Block Sunlight - West Facing Bedroom

DiscoJango on 13/11/2017 - 19:42

Hi all. One of the bedrooms in the rental i am in is facing west, therefore it cops all the afternoon sun. By 4pm on a hot day this room becomes an oven. It does have blinds but these obviously dont do much in terms of stopping the heat coming through.

Just after some advice from anyone who has been in this situation. I have done some googling and have seen similar topics where people have mentioned to use Alfoil on the windows or stick on blackout\blockout blinds which seems to be my cheapest and easily removable solution right now

I did see something very nice called "Renshade Reflective Rolls" but at $99 for a 5m roll, no thanks.

Cheers!

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  • No on 13/11/2017 - 19:54
    +1

    These work really well for me: http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/50298423/

    Im guessing your going to have to check with your landlord to drill holes.

  • [Deactivated] on 13/11/2017 - 19:57
    -2
    1. really strong sunglasses
    2. paint the windows with thick paint
  • Diji1 on 13/11/2017 - 20:05

    Find mylar: you can either buy it by the roll from ebay or use emergency blankets or silver mylar wrapping paper. The thinner it is the more prone to crinkling it is, you want it flat against the glass.

    Tape it onto the glass from the inside using masking tape. If one side has a mirror finish that should be facing outwards to reflect energy away from the room.

  • WreckTangle on 13/11/2017 - 20:08

    Can u leave a window open?

  • o53djz7qTPY4der on 13/11/2017 - 20:10
    +3

    I got some sun shade cloth from Bunnings and made an outdoor kind-of-rolling shade that can be pulled down when warm and rolled back up when cool.

    It isn't the most attractive solution nor the most profession but as I don't know if I will be here in 6 months time I don't really care. It can be taken down at a moments notice and chucked.

    I used some tacs, velcro (for bottom to fasten when down) and the cloth - set me back about $30 all-up.

    It reduces the temp considerably (we get the morning sun). The key is to stop the sun hitting the glass.

  • Banana on 13/11/2017 - 20:23
    +4

    Cut a cardboard to the size of the window, cover it in aluminum foil,done!

    Note: It might be slightly annoying to whoever that lives opposite you.

  • mbck on 13/11/2017 - 20:30

    Get a portable AC?

    Go out and come back at night?

    Tint the windows?

    Get some plants in front of windows?

  • [Deactivated] on 13/11/2017 - 20:34
    +4

    Four options I can see:

    1. Plant mature palm trees in the path of the sun to block the windows

    2. Relocate room

    3. Relocate or rotate house

    4. Relocate sun, maybe to rises in the South, sets in the North?

    • Sunny84 on 13/11/2017 - 21:55
      +3

      Option 4 for sure

    • DiscoJango on 13/11/2017 - 22:28
      +1

      Haha best response so far. Relocate room lol

  • scrimshaw on 13/11/2017 - 21:08
    +1

    http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/categories/departments/liv…

    You can buy cheap Roller blinds from IKEA for as little as $5 ~ 20 dollars.

    Otherwise, for a cheap alternative, get a curtain rod and drape some heavy fabric over it. It could be your tablecloth, bedsheets or a blanket.

  • [Deactivated] on 13/11/2017 - 21:11
    +1

    Why not just ask LL for a curtain rod?

    I have same problem with a west facing bedroom, vertical blinds did nothing. I ended up buying a heavy blockout curtain from spotlight, hung it from a simple curtain rod from Ikea and the difference is incredible.

    • DiscoJango on 14/11/2017 - 19:03

      this is exactly what i am going to do. the cost doesnt worry me, not going to bother asking the landlord to pay.

  • try2bhelpful on 13/11/2017 - 21:16

    We have a similar problem. We've bought a few of the car shades and hang them on the outside. We hold it in place by going back to the winder on the upper window but you might need to see if you can create some sort of light frame. You can also use cardboard wrapped in a light space blanket as a backing to the car shade. The secret is also to open up the room as much as possible in the cool evenings and see if you can get air flow through. We have a big fan we use to move air around when it cools off.

  • Yummy on 13/11/2017 - 22:56
    +2

    Giant mirror.

  • Quantumcat on 14/11/2017 - 08:12

    You could get a couple of those car windscreen reflector thingies and tape them together, hang behind window. If they're good enough for a car they're surely good enough for a house.

  • shaybisc on 14/11/2017 - 10:59

    Anything you do to the inside of the window will be relatively ineffective. You should try and stop the sunlight hitting the window.

  • tsunamisurfer on 14/11/2017 - 12:24

    I bought a free standing umbrella and stand and put it outside the window for added protection, the room seems cooler.

    http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/S09010976/

  • [Deactivated] on 14/11/2017 - 13:40
    +1

    Buy some cheap highly reflective tint film and self apply.

    High reflection tints are best as they reflect light instead of soaking heat. Cardboard soaks heat but retains it in the material but it gradually dissipates heat into the room. This is the same with any curtain/blinds/partitions.

    I did my rental place yonkers ago with some $5/m2 rolls off ebay.

    • DiscoJango on 14/11/2017 - 19:07

      do you have a link or recommendation to any particular type or seller, thanks.

      • [Deactivated] on 14/11/2017 - 20:01

        Cannot remember where on eBay I got mine from but here is something similar.

        http://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV…

        Comes with all the garb needed to apply. With any luck, it will be poor quality and start peeling after a year or two. Mine was very easy to remove as most of it was bubbling and peeling after 12 months.

  • shaybisc on 14/11/2017 - 18:36

    I lived in a place where some design genius had built a huge solar oven, in the form of an extension with 20m2 of floor to ceiling window facing due west. Maximum blockout shade cloth tamed it fairly well. But then the problem was tying it down so a big wind didn't blow it off. Not your problem though.

  • DiscoJango on 14/11/2017 - 19:07

    thanks for all the feedback guys, appreciate it

    have decided to go with the blockout curtains, will measure up the window tonight and off to spotlight tomorrow for the curtains and bunnings for the rods

    i might also give the cheapo ebay reflection tint as tshow mentioned, got nothing to lose with that!

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