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My first apartment in Boston was like this. I was on the top floor and I’d have to leave the windows open all winter because it was so unbearably hot from the h
by elliekelly 5y ago
My first apartment in Boston was like this. I was on the top floor and I’d have to leave the windows open all winter because it was so unbearably hot from the heat being cranked up in the units below me. I remember nearly sweating to death during a major snowstorm because I had closed the windows to keep the snow out but keeping the snow out meant I kept all of the hot air in!
- pessimizer 5y agoWhen you're on the top floor, it's often a catch-22 to do this. Heating for the building can be controlled by a system that takes as input the temperatures from sensors in apartments on the top and bottom floors. So when you open the windows to lower the temperature in your apartment, the system will react by cranking up the heat for the building.
- db48x 5y agoWhat you need is some kind of mesh covering for the window that lets air through but not larger particles such as ice crystals or bugs.
- netizen-936824 5y agoLike window screens...?
- tartoran 5y agoYes, window screens allow you to keep windows open when it’s snowing. However, if it’s very windy/stormy you’d still get a lot of water in and probably shutting a part of the window would be necessary.
- theshadowknows 5y agoYep my wife and I moved to Connecticut from North Carolina. The summers here are very mild compared to what we are used to and as such leave the windows open to stay cool. But as you mentioned the screens do allow in rain if it’s raining and windy. Funny I never thought about seeing if there’s an alternative material for it.
- graftak 5y agoYou don't have (the option for) ventilation shafts in your window frames[0]? Here in the Netherlands (and north-west EU) many homes have those, they're designed to allow fresh air to circulate without the need for opening a window. Most houses have those except for really old ones (which have 'natural' ventilation, i.e. creeks) or really new ones (which have a central ventilation system). [0] for example https://www.duco.eu/Wes/CDN/1/Products/ProductImages/2016-08-31%2013.18.26.151%20-%20EasyFit.jpg https://www.duco.eu/Wes/CDN/1/Products/ProductImages/2016-08...
- db48x 5y agoThe option exists, but double–hung windows are more popular.
- itronitron 5y agoOne nice thing about winter heat is that it's just too dry for many insects to survive long. Obviously this depends on the insect, I've noticed that yellow jackets die within a day but lady bugs can survive much longer.
- 101008 5y agoMy God, I think I was crazy. It happened to me in several hotels in USA and Europe, I had to leave window open in winter because it was unbereable to be in the hotel room, even with the heating turned off. Glad I am not the only one!
- galago 5y agoI currently live in the Boston area in an apt. built in 1927. Steam heat. I keep my windows cracked open pretty much all Winter because even with the radiator turned off, I still get too much heat from all sides. Yes, I do have wire mesh screens on my windows.
- mensetmanusman 5y agohttps://www.npr.org/2020/12/10/945136599/how-spanish-flu-pandemic-changed-home-heat-radiators https://www.npr.org/2020/12/10/945136599/how-spanish-flu-pan... It was actually designed for this, so you could have fresh air during a pandemic in the winter :)
- saalweachter 5y agoFew things have the same $:QoL ratio as buying insulated pipe wrap for the hot pipe running floor to ceiling through your apartment's bathroom.