Living on the top floor has some intrinsic benefits. More air, more light, and a wonderful view. Along with so many things, you have to consider the unbearable heat residing on the top floor.
The ceiling continuously keeps absorbing the heat, making it impossible to live in sometimes. There has to be a solution that makes the top floor comfortably cool during summer.
The prime reason behind top floors' unbearable heat is constant sun exposure. Continuous rays falling in the roof till evening makes it a whole night to radiate and get to normal. But the next morning! Same hitting problem.
Cooling down your top floor requires a few steps process which is mentioned below
Always try to keep the windows open to vent out the hot air out of the room. This will also enhance the airflow in the house, filling the relatively cooler outside air inside the room. Especially if you have a south-facing window, try to keep that open always.
By opening the doors in between the rooms, you can increase the airflow in the house, which will eventually lower the room temperature resulting in a relatively colder room.
Maybe you aren’t left with many options preventing the heat coming from the roof. But you can somewhat reduce the heat coming through a window. Try installing blinds in the windows to restrict some of the heat coming into your room intelligently.
Ceiling fans actually flow air from the fan’s upper side, where the air stays extremely hot. So spinning the fan won’t do any help to get a better feeling. Use a portable fan instead. This might flow through the relatively cold air.
Summer feels more sticky and heated in the high humidity regions. Especially summer in Bangladesh is typically unbearable with high humidity. You can get a dehumidifier to get rid of the sticky humid feeling by cooling down the home.
The dehumidifier has to be picked rightly depending on the room size and other features.
We especially recommend you to reduce the use of the kitchen in the daytime as little as possible. Even if you do use the kitchen, make sure a proper heat exhaust system is installed. This will prevent your rooms from getting additional heat.
You can plant small trees on your balcony to prevent sunlight and heat. Although there is no solid evidence behind this, it seems to work as trees breathe oxygen, and the air gets purified frequently.
If you have the capacity to spend big bucks for a better living experience on the top floor, you can purchase an AC that artificially makes the environment comfortable for you. But beware of the additional electricity bill that it would bring along.
It is needless to say what summer brings to Bangladesh. The extreme high temperature that is breaking records frequently is accompanied by terrible humidity. The terrible heat struck environment might easily outweigh the amenities of living on the top floor. On a small budget, there is very little you can do on the top floor. But with the given few steps, you can at least make your floor decently cool from the burning summer.
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