Going to be hot in my shop

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Paint a 12 x 12 square white the other silver, place the squares in the sun, wait 1 hr, do a surface temp reading and get back with me. 10-25% on average temp difference between the 2.

Bare metal has a higher solar reflectance but a lower thermal emittance. My bad.

[Great-Kazoo]

Bare metal has a higher solar reflectance but a lower thermal emittance. My bad.

No problem, i didn't want to throw out technical jargon and confuse you

[Superorb]

Any advice for a townhouse? My office is upstairs and it gets over 80F before noon and 85F in here before 5pm. I've tried putting white contact paper on the windows but that didn't do anything. Maybe some wall insulation would help? This is the most inefficient place I've ever lived at. Downstairs hasn't gotten above 76F so far. It's miserable.

[Snowman78]

I also work at home and have the same problem, upstairs office and it is south faceing.

[Superorb]

I also work at home and have the same problem, upstairs office and it is south faceing.

The office window faces directly west, and there's a big field to the west so no buildings to shade the office. I get direct sun for over half the day and it sucks. Even with all the rain and 74F outside the temp just keeps climbing in here. I've tried with all my PCs, servers, and printers off and the temps are exactly the same as with everything on. I thought it was the 32" monitor that does get hot, but it doesn't seem to affect anything. I hate that I have to set the AC to 75F to get upstairs down to around 80F. It's always cold downstairs so all the sweat freezes when I go downstairs to grab some water. PITA I'm so sick of it!

[Great-Kazoo]

Any advice for a townhouse? My office is upstairs and it gets over 80F before noon and 85F in here before 5pm. I've tried putting white contact paper on the windows but that didn't do anything. Maybe some wall insulation would help? This is the most inefficient place I've ever lived at. Downstairs hasn't gotten above 76F so far. It's miserable.

I also work at home and have the same problem, upstairs office and it is south faceing.

Ceiling fans and if you don't have AC but the option of running your thermostat to the FAN ON instead of auto, it will help circulate the air.

[Colorado_Outback]

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[Superorb]

Ceiling fans and if you don't have AC but the option of running your thermostat to the FAN ON instead of auto, it will help circulate the air.

No ceiling fan b/c the ceiling is too low, but I have a tower fan that never turns off. I've tried running the fan for central AC on and it did nothing either. Hard to fight physics.

[TheGrey]

Superorb, that's a tough situation. Have you tried using a fan (box fan, or something that you can control a tilted angle, not a tower fan) to help funnel cool air up your stairway? I'd also recommend getting awnings to place over your windows that get full sun, and get some heavy-duty insulation-lined drapes for the inside of those windows. The drapes will help keep the sun out in summertime, and will help keep cold out in the winter. Multi-pronged approach on that problem....

[Tinelement]

I feel ya buddy.!

Gets hotter than hell in our shop with no flow through ventilation and facing west!

We have a swamp cooler, but can't really run it. The humidity rusts the bare metal cars too fast. Basically just use the fan.