| Now that we're going to start heating up, I'm already dreading the large utility bills for my AC in the summer time.
I've looked on the board for "solar cooling," hoping there was some way to use the sun to cool the house. Spraying the roof with water seems like a good idea. Nebraska can be VERY humid during the summer, so I don't think an evaporative cooler would work so well.
Keeping solar energy off of the house seems to be the best thing. If the sun is beaming energy in the order of Megawatts, it seems silly to try to cool it using the smallest number of kilowatts. Better to avoid the sun altogether, in my way of thinking.
So I got to thinking that I could put some kind of mounts on my roof, and then simply extend a tarp of some kind that would sit a few inches above the roof. Then I don't have to try building (or planting) something large adjacent to the house that would block the sun in the winter time.
Crazy? I see these guys want to sell a 14 x 20 foot thermal blanket for $249.
We've been considering making a solar-powered attic fan. But this kind of solution would keep (some of) the solar energy off the house in the first place. I realize that the area immediately around the tarp would be hot. But that's a hot spot several inches ABOVE the roof, instead of the roof itself.
I was thinking that with some spiked mounts and some use of elastic and eyelets, you could make something that could be easily put up in the summer and taken down in the winter.
Anyone done this? |
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