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My apartment is made out of brick and it's over 100 degrees in here until I turn on the AC in the summer. There's lots of dumb in this thread

It's obviously the fat American sun.

fucking yanks and their AC culture :icon33:

Dave wrote:My apartment is made out of brick and it's over 100 degrees in here until I turn on the AC in the summer. There's lots of dumb in this thread

apartments are different

I'll bet that dmmmmh could give us a definitive answer on this brick question.
Aside from that, there are tons of brick houses in the US, although the newer ones are simply brick facade.

All I know is my parent's house is made of brick and it's always cool in there.

Is it in a cave?
Seriously, is it an old house?

maybe they have a lot of windows

it's called insulation

lol @ all the 'anecdotal proof' in this thread.

Nightshade wrote:Seriously, is it an old house?

1945-1950 dunno exactly

Nightshade wrote:It's obviously the fat American sun.

rofl

Nightshade wrote:I'll bet that dmmmmh could give us a definitive answer on this brick question.
Aside from that, there are tons of brick houses in the US, although the newer ones are simply brick facade.

If you want to get technical, the outside of my building is brick, but the internals are fucking cinder block. The only sound leakage is though the door. It's great because once when an electrical outlet failed, instead of destroying building, it just got hot and blew a breaker \o/

SplishSplash wrote:

Nightshade wrote:Seriously, is it an old house?

1945-1950 dunno exactly

figures

here in canada we all have forced air systems , except in some places it b.c..

its good cause it keeps air moving so damp conditions where molds and mildew prolifiate are avoided.

also now we have these hrv units that have a whole seperate set of ductwork, its for controling humidity and smells.

works frickin ace

so you're saying you have ac in canada

ac can be awesome, but it also gives me colds and nosebleed and headaches

and makes the heat feel 10x worse when you walk out of the room that isnt air conned

SplishSplash wrote:ac can be awesome, but it also gives me colds and nosebleed and headaches

i have had it all my life and have never expirenced any of those

I've had the headaches and cold thing quite a few times...

Get a humidifier, your air is too dry.

Nightshade wrote:I'll bet that dmmmmh could give us a definitive answer on this brick question.
Aside from that, there are tons of brick houses in the US, although the newer ones are simply brick facade.

the cool in summer warm in winter deal is true, even more so when the exterior walls are made out of 22 inch thick stone, and high ceilings like my parents old house in greece.

in the island of xios stone is dirt cheap since 70% of the landscape is nothing but solid rock with some weed like vegetation that used to manage to grow between cracks.