The mercury keeps rising...and the heat wave doesn't stop is not far!
And when you don't have air conditioning, the heat can quickly become problematic, especially for sleeping!
Fortunately, readers of comment-economiser.fr know plenty of great tips for surviving the heat wave without air conditioning.
Here we have selected their best advice for you.
Here are the 15 best tips from our readers for surviving the heat wave without air conditioning . Watch:
"Freeze a large bottle of water. Before going to bed, put the bottle in a pillowcase and hold it against your chest, like you would a stuffed animal. The water will cool the middle part of the body, which will then cool down the rest of the body. My roommate calls it ice teddies !” – Stephanie
"I always keep a few old plastic water bottles in the freezer, three-quarters full with water. When it's really hot, I take out 2 bottles and fill the rest with tap water. take to bed with me, creating "frozen hot water bottles". One under my back, the other wrapped in a towel and placed on my chest... and that does the job for me!" – Sandrine
To discover: The Trick To Keeping Your Water Bottle Cold ALL Day.
"When I was a teenager, my bedroom was upstairs in our house, still under construction. No heating in winter. No air conditioning in summer. But I had an entire floor all to myself!
"On very hot nights, I put my fan in front of the window and I kept a spray bottle close at hand, set to the finest mist. As soon as it was too hot for me, a few shots of water very cool on the skin and the air from the fan refreshed me immediately." - Celine
"Here's an old grandmother's trick used by the English in tropical India to cool down, when there was no air conditioning. Use curtains made of thin, natural fabrics (linen, cotton) and leave the bottom of the curtains soak in a bucket of water.
The fabric will humidify as it absorbs the water, and the breeze entering through the open window will naturally cool the room. Of course, that means it takes a bit of wind to make it work. But all it takes is a light breeze and it works beautifully." – Fiona
To discover: How to Refresh a Room in Your House in Summer?
"I strongly advise you to sleep on bamboo mats. They bring a remarkable feeling of freshness, much more than with a cotton mattress. Even better, there are also bamboo cooling mats, which are quite thin and specially designed for lay them directly on your mattress.
“I live in Paris in an apartment without air conditioning on the top floor of the building… And I can tell you that if I survived the heat waves, it was thanks to the bamboo mats that my mother brought me from Hong Kong . They saved my life! That, and the wet towels that I always keep in the fridge." – Severine
"At night, when it's cooler outside than inside, I put my fan in front the window, so that it expels the hot air outside. It's amazingly effective. Our room cools down in no time and the little hum of the fan helps me fall asleep faster!" – Myriam
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"My foolproof method is to wrap an ice pack in a towel and slip it under the small of your back for a few minutes before going to sleep. Afterwards, I keep the ice pack handy for the rest of the night, in case I need to cool off quickly. Even though the pouch melts overnight, it stays cold for at least 8 hours and naturally fights the heat." – Sonia
And if you don't have an ice pack, here's how to make a house of it.
"When I was pregnant, I often took lukewarm showers with my nightgown on. Afterwards, I went straight to bed, soaked to the skin, with the fan blowing on me. As the saying goes:to great evils , the great remedies!
"In any case, it's a method that works wonderfully. And in very hot weather, I got up in the middle of the night to sneak back into the shower. The other little thing to remember, is to use a mattress topper without synthetic fibres, and also cotton or linen sheets." – Marion
"At bedtime, grab a few Mr. Freeze popsicles in bed with you. I know this might sound crazy, but that's what my girlfriends and I did in our dorm with no air conditioning. We put the Mr. Freeze in our tank tops, we lay on them! And of course, we always ended up eating them. Mr. Freeze, you saved our lives!" – Agnes
"Put some ice cubes in a large container (big enough to hold the melted water) and place it in front of your fan. And bim:you get a System D air conditioner!" – Sebastian
This trick also works with frozen water bottles. The tutorial is here.
"My mother lived in a house with a centralized heating system, installed in her basement. During the day, she closed all the windows in the house and ran the blower in the opposite direction, so that it expels cool air from the basement through the ducts into the rest of the house." – Lydia
"The look is a bit cheesy, but I use car sunshades on the windows in my house. During very hot periods, they are perfect for protecting my house from direct sunlight or too much heat. strong light.
"And it's a little more discreet than the aluminum coverings. For the large windows in our house, I also hung very thick blackout curtains which keep the heat out." – Lucille
“I bought some cheap car sunshades to protect my house windows from the sun during the day. Before buying curtains, I used a simple duvet cover. And yes, the covers duvet are thick enough, but light enough to replace a curtain temporarily." – Zoe
"For me, the secret is to have 2 windows and 2 fans. One fan blows out the hot air and the other one brings in the cool air. And if you have sash windows, the ideal is to place your fan in front of the highest opening of the window, in order to evacuate the hot air which has risen. - Muriel
"If the air outside is cooler than the temperature inside, try this grandma's trick. Put a high-speed fan in any room of your house (except the bedroom). Place the fan in front of an open window, so that it is at the same height as the window and facing outwards.
"Then open the windows of your bedroom (or other rooms in the house) and turn on the fan. And there, magic:the fan will suck in the fresh air from outside through the other windows and expel the hot air through the window in front of which you have placed the fan.This method is all the more pleasant if you manage to position your bed so that it is in the draft.
"Run the fan on for 30 minutes before you go to bed, and your room will quickly cool down. I used this technique a lot when I lived in a 2-bedroom apartment with all the windows on one side of the room. the apartment. Thanks to this trick, the air circulates much better in the apartment." – Magali
"I grew up in an old farmhouse in Provence and for me there is no better method than closing the shutters and curtains during the day. Doing that and creating drafts with your fans at the same time This helps to avoid temperature peaks inside the house.I also advise you to use blackout curtains or anti-heat blinds that darken the room and guarantee thermal protection.
"The other method that really works for me is to angle your fans outwards, so they push the warm air out of the house when it's warmer inside than outside. outside. And because hot air rises, sleeping as close to the ground as possible can also make a big difference. Ideally, hammocks are THE best solution for sleeping well in the summer, as air circulates freely all around the body ." – Madder
"To cope with the extreme heat of recent years, my wife and I installed 2 solar-powered air extractors in the attic of the house. If you don't know what these are, they are devices that suck hot air that accumulates in the attic and expels it to the outside.
"I can tell you that the difference is incredible! It is now much cooler in the house. The result is just stunning. Thanks to our solar air extractors, we are making great savings on our electricity bill and their cost initial is quickly amortized." – Sebastian
"Even with super cold water, I find that showers increase the humidity inside the house even more. So now I prefer to take cold baths. The effect is even more refreshing than under the shower.
"Soaking in cold water refreshes me to the bone! When it's really hot, I even have the impression that my body is heating the bath water. Oh yes, and the other thing that works for me is drinking a good iced coffee in the morning." – Emilie
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