Passively aggressively forwarding this to my landlord. It got up to 86F/30C in our apartment today with both window AC units blasting, then took until after midnight for it to get down to 75F/23C. It should be legal for me to replace this shit on my own dime and deduct it from rent.
The stupidest thing is it almost certainly costs them more in the long run too, because we burn through AC units that they just keep replacing.
Its ridiculous how bad some buildings are. I too just can't get the damn heat out of the house. Its just suck and it's driving me insane. But in the winter i can't keep the heat IN! Even with everything closed the heat is gone within an hour after turning off the heater.
I have old double pane wodden windows. They are ridiculously inefficient and we're growing mold on them. Last year the lardlord decided they would just repaint the wodden windows because new ones are too expensive.
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As a cheaper stopgap until you're able to move or motivate your landlord adequately to replace your windows, installing cellular window shades would add significant r-value (insulation ability/thermal resistance) to your windows. A good brand can nearly double the r-value of a single-pane (or failed double-pane) window. Keeping them closed in the summer on sun-facing windows will drastically reduce heat intrusion, and keeping them closed on non-sun facing windows in the winter will help retain the heat inside the home (you'd want to close them on the sun-facing windows after the sun goes down too).
