I know it's early to worry, but an A/C question!

tasha41 · Jan 5th, 2009, 01:32 AM

Hi girls! My house does not have central air, we have the boiler/radiator system of heating (not as common in Canada, everyone has regular furnaces and most people have central air conditioning!). We use the window air conditioning units in my house, and my bedroom (that I will be sharing with the baby) is on the 2nd storey of our house.

I'm concerned about keeping the room the right temperature during the summer, as it can get quite hot upstairs in the summer, but the air conditioning can make it very cold!

Looking for advice/suggestions about whether or not I should have the air conditioner in this summer, if I should use windows, buy a different type of air conditioning unit, etc.

Hopefully someone's got an answer out there !!

babezone · Jan 5th, 2009, 01:56 AM

ive herd its better to be abit cold for babys rather then to hot as you can just add layers but obviously ther is only a certain amount you can take off. now my place is like a boiler in the summer its awfull but bubs wil be round 6/7months thn xx

brownhairedmom · Jan 5th, 2009, 01:56 AM

In my experience opening the windows doesn't do much when you get over 25 degrees(as my very pregnant self learnt this summer)!!! I would get a high speed fan. I bought a really good quality one over the summer and it can make it as cold as air conditioning (we had a heat wave summer, almost close to 40 degrees every day for a month where I am). That way if you need to, you can scale it back quickly? Nobody here has air conditioners because theres usually no need for it, we all survive!!

tasha41 · Jan 5th, 2009, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by rae05

In my experience opening the windows doesn't do much when you get over 25 degrees(as my very pregnant self learnt this summer)!!! I would get a high speed fan. I bought a really good quality one over the summer and it can make it as cold as air conditioning (we had a heat wave summer, almost close to 40 degrees every day for a month where I am). That way if you need to, you can scale it back quickly? Nobody here has air conditioners because theres usually no need for it, we all survive!!

LOL it's so humid here somedays

I know it's in the house so it's different but we have TONS of heat alerts and smog advisories.. will try the fan first I guess before going for my AC.

Jan 5th, 2009, 01:32 AM	#1
tasha41 Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 23,921	I know it's early to worry, but an A/C question! Hi girls! My house does not have central air, we have the boiler/radiator system of heating (not as common in Canada, everyone has regular furnaces and most people have central air conditioning!). We use the window air conditioning units in my house, and my bedroom (that I will be sharing with the baby) is on the 2nd storey of our house. I'm concerned about keeping the room the right temperature during the summer, as it can get quite hot upstairs in the summer, but the air conditioning can make it very cold! Looking for advice/suggestions about whether or not I should have the air conditioner in this summer, if I should use windows, buy a different type of air conditioning unit, etc. Hopefully someone's got an answer out there !!

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babezone Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: portsmouth. uk Posts: 4,021	ive herd its better to be abit cold for babys rather then to hot as you can just add layers but obviously ther is only a certain amount you can take off. now my place is like a boiler in the summer its awfull but bubs wil be round 6/7months thn xx

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brownhairedmom Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 6,444	In my experience opening the windows doesn't do much when you get over 25 degrees(as my very pregnant self learnt this summer)!!! I would get a high speed fan. I bought a really good quality one over the summer and it can make it as cold as air conditioning (we had a heat wave summer, almost close to 40 degrees every day for a month where I am). That way if you need to, you can scale it back quickly? Nobody here has air conditioners because theres usually no need for it, we all survive!!

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