How Amish STAY COOL in 110 Degrees Without A.C.

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• JO

  @johnblyth9787 · 1 year ago

  A 26 minuit video to tell us, 1 how hot it is in Arizona,  The Armish build houses with 2 thick walls 3 high ceilings 4 trees for shade on house. 5 no need for AC. I typed it all in two lines.

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• JE

  @jeffalln3591 · 1 year ago

  I had a relative who lived in Palm Springs. His house was very cool too. He had AC, but only turned it on for a couple of hours per day in the summer. I asked him how his seemingly normal house stayed so cool and only needed AC for such a short time. He said his house was built using 2x6 framing rather than the typical 2x4. So that extra 2 inches and space for thicker insulation was all it took to make the difference.  So if you think about it, we are ALL about 2” away from having very efficient homes compared to now. While 2x6 is more expensive, i think if we redesign our new homes to have at least a central core made with this thicker material and the rest using standard, we can close off and isolate the areas. But realistically, maybe make bedrooms and other regularly used areas out of the thicker material and the rest out of 2x4 and close them off during the hottest parts of the day if its found to be more affordable to mix the materials. But really, you just need the outer walls to be 2x6 and all interior, 2x4. If you add brick to the exterior and shade trees, that will help even more. In your more humid areas, you may only need to run a dehumidifier although, AC dehumidifies and gives you cool air too. Humid areas are more tricky. Swamp coolers don’t really work. But regardless, having thicker walls will keep temperatures much better and 2x6 vs 2x4 construction has a significant impact. Wouldn’t have believed it till i experienced it.

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• JE

  @jeremyj3017 · 1 year ago

  In northern California I made a 120 Sq ft bug out shelter out of sandbags. In the summer it stayed cool and winter it stayed warm. If I ever lost my job what money I do have would go a long way

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• TR

  @truuslindt1397 · 1 year ago

  This is how houses in Europe are built today. Especially in Germany, Austria and Switzerland where the Amish originally come from<br>Great importance is attached to keeping the houses cool in summer and warm in winter (energy efficiency). This stable and forward-looking construction method could be one of the reasons why houses in these countries are several hundret years old.

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• JA

  @jameswest4819 · 1 year ago (edited)

  The most energy efficient home I ever built had ten-foot ceilings and windows above the double pane, picture windows with an inner plastic coating, which would bounce the sunlight back out the windows on the view-wall which was facing toward the south. &nbsp;When the sun was lower in the winter, as it progressed toward the west, the sunlight was let in to provide ambient warmth. &nbsp;Since the home was on a ridgetop it, many times, let the cooler breeze in in the summer cool the home. &nbsp;There was a fantastic coastal, redwood view.

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• DR

  @DramaMustRemainOnTheStage · 1 year ago

  My aunts old home in Georgia was built post war. It had 1 ft thick poured cement walls. It was always cool in middle Georgia

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• MA

  @marybaghikian7026 · 1 year ago (edited)

  I grow up in the Middle East and summer times &nbsp;used to be so hot and we didn’t had AC, but inside the stone houses was cool and I remember everybody use to come home sleep for few hours and then afternoon go back to work.

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• BI

  @Billy-h1n8g · 1 year ago

  I’m in Las Vegas,we are grateful when the temperature is around 100 degrees! Yes it sucks and you never get used to the heat.

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• CO

  @colorbugoriginals4457 · 1 year ago

  This is noticeable in many places in Europe, old houses in villages are usually built to live in without air conditioning. The stone walls kept it nice and cool in summer and helped keep the heat in during winter. If I ever build my own home, I&apos;d use the German style personally.

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• JO

  @JoseAlvarez-zi8qg · 1 year ago

  You just described almost every home in México

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• LI

  @liamalepta8003 · 1 year ago

  My solar panels rock in summertime. &nbsp;I keep a small deep freezer I&apos;ve built in a boxed area . Protected by a shade tree, &nbsp;locked up of course...so for one person living off grid, &nbsp;it&apos;s stocked well. I generally have 6 months of meat daily. &nbsp;I love cooking out side over a wood fire and Dutch oven. &nbsp;Cowboy cooking. &nbsp;But in winter I&apos;ll cook inside. &nbsp;Much of my food is canned, &nbsp;that I&apos;ve water bath preserved, &nbsp;it&apos;s already cooked, so it&apos;s more like heat n eat, being conservative with cooking fuel. Think about having whole foods, in the preservation process it&apos;s cooked, then you simply heat and eat.... Think about how much heating fuel you save.

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• PR

  @projectalice8119 · 1 year ago

  My grandmother lived in Florida and cooled her house with an attic fan. <br><br>You could open the windows in July, turn that fan on, and it would create a breeze that was more effective than any AC unit.

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