California - Northern

[HighStreetCoop]

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I've been letting mine out into the fenced side yard all week so they can hang out in the shade among the plants (added a water station over there, too).

Tomorrow my run expansion arrives! From now on they'll have a 13' x 11' hardwire enclosed run which will be much nicer for them when I'm at work or away for the weekend. I think I'll grab some shade cloth for it this weekend. Hopefully by next summer it will have some kind of nice climbing plant providing shade. Also, I can install the mister system I bought, and if we have the promised El Nino I can even not feel guilty about using it!

Last week Dad and I installed an external nesting box which the girls took to right away. Makes things soooo much easier. I still need to either shingle or paint the box itself though. It's just been too dang hot to do much of anything outside.

 

[fowlman01]

It's been over 100 here for several days. All the birds are doing well. I have no misters.....I don't even have air conditioning in the house.

Walt

 

[HighStreetCoop]

It's been over 100 here for several days. All the birds are doing well. I have no misters.....I don't even have air conditioning in the house.

Walt

I don't either, and for the first time in my life I'm starting to regret it. I tried a window AC last month. It was too loud. I couldn't sleep, thus defeating the purpose of having it in the first place. I'm thinking about installing a Breeze mini-split. It's expensive (though not as expensive as central air, which my 1916 bungalow isn't built for), but if this is the new normal, I'm going to have to adapt.

 

[fowlman01]

I don't either, and for the first time in my life I'm starting to regret it. I tried a window AC last month. It was too loud. I couldn't sleep, thus defeating the purpose of having it in the first place. I'm thinking about installing a Breeze mini-split. It's expensive (though not as expensive as central air, which my 1916 bungalow isn't built for), but if this is the new normal, I'm going to have to adapt.

I'm in an old farmhouse so let me know how that works if you go that route.

Walt

 

[HighStreetCoop]

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My brother had one in New Zealand and it was great. They heat and cool and are room specific. Usually they require professional installation and a 3-4" hole drilled through the wall. This did not please me. But now there's an option to route everything through a window. I really like this as it means I'm not altering or damaging my bungalow (also, It means I can move the unit if I want to; cool the bedroom in the summer, heat the tv room/office in the winter).

http://www.sylvane.com/friedrich-breeze-br1224w3a-split-ac.html

 

[fowlman01]

My brother had one in New Zealand and it was great. They heat and cool and are room specific. Usually they require professional installation and a 3-4" hole drilled through the wall. This did not please me. But now there's an option to route everything through a window. I really like this as it means I'm not altering or damaging my bungalow (also, It means I can move the unit if I want to; cool the bedroom in the summer, heat the tv room/office in the winter).

http://www.sylvane.com/friedrich-breeze-br1224w3a-split-ac.html

Thanks, do you know if they make an exhaust that would fit a sliding type windows?

Walt

 

[chiqita]

We have 2 air con things. One is a swamp cooler that runs air over ice. That works for almost everything in our house. The other is a room cooler like what you a re talking about we got when it started leaking. Its for use in a server room. It keeps my (large) bedroom cool, but not the great room, that includes the kitchen and is about 800 sqf. It will keep the dining part cool but does not make it cold. It has an exaust fan that goes out the window, OR a dog door, that part works quite well. It is loud, but more white noisy, not like a motor.

The killer is when it does not cool down at night. I have big reg fans we use otherwise to bring in the night air, and usually that's enough here in not 110 San Jose. we used the swamp cooler when we were down town and had ZERO insulation in the old Victorian, and it kept it cold enough to be able to sleep, it did get 110 or more in that house.
I can provide more info if anyone wants it.

 

[chrissyr]

It's been over 100 here for several days. All the birds are doing well. I have no misters.....I don't even have air conditioning in the house.

Walt

Do you have lots of trees? Or great insulation?
our house heats up pretty fast here. going to try for an attic fan and some other ways to help stay cool

 

[ronott1]

Do you have lots of trees? Or great insulation?
our house heats up pretty fast here. going to try for an attic fan and some other ways to help stay cool

I have a whole house fan. I also have a couple of gable fans.

I use the whole house fan in the morning and in the evenings when it gets under 80 outside.

 

[KernH]

I have a whole house fan. I also have a couple of gable fans.

I use the whole house fan in the morning and in the evenings when it gets under 80 outside.

You can't beat a whole house fan. It not only brings cooler outside air into your living areas once the temps start to cool down, but also takes the air from inside your house and puts that into your attic thus cooling your attic too. Kern