Bedroom is a sauna.. any tips for keeping it cool?

[Pale Rider]

Read somewhere damp wrists cool you down.

Run them under a cold tap and improvise wristbands with a damp towel or flannel.

In general, the evaporation of sweat from your skin does cool you down, so resist the temptation to wipe sweat away with a dry towel.

 

[summerdays]

I've used a damp sheet in the past to cool me down, not soaking wet.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

A friend who grew up in Provence told me her mother would give them a damp towel to keep by the bed when it got hot.

 

[biggs682]

we had aircon fitted in our bedroom last year works a treat

 

[threebikesmcginty]

In our last house we had a ceiling fan in the bedroom, it worked really well.

 

[Sara_H]

I currently have a fan blowing directly at me. Can't really be good blowing dirty air into my nose etc,

Can't open door as need privacy and it's too loud downstairs.

Anyone else struggle to sleep in this heat?

I've never tried this but someone I know ties a freezer pack (the type you put in a coolbox) to the front of the fan, she swears this cools the air significantly.

 

[Dave 123]

A cold wet flannel (or several)
Wrists, neck, forehead or feet are the areas I aim for.

It works well at getting you off to sleep, but works equally well having the opposite effect at 4am as you unwittingly roll onto it!

 

[Cycleops]

You can buy small portable aircon units but I imagine there might be a run on them.

 

[Cubist]

Our house is on a hillside, built to earth, and upside down. The ground floor bedrooms are away from the sun during the day, and the hot air goes upstairs. With windows open at night I find it can get a bit chilly. Hope that helps.

 

[Lance Jack]

I used a version of these when I was in a hot sandy place for six months. Used to wear them on wrists and one on my neck. http://www.koolabanda.com

 

[cosmicbike]

Leave the curtains closed if the sun is on them, and open all night.
Or put a tent up in the garden and sleep outside

 

[sidevalve]

I currently have a fan blowing directly at me. Can't really be good blowing dirty air into my nose etc,

Can't open door as need privacy and it's too loud downstairs.

Anyone else struggle to sleep in this heat?

Two questions - how dirty is your bedroom [no don't answer that] and what do you normally breath ?
However +1 for the ceiling fan idea. Fitted one a couple of years back and makes a heck of a difference

 

[postman]

Moan moan moan.Think about me.We have a water bed.I am poached every morning.

 

[vickster]

Open the windows?

 

[fossyant]

We have a newish house thats great in winter, but after a spell of hot weather it retains heat.

We bought a proper portable air conditioner about 8 years ago and its been essential when its like this each year. We put it outside the loo, with the exhaust pipe out the loo window. Its enough to keep the whole upstairs cool. We do leave it on overnight if its really hot. Down side is the compressor is noisy but not too bad.