Europe is in the grip of a record-breaking heatwave. To help stay cool, people in France have been turning to an unusual solution – chalk. Here's the science behind the trend.
However, with your curtains, the sun (and heat) has entered your home. When it is extreme heat, you want to stop it on the outside of your house to avoid heating up inside.
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However, with your curtains, the sun (and heat) has entered your home. When it is extreme heat, you want to stop it on the outside of your house to avoid heating up inside.
Good point, maybe even use both?
It will also help, if not anything else, they can insulate further.
In places, where they have been getting extreme heat for a long time, they often have shutters for their windows to block out the sun.