Comment on Americans are asleep, post European windows
Siegfried@lemmy.world 4 months agoSometimes you just don’t need it
Or you live in Minnesota, where half the year it used to be unbearably cold so you needed central heat. Then half the year it was so goddamn humid and hot we needed central AC, or at least a window unit.
We do get the benefit of having homes with a basement implied to protect both the pipes from freezing and our necks from tornadoes in December now
I live in Minnesota. It’s not quite as bad as you say. Opening windows overnight and closing them in the morning works pretty well to keep the house comfortable for most of the summer…well, except when we’re inundated with smoke from the wildfires.
RoseRose56@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Especially if the house is old, made with stones!
flathead@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Yes, temperature difference inside to out is amazing with solid masonry and ceiling insulation. No AC required.
AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Disagree. I’ve found stone brick houses to be unbearably hot in the southern US. They turn into an oven.
Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
I’ve never seen actual stone houses in north America, only those fake panels on the outside.