XmisterIS
Purveyor of fine nonsense
I have a question for you.
Yesterday, I went to bed irritated. Hot, sweaty and irritated!
Why?
Well, when I came home at about 9.30pm, the house had courteously hung on to all the heat that it had collected during the day and as a consequence it was like a flippin' oven. 26 degrees. Bastard.
Anyway, I normally go to bed at 11pm, so for the next hour and a half I propped open every single door, including the external doors, and I opened all the windows to their full extent.
Now, outside it was 17 degrees, so I thought that a good hour and a half with all the doors and windows open would be more than sufficient to get the internal temperature of the wretched brick-built monstrosity down to the same temperature as the outside air.
The result?
After fully one and a half hours of airing, the confounded dwelling still had an internal temperature of 22 degrees! Fully five degrees warmer than the outside temperature!
Cue me lying on the top of the bed, in the nude, trying to sleep, occasionally shouting insults at the house. !
So, for all you atmospheric physicists on the forum, why does a house hold onto heat for so long? Even with all doors and windows open?
Yesterday, I went to bed irritated. Hot, sweaty and irritated!
Why?
Well, when I came home at about 9.30pm, the house had courteously hung on to all the heat that it had collected during the day and as a consequence it was like a flippin' oven. 26 degrees. Bastard.
Anyway, I normally go to bed at 11pm, so for the next hour and a half I propped open every single door, including the external doors, and I opened all the windows to their full extent.
Now, outside it was 17 degrees, so I thought that a good hour and a half with all the doors and windows open would be more than sufficient to get the internal temperature of the wretched brick-built monstrosity down to the same temperature as the outside air.
The result?
After fully one and a half hours of airing, the confounded dwelling still had an internal temperature of 22 degrees! Fully five degrees warmer than the outside temperature!
Cue me lying on the top of the bed, in the nude, trying to sleep, occasionally shouting insults at the house. !
So, for all you atmospheric physicists on the forum, why does a house hold onto heat for so long? Even with all doors and windows open?