I am so happy that my place doesn't have a dress code. Tomorrow it'll be 35 degrees centigrade, and I'll be in my office working in shorts and a football top. Commisserations to all of you who have to wear a tie, and I hope you will all join me in rejoicing that this weekend, normality returns. Hobbes excluded, of course.
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- Aug 2008
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- The zero meridian
- Swansea, Gaziantepspor and the Zeugma Franchise
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30°C in London doesn't feel like 30 in Istanbul, it's unpleasantly hot and humid but shouldn't complain too much as it will soon pass. Thunderstorms predicted in London at lunch time tomorrow.
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It's the humidity that does it, as I try to explain to my best mate whenever he tells me Buenos Aires must be much more pleasant in the heat because it 'doesn't feel the same in hot countries,' the 'hot countries' he's been to consisting of places where it's unlikely to be around 40°C and 80%+ humidity at the same time (whereas in BA that's a not at all atypical summer's day). All the same I hope it's pleasant enough in the UK for t-shirts and shorts in a month or so, and stays like that throughout August.
A little under six months ago we were on the border between Argentina and Brazil, where the temperature was in the mid-40s and the humidity was in the 90s (it's a rainforest, y'see), and we damn near melted.
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There are days during the summer when, if I have to leave the flat to do things, I might have two or three cold showers (and in late December and for most of January it's basically a given I'll have to have one twenty minutes or so before I plan on going to bed, or I'm just not going to sleep).
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Originally posted by Sam View PostIt's the humidity that does it, as I try to explain to my best mate whenever he tells me Buenos Aires must be much more pleasant in the heat because it 'doesn't feel the same in hot countries,' the 'hot countries' he's been to consisting of places where it's unlikely to be around 40°C and 80%+ humidity at the same time (whereas in BA that's a not at all atypical summer's day).
My kids are enjoying it, mind. Padding pool, open air splash park, plodging through the river.
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I have to admit, I enjoy this weather less when I'm abed than the rest of the time.
I'm more than happy to sit outside on my deck in 25C until 11pm. But it does require the judicious application of portable aircon and fan to make night times bearable.
We're doing the house up later this year. Air conditioning in the bedrooms is on the list of jobs. It'll cost a fair bit, but given we're south facing on top of a hill (it got up to 43C on our suntrap of a deck on Sunday) it'll be worth it.
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Looking around you can get a Mitstubishi condenser with 2 head units for about £1200. Single blower split units are from about £500 on appliances direct.
So I'd expect about two grand fitted perhaps?
I can't remember the layout of your place, but if the outside wall of your bedroom is easily accessibly from the balcony, it should be a piece of piss to fit. If not, it'll be harder to run the pipe work so you might have to go ducted in the ceiling or chase the pipework into the wall which is a much bigger job.Last edited by hobbes; 22-06-2017, 15:52.
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If you stuck a blower on your balcony, I bet no one would notice.
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Erm
More saliently though, GY is on the top floor overlooking the river. If he mounts the fan unit on the wall fairly low down, there's no way anyone will see it to know.
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