Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2014 0:02:44 GMT 10
I am using my Viscount for my home office and studio. Despite being under cover in a carport the amount of heat coming through the (insulated) ceiling is quite a lot during this current heatwave which Melbourne is enduring. Tomorrow promises to be Melbourne's fourth consecutive day of over 41 degrees and despite having a good air-conditioner the inside of my caravan was not comfortable due to the heat radiating through the ceiling. There is less than 30cm of clearance between the roof of the caravan and the underside of the metal roof, and the metal roof was as hot as a radiator today.
I spent half the day trying to figure out how to make it cooler for tomorrow and came up with a cheap and cheerful solution that has been working really well, so I thought that I would share it with you. I went to Aussie Disposal and purchsed three of their "Space Blankets" for about $36 each. They also have cheap emergency space blankets which are more like tin foil, but I wanted something with eyelets.
I laid the three space blankets over the roof with the silver side up and they reflected most of the radiant heat from the underside of the carport roof away from the roof of the caravan. The manufacturer claims that they reflect 80% of heat and from my very scientific palm on the ceiling test I reckon this would be pretty right. My three space blankets cover three-quarters of the caravan roof and the ceiling under the space blanket felt cool to the touch at 5pm this arvo, whereas the one-quarter of the van without the space blanket coverage still felt quite warm.
I am not worried by any wind as the area is very enclosed and sheltered however if the caravan was outside I would make use of the eyelets to secure them.
Back to Aussie Disposals tomorrow for another space blanket....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_blanket
I spent half the day trying to figure out how to make it cooler for tomorrow and came up with a cheap and cheerful solution that has been working really well, so I thought that I would share it with you. I went to Aussie Disposal and purchsed three of their "Space Blankets" for about $36 each. They also have cheap emergency space blankets which are more like tin foil, but I wanted something with eyelets.
I laid the three space blankets over the roof with the silver side up and they reflected most of the radiant heat from the underside of the carport roof away from the roof of the caravan. The manufacturer claims that they reflect 80% of heat and from my very scientific palm on the ceiling test I reckon this would be pretty right. My three space blankets cover three-quarters of the caravan roof and the ceiling under the space blanket felt cool to the touch at 5pm this arvo, whereas the one-quarter of the van without the space blanket coverage still felt quite warm.
I am not worried by any wind as the area is very enclosed and sheltered however if the caravan was outside I would make use of the eyelets to secure them.
Back to Aussie Disposals tomorrow for another space blanket....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_blanket
