| [ | |
| { | |
| "text": "yes actually, but i wait until about 9 or thereabouts when theres good sun about. we dont get great morning sunlight in our location so have to wait", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I open mine for 20 mins to ventilate the place.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I was surprised when I went overseas and the houses in similar weather kept so much more heat. I love the cold but the standard for building Australian homes (insulation, double glazed windows) is pretty shocking compared to other countries.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I sleep with the window open overnight because I like the cold while I’m cosy in bed", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I turn off the heat before bed and then I actually leave a couple windows open overnight and it’s somehow warmer than if I don’t!", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Nope", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Our central heating thermostat is set to 20°c overnight (22°c during the day which is offset by solar power). Considering it is still -3°c right now at just before 10am, opening the windows when I woke up at 6:30am today wouldn’t have been wise.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Yeah nah its 2 degrees outside", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Australia doesn’t insulate properly", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "No", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I always have some windows open to stop the mould. If I leave them closed all the windows are soaking wet in the morning. 2 cats and a heated throw keep me warm during the night.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "My house has good insulation so it’s always warmer in winter inside than outside.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Yeah some nights we have been eating dinner outside (semi inclosed verandah) because it's way warmer outside.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I do it more for ventilation than anything. I live in a windy coastal town though so the wind here's like ice in winter. A few hours and they're all closed again", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "We turn the air con on when sun is out, thanks to the solar panels", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "3° outside, 11° inside. Open for ventilation", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I open windows in the morning once it is warmer outside, and close them and the curtains in the afternoon when it is colder outside. This allows the house to ventilate and get rid of any moisture/smells, and also to warm up naturally.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Close windows at night, open them during day in winter, reverse in summer. Thank me later.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Not in the National Capital , the outside temps are freezing & sub zero in winter.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Ozzie OZZie OZZIEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "You don't say where you are. Comment makes no sense from a Queenslander so I'll guess Victorian, but it's a wild guess. Either way your house has poor heat retention. That might be easy to fix albeit not cheaply.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I am so sick of it being so cold :(", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "You should do this for a healthy home anyway", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Mine are open always, can't stand that condensation that soaks the place if they aren't.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I live in Qld. If it's cold? I leave windows shut! If it's warm? I open them! Not too hard to decide. My house is well built and has good insulation. So no issues.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I open my windows as soon as I wake up not matter how cold it is to help avoid mold/mildew from moisture.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I open the windows for fresh air", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "This time of year? Nope. Only open the windows after it has warmed up outside to greater than the inside temp.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I think, perhaps, that may be a reflection of your house - it's design, construction and layout. It does seem to be a common problem in Australian house builds.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Ours is a decentish size with large \"thermal mass\". This morning was 18 in our family room whilst it was 8 on the back verandah. The family room held the warmth from last night's fire well. We closed internal doors within the house prior to bedtime to help retain that warmth where we want it.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Large thermal mass, good insulation and stopping drafts all play a part. Many modernish houses, in my opinion, are poorly designed, poorly built and have terrible insulation.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I open them to let some air in the house but I sleep with the central heating on so the house is definitely warmer. I live in Ballarat though, it’s freezing so the doors and windows aren’t managing to stay open for long at the moment", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I open the windows every morning for fresh air. I think most Australian homes provide decent privacy but are no better than a mesh netting when it comes to insulation. I laugh so hard knowing people pay well over a million for the right to be melted and brain fried in summer and frozen to the ice ages in winter. Can't imagine how smart one needs to be to take on a mortgage for the privilege too.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Window condensation in winter is caused by the glass being cold compared to the room temperature.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "If the windows are double glazed this is reduced.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Internal humidity is also a big factor. Exhaust fans for cooking, bathing, clothes washing/drying, will reduce the water vapour in the air.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "My gas cooktop rangehood exhausts into the internal wall cavity... ", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Many large single pane windows.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Outside minimums in winter 0-7C. Heated interior 21-23C when heated with AC (living area).", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I have aluminium foil on the inside of some of my bedroom window panes.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I've noticed there's less or no condensation on these compared to one without foil.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I have all windows sealed for gaps, and never open them.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "There has been some mold on the windows in the living area.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "No because double brick Federation cottage with pink batts. Retains temp quite well.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Also roller blinds + curtains for windows, door snakes, heat only living areas, and I don't know how much it helps but I run the subfloor fan during the day in winter, overnight in summer.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "It was 13 degrees in my house this morning. My gas bill for the month was $432... this is not sustainable", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I can't quite figure out how on a winter morning, outside could be warmer than inside your house. Do you mean that it takes a while, once the outside temp starts rising again, for your interior temp to catch up?", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "It's a relatively cold day today in Melbourne, but still, not sure I'd be opening my windows to a 6C (at 9am) outdoor temp...", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I've spent the last few weeks trying to plug all the air gaps I could find throughout our 1970 house and it's made a hell of a difference. Rubber door seals, silicon in the bathroom cracks, expanding foam in the wall vents. We finally ditched gas last year so there's no need to vent every external wall for carbon monoxide. It's not perfect by any stretch but I can turn off the heating before going to bed and wake up to a totally comfortable internal temperature. Even a month ago it was a totally different situation and we've not changed any of the window coverings or roof insulation. Next step is to add some diy window film, a poor man's double glazing. I think that could make a noticeable improvement for only a few hundred bucks.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "No. And I live up a mountain. I put the heater on.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "No, because I have heating and I use it.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "In parts of the world with actual winters, cold houses aren't accepted. Because you'll die.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Well, here in Victoria the winters are pretty mild compared to somewhere like Canada, however, Canada has times of year when the temperature is similar to winter in Victoria and still their homes aren't cold.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "A cold house is bullshit.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Our houses are like refrigerators in winter. It feels colder inside the house than outside ", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "It's is definitely colder on my balcony than in my apartment. I don't use heating but I think my neighbours do so I basically get free heating.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "No because my house wasn’t built 20+ years ago", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Eat some concrete and harden the fuck up. - My boss.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "If you feel cold, just turn the heater on... what am I missing??", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Doesn't the house get cold when it's freezing outside and you do this?", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Same. No idea why houses in Australia are built like they are meant to keep the cold in during winter. There are times when it’s actually colder inside the house than outside.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "It's got very little to do with that. it has everything to do with draught proofing. We don't have any. And we need it.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Thank the boomers and older Australians who happily spent decades electing governments who wouldn't improve housing insulation standards in Australia.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "They truly loved fucking the future", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "That's more to do with climate though. Houses over there need to be built to retain heat in winter, whereas ours are built to stay cool in summer.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Hence why every time they start hitting the 30 degree mark in Europe, people start dying.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "You guys have central heating?", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "It's almost as if this isn't supposed to be normal!", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Don't forget your flyscreens!", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I’m on the Sunshine Coast and it’s definitely warmer outside than inside in the mornings! High ceilings and hardwood floors probably contribute to that tho", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Perth deffinetly, house is chill chill in the morning so as soon sun goes up I open all the windows.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "The cheapest way by far to get warm is to get electric blankets.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Same here… winter this year seems to be going so slow.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "I lived in a similar place. Indoor temperature tended to follow the average of the last three daily temperatures. Without using heating or cooling was fantastic in spring and autumn, would be a very average temperature while outside would swing hot and cold.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Yep but mould and damp hates it. So that's why I do it.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "The houses are literally wood and plaster, single glaze windows that are terribly fitted, and no isolation whatsoever in the walls or roofs. Pick one from the list and your house will already be cold during winter and hot during summer. We have ALL of them.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Generally more energy efficient to stay warm than it is to stay cool. Thats why this trend of painting roofs black is being regulated away.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/crackdown-on-dark-roofs-in-plan-for-growth-suburbs-20240319-p5fdmu.html", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Because it was cheap and governments didn't force builders to improve the quality of new housing for decades", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Yep. I mean if they just did a TINY bit for the future I’d be grateful. Keating and Whitlam were really the only PMs since Chifley that did anything focused on the future. Admittedly Rudd tried and got turfed.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Insulation works both ways. It keeps the houses cooler in summer and warmer in winter.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Yes. It was a priority for me. It’s expensive to run but worth it - life is too short to be miserable and/or uncomfortable with the temperature in my own home.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "We rented a place with it many years ago and hubby and I both agreed that when we bought a house it was going to be at the top of our list.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Wowsers. Sounds like even there you want some better heat retention in the winter. The problem being that historically you want the opposite in summer and so a lot of houses were up on stilts with air flow underneath not an enclosed space. Enclosing that would be a first step and I wonder if anyone's build with seasonal enclosure around the stilts? Of course they are more common the further north you go and not so much in the south of QLD (not least because younger buildings replaced the old and were build in aircon days ;-).", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Describes it well. I've always been able to regulate temps OK by opening & closing windows (open overnight in summer, during the day in winter) - the only time it got a bit difficult was on lengthy heat waves when the nights don't drop below about 26 for 4-5 days or more.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Get those about once every few years in Sydney.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Black roofs actually make a bit of sense in southern Victoria and Tasmania though. In those areas people use way more energy on heating than they do on cooling in an average year so having a black roof isn't terrible.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "With solar putting out high output on the sunniest days we can afford to have most people cranking AC to keep cool as well.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Insulation's only one part of a house design though. Everything from the angle of the roof, to types of materials, to locations of windows, to which way the house faces, etc. will impact on how much heat a building absorbs.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Their houses are built to absorb as much heat as possible whereas ours are built to reflect it.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Central heating plus refrigerated A/C for the win", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "You are correct. On top of that once the heat is in , it's so well insulated it can't escape and they don't have air conditioning. Very often it's not a good idea to open the windows because of mozzies and there are no fly screens fitted.", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "text": "Absolutely", | |
| "extra_info": "" | |
| } | |
| ] |