"jinx the minx" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> "jinx the minx" > wrote in message
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>>> barbie gee > wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 20 Jul 2015, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "barbie gee" > wrote in message >
>>>>> hcrg.pbz...
>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 20 Jul 2015, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message >>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>> On 7/19/2015 3:00 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I *finally* got the new swamp cooler working. I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fiddled with it for
>>>>>>>>> over a week, getting it to pretty much do nothing but blow air,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> squirt
>>>>>>>>> like a squirt gun or barely put anything out. Seems I had >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> overfilled
>>>>>>>>> it. Poor design because you have no way of telling if it is
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> overfilled
>>>>>>>>> or not. And somehow the jets were clogged. I reamed them out
>>>>>>>>> with >>>>>>> an
>>>>>>>>> ice pick. But even with it on, I have only achieved 38% humidity
>>>>>>>>> in >>>>>>> >>>>> here.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 38% is comfortable. Are you trying to raise or lower it?
>>>>>>>>>> Raise it. Everything is so dry. My skin, my hair, the lawn...
>>>>>>>>>> We've had >>> nothing measurable in the form of rain for many
>>>>>>>>>> weeks
>>>>>>>>>> now. Right now it >>> is 73 outside but 85 in the house with 37%
>>>>>>>>>> humidity. I haven't messed >>> with the swamp cooler yet today
>>>>>>>>>> because I have to go out for a little >>> while.
>>>>>>>>>> What I don't get is... Why does the house get and stay soooo
>>>>>>>>>> much
>>>>>>>>>> hotter? >>> It got down to 63 in the middle of the night but it
>>>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>>>> still 86 in the >>> house even with 14 fans, 2 ceiling fans and
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> swamp cooler. I did buy >>> some shades for the deck but I don't
>>>>>>>>>> want to put them up until after the >>> house is painted. And he
>>>>>>>>>> can't paint until the temp. drops.
>>>>>>>> if all the fans are set up stupidly, they won't help.
>>>>>> you want to get one end of the house blowing in, with the prevailing
>>>>>> wind >> if your house faces that way, and the other side blowing OUT,
>>>>>> to move air >> through the house. Having them all blowing in is
>>>>>> stupid.
>>>>>> FLOW THROUGH, OR UP AND OUT.
>>>>>>>> sheeze.
>>>>>> google:
>>>>>> <http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+set+up+fans+to+cool+your+house>
>>>>>>>> http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Window-Fans-for-Home-Cooling
>>>>>>>> jesus christ, forgive me, I can't help myself.
>>>>>
>>>>> I know all that stuff but that just won't work in this house. For one
>>>>> thing, > none of the windows have sills big enough to accommodate
>>>>> anything more than a > tiny fan. And this house was remodeled. I
>>>>> would
>>>>> say that it is all one > level but due to the way that they remodeled
>>>>> it, the part I am sitting in now > is probably 6" lower than the front
>>>>> of it. There is a tiny ramp-like piece > of wood that connects this
>>>>> room to the dining room.
>>>>>
>>>>> The living room has no window that can be opened. There is a window.
>>>>> It > just can't be opened. I did have a new storm door put in that is
>>>>> solid at > the bottom but the top piece of glass can slide down and
>>>>> there is a screen > there.
>>>>>
>>>>> Basically this house is very long from the front to the back but not
>>>>> exactly > shotgun style. The bedrooms and bathrooms all go off to one
>>>>> side and the > kitchen and laundry room off to the other. No windows
>>>>> in
>>>>> the laundry room. > Very tiny windows in the kitchen which when
>>>>> opened,
>>>>> cranks the heat up about > 10 degrees. So I do leave them shut. I
>>>>> can
>>>>> open the door which is a jury > rigged screen door, made solid at the
>>>>> bottom. That helps a little but there > is no real way to get cool
>>>>> air
>>>>> over to the end where the stove is.
>>>>>
>>>>> So your stupid little theories won't work here. >
>>>>
>>>> "stupid little theories"
>>>> hah!
>>>> that's rich. there's just not any problem that you can solve, is
>>>> there?
>>>>
>>>> So where are you putting those 14 fans, if not in any of the windows
>>>> that >> don't open?
>>>
>>> I'm curious if the local housing authority and her homeowners insurance
>>> know that there are no viable fire escape routes from the bedrooms, or
>>> any
>>> rooms for that matter, other than the main doors in that house? Sounds
>>> not only cat-proof, but human-proof.
>>
>> What are you talking about? This house has 5 exterior doors. It's a
>> 1700 sq. ft. building. With that many doors, there is no need to go out
>> a window!
>
> Yes, of course, run through the fire to get to those exterior doors.
> Makes
> perfect sense. Meanwhile, your house no longer has legal bedrooms.

Says who? The windows are up so high, no normal human could get out them in
a fire anyway! And the door in my room is right next to the window!