I live in the fricking DESERT and I am tired of the sun blasting into my window, even with blackout sheets on it the heat still creeps through like crazy and I don't want to be black or mexican and put tinfoil in there
What is a good way to block sunlight from hitting my window completely so the heat and light isn't so horrid, do I hang something from the roof in front of it? I don't want to put a tarp in front of my shit but I am running out of patience
Triple Pane windows or a heat resistant tint-like film (they don't go deep black but it will always look like a storm is coming). Or an awning
Does that really help with the heat? I kind of wondered if I put something that hung down along the entire roof then it might help with how hot the walls get and maybe transfer less heat into the room as a whole but I couldn't think of what might not look like absolute shit
thick walls with high ceiling
>and I don't want to be black or mexican and put tinfoil in there
Then apply gold leaf to the windows.
Gold leaf
>TRIPPLE VIRGIN MARY Hispanic POWERS ACTIVATE!!!!
You need plants cuh
Trees homie, large ass trees cuh ya feel me
Fo real some bushes and shieet
Vegetations is key cuh fo real
Get the water nigguh
Meanwhile get some white drapes
Roll of shade fabric outside.
>Roll of shade fabric outside.
This. You want to stop the heat before it gets to your window. Anything inside, like curtains, just stops the direct sunlight, but it's still letting the heat into the house. It just takes longer to be noticeable. Shade the outside of the window, and you'll notice a huge difference. Simple shade cloth is probably the cheapest option and is available everywhere. You can get variations that are intended for this use case that look a little nicer.
Honeycomb blinds help a ton with heat and cold both.
Sunsail if the window is in the back yard, awning if it's facing the street or side of the house. If that's the actual house and it's the front window, rip out that railing and add a covered porch across the whole front.
Where I live every single house has these on their windows.
You want to let the sun in? You roll it up.
Too much sun? You roll it down, and it blocks the sun before it reaches the window.
Very effective, cheap, and simple.
You can even automate them if you're into that.
Do you live in a ghetto liquor store?
These are the GOAT, but most modern buildings do not have them. Either because they're a b***h to install in concrete buildings, or because landlords are penny pinchers who'll charge extortionate rent while spending as little as possible.
I'm from Spain. Most buildings here are concrete/brick, and they always have that kind of blinds.
Good window brands (eg: Kömmerling, ...) always offer the option of including them directly on the window, which makes installing them a breeze.
They do increase the window price a bit, but it's 100% worth it. I guess you're right some landlords are too cheap...
Diagram of how modern ones are installed: they are built in on the window frame.
I wonder where I can buy these in the states
roller blinds or roller shades are not built into the window like that, but seem to serve the same purpose.
I like it.
Neat
Perfect for the exquisite shut-in
We use those in America to protect against hurricanes
Have you tried not living in the desert?
if you hate it so much why do you frick it.
why the frick do people put their AC on the fricking roof? is that to keep thieving colored people from stealing the copper? must be a b***h when a tech needs to work on it. also being on the roof the sun is gonna beat down on it making it less efficient than it having some sort of shade covering over it. frick you desert rats enjoy your sweltering existence and I hope you dehydrate and die in the desert
Just get a swamp cooler if you live in the desert.
Also solar panels
For a swamp cooler to work well you have to have windows open at the opposite end of the house, meaning you can't close your bedroom doors which is a fricking mess when it's more than just you who lives there
OR
install these:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Up-Dux-14-in-x-7-1-4-in-Evaporative-Cooler-Ceiling-Vent-7610/100344666
An AC on a residential roof is a swamp cooler. They are far simpler than air conditioner systems and work well in dry climates.
Not how that works, dipshit, you can have both and that is certainly not a swamp cooler, it's a blow down style AC that most houses in the midwest have, never understood why though
my theory is that in ye olde days the swamp coolers were on the roof.
instead of modifying the roof and changing shit, just mount the AC to the roof and use existing duct work. most AC units on roofs in the desert have gas heaters built in to them.
though I think you can get roof mounted heat pumps. but I could be wrong.
You shouldn't be on this board
why? I do more DIY than 90% of the tards who come here.
there are in fact sorption ACs that need heat to run (NOT a gas engine to run the compressor, an actual heat source that heats up the desorber in the AC)
though I don't know how common they are in US or if this is what he actually meant
>he doesnt know an ac in the direct sun will not cool as well as one with some shade
He doesn't know I lived in houses for 44 years that had them on the roof and they worked perfectly fine.
the stupid things people think about.
>lived in houses where the AC was on the roof because he lived in colored people neighborhoods with high crime rates
>mfw
It's cute watching the morons make shit up because they're too stupid to have a real argument
ok, so explain the actual purpose of having the AC unit on the roof then? what benefit does it serve other than to keep darkies from stealing the copper and coils for scrap? you have not given any answer as to why its on the roof. you seem to be the one who dowsnt know shit or else you would have provided a legitimate reason for it being up there.
Study physics and then get back to us, just moronic level course on atmospheric pressure and why having air coming from above or at least an even plane is better than coming from down
Bonus: captcha wants you to learn about ductless mini splits
Fricking god dammit
my AC is on the ground and my vents are in the ceiling and there is no problem with any atmospheric pressure affecting its output. so that argument is invalid and you are a fricking moron who still has no valid reason to have an AC unit on the roof and cant admit its to stop the jungle bunnies from stealing shit
You're AC heat pump is on the ground, but where is the air handler anon? hmmm where?
the air handler wont be on the roof you fricking moron.
First off blacks like to rob things inside your home or on your person, or just hurt you for primal reasons
Secondly you are an idiot, just because it works doesn't mean it is as efficient, fricking Christ man
>First off blacks like to rob things inside your home or on your person
just as easy to come by your AC and clip the copper lines and rip the coil out of the condenser. they like to scrap that shit for crack money
Roof units tend to be all-in-one units, combined with heating. They're not split systems where you have the condensor and coils on the ground, and the air handling unit in the attic or basement - they're also often smaller, and there's less noise on the rood - and they're easier and often cheaper to install. Most commercial buildings use larger versions of the same units.
It has FRICK ALL to do with black people stealing them, which isn't a fricking thing anyway.
>It has FRICK ALL to do with black people stealing them, which isn't a fricking thing anyway.
This, blacks are too fricking lazy to steal something like an AC or take it apart they would sooner rob the house, it's Mexicans you have to worry about doing the hard work on stealing copper or catalytic converters
once again it isnt about commercial buildings its about your shitty house in jungle bunny land
Most commercial buildings have the AC on the roof, rage monster autist. Of all the things to be angry like a little spastic over, lol. And, most homes have the condensors in the attic, which is just as hot as on the roof. It's hard to work on? Black person, why do you even care, it's not like your job to do it, settle the frick down and shut the frick up.
>Most commercial buildings have the AC on the roof
thats pretty obvious. were not talking commercial were talking residential you stupid frickstick.
Rooftop systems on commercial buildings and homes are the same fricking thing, moron. Just different sizes. Learn something instead of autistically bellowing about things you're ignorant about.
>he has a package unit on his house
You can, but that's not the norm for single family construction.
You can not be this stupid
You have pic related on your house?
>Package units are not at all uncommon on single family homes, at least in the southeast.
I've only seen a few at ground level, but with how common crawl spaces in the southeast with the exception of immediate east coast and FL, why would you do this instead of a traditional residential split system (air handler, furnace, and evaporator inside; condenser and compressor outside)?
>why would you do this instead
conversely, why Wouldn't you?
Often times with a house built in the 50's or whatever, there's no convenient place inside the house to locate the indoor air handler/furnace/plenum....
>Often times with a house built in the 50's or whatever, there's no convenient place inside the house to locate the indoor air handler/furnace/plenum....
I can see it if the crawlspace opening is too small to get the equipment in there, but you still needs space to run the duct work, and you are going to be cutting relatively large holes for the supply and return trunks. Why not cut one large enough for the equipment. Also, the attic is an option. Flat roofs are not common for 1950s era single family homes in the southeast.
Package units are not at all uncommon on single family homes, at least in the southeast. Around my area they seem to be most commonly found on older houses that were originally built without central HVAC and were later retrofitted.
I DIDNT SAY THEY WERE DIFFERENT moron, even tho there are some differences, but the whole point is RESIDENTIAL USE OF ROOFTOP AC IS TO PREVENT COLORED PEOPLE AND MEXICANS FROM STEALING THE COPPER AND WIRING OUT OF THEM. otherwise there is no practical reason for a residential unit to be ON THE ROOF! nobody is climbing on top of mcdonalds roof to steal copper, or on top of walmart. stop being a dumbfrick darkie
rooftop AC (on houses) has been around since AC for homes was invented.
putting them on the roof had NOTHING to do with theft because people didn't steel wiring and shit like that until the early 2000's.
The house my wife and I bought in 96 did not have AC, it had a cooler. we got AC 2 years later. how the previous owners lived without AC in the desert I don't know.
the installer put it on the roof because the house (built in 1952) would not accommodate a heat pump (no place for the air handler). not because there might be roaming bands of brown people thieving copper.
also the same for my mother-in-laws house, no attic at all, no space in side for the air handler (house built in 53), so it had a rooftop unit.
rooftop units are very common in the US in places with houses built before the 80's.
just because you don't like it, or are just being an ass does not make something true.
Ah, you chose "continue to bellow autistically like a moron about things you're ignorant about".
lol shutup stupid b***h
Nice comeback
thanks stupid b***h
Woke up angry and stupid did you
Every. Damn. Day.
>What is a good way to block sunlight from hitting my window completely so the heat and light isn't so horrid
two layers of brickwall
>wants to block heat
>doesn't want to use insulation
that's question
regards
question frog
Replace those fake shutters with real ones.
just fyi shutters would not really do much to stop head from direct sunlight
Of course it would. Wood is an infinitely better thermal insulator than glass, and a completely opaque shutter blocks all the infrared rays that glass lets through.
Shutters? do u live in a barn lmao
>plantation shutters aren't effective
They absolutely are though, as long as they're in place over the windows on the exterior, painted white, and angled appropriately to ensure all direct sunlight hits the slats, and doesn't reach the glass.
I've planted around my house for the last 12 years. Sycamore, cypress, you name it. I have the deciduous blocking the direct sun and then during winter it let's in enough sun. If you ammend the soil you'll be fine to plant a lot of stuff. Just research what grows in your area and elevation.
The heat is radiating from your bricks as well. Buy some Boston ivy and let it grow on your bricks. It will cut down on the heat a lot. For the windows, just get outside wooden shutters. If that's your house, you can also install an awning. There's also retractable awnings like what Sunsetter sells.
You... you think those bricks are real? Look at that neighborhood
Awnings you moron.
Awnings aren't great for sunlight that hits the ground and comes back up and depending on the angle they would need to be wicked long to fix OPs situation there
>sunlight that hits the ground and comes back up
Are you moronic?
Are you saying you don’t pave the outside of your house with mirrors? What are you, poor?
Yes. this is PrepHole, where half the posters are in fact, that moronic.
it's amazing how moronic some people are about sunlight of all things.
i once had a friend argue with me that it doesn't make sense to close the curtains during a hot, sunny day where the sun was coming in through the window, because there's no way the sunlight coming through the window could be bringing heat in, because air can't move through the window
this dude is otherwise somewhat intelligent, so i was fricking baffled. i told him to sit in the sunlight next to the window for the rest of the day and tell me how he thinks about if it brings heat in to the home and he just got mad and stormed off back to another room.
fricking morons
No shot would reflected sunlight make a huge difference on heat in a home lmao
reflected? no, minimal unless your ground is extremely reflective lmao. direct? absolutely.
>don't want to be black or mexican and put tinfoil in there
>i'm a racist moron and would rather burn my eyes out than do something practical about it
>I'm too stupid to block the sunlight
>help me PrepHole
b***h just stare at the sun until you stop seeing it.
Go back and smooch your dark masters feet while they loot your home
Ceramic window film?
Go buy a bunch of 2x10's and build a wall then put some trellises on them, boom easy
Unironically trees. Get a climate-adapted oak at a local nursery and position it to block the sun hitting your house. Bonus if you get something deciduous, since itll let the light in during the winter.
You use tinfoil, dummbass. JUST because Black folk do it doesn't automagically make it moronic.
It's moronic because the tinfoil is a poor insulator and absorbs a lot of heat which is now on the INSIDE of your home
They should invent something for this, like...I dunno, cloth on a frame, to block direct sunlight from a window. And, oh, I don't know, call it an...awning? Yeah. That could work. I'll be a billionaire! You could even make them fold up! Or be removable!
If you have a rooftop AC can you have it converted to a ground unit or will that Black person up all the duct work etc
If you have a cinderblock wall on one side of your yard can you pick it up and move it to the other side?
No. Rooftop AC units are typically a contained system, you'd have to rip it out to install a two piece system. It's two completely different things.
Perhaps you will listen to the world when they tell you about Climate Change.
Sandbags around the walls, air inlets from sand covered tubes. Evaporative cooling.
Can't understand why Americans insist on building the same cardboard and plastic houses in every environment? Sand is readily available to you. It absorbs the heat while keeping the cold out at night. Use it just like the hippies building earthships do. Coping with contrived technical solutions like conventional air conditioning is just flushing money down the drain.
Keep it as simple as possible!
Honestly if you don't mind looking like a broke loser and live on your own, just put in window units
Easy fix Anon, PUT THE SHADES ON THE OUTSIDE if you have a means. Inside, sun will still contact glass, heating it up and making it go inside. Outside shades will prevent that.
sadly there's no solution for your problem OP
if it were they would have invented it centuries ago