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Temperatures surpass 29C as UK heads for heatwave
(www.bbc.com)
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I mean, retrofitting whole-house HVAC is a pain, but it's not hard to get a window unit.
We tend to want a 240V heavy appliance outlet for beefier window air conditioners, but you've already got that as standard on British household circuits.
EDIT: Hmm. This says that the British convention is swinging windows, which aren't as amenable to window units, and one should get a (slightly noisier and less efficient) portable unit instead of a window unit. But basically, same idea. I'd get a unit with dual hoses; doesn't cost much more, more efficient.
Also there's literally no point installing air conditioning because heat waves are still infrequent enough that you'd only use it for maybe 2 weeks of the year.
Window units literally don't exist in the UK. Air conditioning is for rich people and businesses here. Portable units are also generally terrible, they're loud and only manage to cool a room by a few degrees C.
you'd have to make sure the house isn't leaking heat/cold like a sieve first otherwise you're wasting ungodly amounts of money
most portable units i've seen are the one-hose kind, which barely does anything because it creates negative pressure inside and then the house is just sucking hot air in through every crack
you have to have a minisplit installed if you want proper AC, which is hundreds of dollars. also, it's cool if you already have AC installed, but there's not gonna be an AC installer with free time when there's a massive heatwave like this, because everyone's clamoring for AC.