Every room in my mobile home stays reasonably cool in the summer except for my bedroom. It's at least 10 degrees warmer in there than in the rest of the house. This mobile home has a metal roof and i should probably use a sealant of some sort but any suggestions as to how I can make my bedroom more bearable to sleep. We currently have a central air unit and cold air blows through the bedroom vent just fine but it's almost too hot to sleep in there.
How can i make it cooler fast???
2007-08-09 10:47:08 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
you could put something dark like covers or something over the windows to keep the sun from shining in so bad and use a fan if you have one
2007-08-09 10:50:17 · answer #1 · answered by Amy D 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
I can truly sympathize with you on this one. I currently have a mobile home, 16 x 80. The central heating and cooling unit is located closer to the opposite end of our home, and that entire end of the home stays much cooler. (Which naturally vents furthest from the unit have much more footage for the cold or warm air to travel, losing some intensity along the way, I'm sure.)
More than likely yours is located further from your room, as mine is.
This is what I have done to keep my room cooler in the summer. They sale vent filters, almost any store that carries home supplies. (ex: Wal-mart, Home Depot, Lowes, etc....)
You have to cut them to fit the vents, mine are in the floor as I believe most are in mobile homes. It's not a good ideal to use them in every vent so I put one in the 2 vents closest to my unit. My vents are along the walls and therefore the air blows straight up, so I also purchased the little covers (just under $4.00 for the plastic ones) that are magnitized and forces the air to flow out toward the area that needs to be cooled instead of the walls. :) (Before purchasing these 2 inexpensive items, I had tried shutting the vents in the rooms that were cooler but that only caused an irritating whistling sound.) Be sure to change the filters in the unit on a regular basis and the vent filters if you try them. If you live where it is dusty or have pets, be sure to change the unit filters more often than recommended. It really makes a big difference and helps to keep the unit operating better and longer.
In the summer months, I live where it gets really hot and humid, I also keep my blinds in my room shut with dark curtains and have a fan located in front of the vent to circulate the air better in my room.
In the winter, my room was the coldest part of the home until I started using the vent filters and covers. I truly believe these really helped and I hope this will prove to be helpful to you too.
2007-08-10 08:13:19 · answer #2 · answered by SleepyBme 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I also live in a mobile home and it is unbearable at times! Be sure to keep your blinds in the bedroom closed at all times during the heat. Keep a fan circulating... possibly using a circular fan that goes back and forth instead of a standard floor or window fan. The most likely reason it is so hot in this room is the sun beams into this area the biggest part of the day. In addition, if this room isn't sheltered by a tree or something.. it has direct contact with the sun. Other than purchasing another air conditioner for this room... just keep blinds shut.. purchase a fan... place the fan near the air vent... and keep the door open for air circulation.. Good luck.
2007-08-09 10:52:47 · answer #3 · answered by MurphysGirl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I put in a small window AC in my bedroom. Blows right over my bed. My front window gets the worst of the hot sun and I put up a lattice work shade in front of it about 2 feet from the window. Then planted vines to cover it. It worked fine until the winter frost killed the vines. Now I have solid plywood over it. Standing out the 2 feet from the window still lets in the light, but not the heat.
2007-08-09 11:58:38 · answer #4 · answered by Frosty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consider painting your roof with silver mobile home roof paint. It has particles of aluminum in it and will really help to reflect the heat. In a lot of areas, it isn't uncommon to build a roof over the entire mobile home that is insulated just for this reason. Frankly, there just isn't enough roof thickness, nor is it sufficiently insulated to ward off this kind of searing heat.
2007-08-09 10:58:12 · answer #5 · answered by Jim N 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
your might be missing some installations in the atic ( did I spell atic correct?) other than that check if your bedroom is in the sun or not, if yes then use blind inside and outside to cool it down, but focus on the roof
2007-08-09 10:50:59 · answer #6 · answered by jeff w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Insulate and seal the window with plastic will help a bit. Also, leave the door open, and maybe us small fan to make the air circulate.
2007-08-09 10:51:36 · answer #7 · answered by ball 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
they have a silver tar coat sealer for your roof, i have a hunting trailer in georgia mountains , i put a wooden frame over my trailer, put a tin roof on and sure made a difference, put four large poles in the ground made a frame above the trailer and its like its in a carport, need to check out if the city or county will let you do this..
2007-08-09 10:55:19 · answer #8 · answered by Sonny H 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, incredibly. Heavy insulation will help but you're talking about a metal box.
2016-05-18 01:46:28 · answer #9 · answered by nikki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try closing off the vents in the rooms that dont need cooling.(The rooms that you wont be in)
2007-08-09 10:49:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋