler by moving air across your skin. Everyone likes a fan. I am a fan of fans. You know, and that means fans help people when they're in the room, but leaving every fan on in an empty house is not the same thing as cooling your house. So, that's an important distinction to make.

Turn your fans on. There's a reason that a fan is in almost every room in your home. When the air is moving, we're encouraging evaporation. When we encourage evaporation, it feels cooler in our home. So, any moisture that's on our skin will evaporate a whole lot faster. So, more air equals more potential for evaporation. Turn the fan on your air conditioner. You're going to thank me later. You will feel cooler.

Cook outside. When you're cooking, you're generating a lot of heat, and an air conditioner's job is to take heat from inside the house and moving it outside the house. So, if we're adding heat, we're making it harder on your air conditioner to cool your house off effectively. So, on those hot summer days, go cook outside. Barbecues are always fun, so you can't say no to a barbecue. [Music]

So if you have a east, west, or south facing window, which I know I just took uh you know, 75% of the directions that we can possibly have, make sure that your timing closing those shades, closing the blinds, and shutting the sun out. You know, cuz that UV penetration into the house is really going to rise the temperature. Uh you know, it doesn't take much for it to uh to become a problem. And so, you know, in the afternoon, make sure that all your windows are shut. Make sure that your outside doors aren't moving in and out. You know, make sure if you've got a doggy door or something that it's permanently closed. That way we're not letting go of that precious cold air that we've got, you know, in the house. You know, next is if they've got um say their main unit's down. If they want just a bedroom cool, you know, I'd recommend running to just any local hardware store and picking up a window unit. You know, that right there could help buy some time between maybe, you know, an HVAC tech having an availability or something like that. And you know, really can make at least one room cool. That way you can sleep comfortably.

Golf is a game that gets you outside, right? You're outside. You're in the great outdoors. You're enjoying nature. Also, summertime, you can cook outside. Fire up the Blackstone, fire up the grill. Don't cook indoors because if you cook indoors, using your stove and using your oven introduces heat into the space. If we introduce heat into the space, it means your air conditioner has to work harder. But fire up the grill, cook outside when you can, enjoy the great outdoors while the summer's still alive. And now I got a case of the rights. We are moments away from yeeting this putter across the yard.

Summertime sun is oppressive. Close your curtains. The midday sun, I don't know if you guys could tell, I'm sweating. I'm fighting for my life right now. Summertime sun is oppressive. It is out to get you. And the way that we can mitigate that heat getting into our home is closing your curtains. Reduce the amount of summer sun that we allow to infiltrate our home. And you will be more comfortable. Just like I'm going to be more comfortable over this putt. We're dialed. We're dialed. Hot streak has started. [Music]

You've probably seen this on the news channels and they're talking about, you know, if you're trying to beat the heat, this is the way to do it. Kind of. >> [gasps] >> Anyways, you can feel a difference. It is cold. You do feel a little bit of uh cold air coming off the ice blocks, but but your your temperature and your comfort is really reliant on you staying in this weirdly awkward position. Now, you could probably hold the bowl up and like that's that's pretty nice. Kind of cold. You're going to get a little wet cuz it's going to it's going to condensate. Uh but does it really work? And the answer to that question is it can provide some semblance of some comfort. Uh it's going to add humidity to your house if you do this um cuz you're throwing a fan over water. So, the results are dependent on you being able to stay in one position. Now, that's not super comfortable. That's not really idealistic. It's not going to help a ton if your house is already 85° then it can then it can it can help cuz you're going to be feeling that cold air across it. However, it's not a long-term solution. And it's not fun to do. Summer is a time where you're supposed to play, go outside, uh feel some nice breeze. If you are hot inside your house, um I the best thing that you can do is make sure your system's running efficiently. And if you're found yourself where your air conditioning system's not working or your air conditioning system is and you still have to do this, that's a pretty telltale sign that your system's not doing what it's supposed to. Uh and that'd be a great reminder to say, "Hey, I'm having to hold this ice and use a fan to keep myself cold. I should probably call my HVAC guy." Do that. Have a fantastic day and stay cool this summer. >> Your >> [singing] [music] >> home.

Oh wow. Yeah, man. It reminds you of a summer evening. It's like hot outside. You just came in from jumping on the trampoline or swimming in the pool or whatever. Like summer evenings. Speaking of something you can do to help mitigate how much heat we're introducing into the space is cook outside. Use the grill. Fire up the old Trager. Get the Blackstoneone out if you got it. Cook outside. And that right there will save you a lot of money on cooling your space back down after cooking.