yes ours has a ducting system to run to the outside

AS someone said, it's sounds like the bat cave! Think I'd prefer to be a wus and get some a/c fitted.

Hi in the summer if it comes ? . Go out early get everything you need b4 1pm get home . only open what you can let breeze in if theres any. Have rest or sleep around 4 or 5pm then go out. If your mad go out take plenty water as some days the sweat just runs down you , you'll be in the shower 4x a day , I have mobile a/c try live without it , but use it when i can. But its murder when the heat comes form africa it hit you hard all you can do is take it easy and do nothing, as jdr say its a hair dyer in the air 24/7.

This all sounds like an idyllic existence, you all moved to Spain for the weather, and all I read is of people being stuck inside a cold, leaking, damp house for 3-4 months, and when the summer comes you're stuck indoors in the dark trying to cool down! Fortunately, I know that there are a few months that aren't like that.

we will cope as we have a big sheltered porch and a spa pool to cool down in as well

As much as I hate a/c it is the only way to go for comfort. Keep dipping in the pool otherwise, luckily I love swimming. July and August is awful, maniacs on the roads, traffic jams, packed restaurants and shops. My fav months are May, June and September.

yes i agree untill we move over for good we will avoid them months as well not a lot we can do though when we are out there though except stay at home as we are up in the hills anyway

My fave months are June, July and August. Where we live, there is quite a lot of wind. So we do jobs (such as shopping and housework) early as other posters have said and meet friends for coffee, usually go home for a late leisurely lunch and siesta outside in the shade, then plunge in the pool and/or go to the beach around 5/6 pm for a couple of hours (sometimes with a picnic) and then eat and relax outside again, sometimes on our own sometimes with friends, until around 2/3 a.m. Although we have aircon we hardly use it as I don't really like it! Useful though for putting on for a short time before going to bed or for putting on when showering and changing to go out. I find a small oscillating fan in the kitchen placed near to where I'm preparing food does the job; also I think ceiling fans are good. We mainly keep windows closed during the day but open at night for the breeze. But it all depends on where you live, what your home is like (ours has a lot of covered terrace which prevents the sun from entering some of the living areas), whether you have to do hard manual work and whether you actually like hot weather.

Sheesh.

Batcave my nether regions. We spend the day outside, inside is just for cooling down if you overdo it.

A/C isn't an essential, and what's worse, it means that you have a harder time acclimatising.

Remember that there are other ways of skinning a cat than shoving a 12 bore up its *rse.

When I get my crap together here, one of the techniques I will be looking at is a damp shade. A canvas sunscreen with a supply of water to keep it moist should use evaporation to cool the area beneath it.

that sounds good is that like a water spray

Yeah, just not so fierce. I was thinking of having the screen on a slope, and then running a low pressure, slow flow to the top and letting the water seep onto the upper surface so that the water wets it, but does not drip onto those below.

In theory, you should be able to sit out with a slow flow of cool air falling over you.

There is another technique whereby water is sprayed out in a very fine spray, and the tiny droplets rip the heat out of the air to vapourise.

That will probably need a juggling act to preven getting wetted, and allowing the cooled air to fall on you.

All interesting stuff, and great fun to play with and design if you are a bit DIY.

yes ok with diy being a carpenter/builder so will sort something out no probs, thanks though mate

Did anyone go to Expo92 in Sevilla? Some of the main paths had water vapor techniques. Was wonderful in the July heat.

I was there in September and really appreciated it.

Shortly afterwards they introduced it in a local town, but it didn't last long.

Plaza Mayor and Fuengirola zoo have them.