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Originally Posted by troutman
My two story condo is uncomfortable upstairs on warm days. We have two sky-lights up there. A floor fan works okay. Having windows open does not seem to help much. Downstairs is cooler with the window open (but I can't leave it open all night - ground level).
Will ceiling fans upstairs help?AC?
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I had a ceiling fan on the top floor of my condo too, it did the square root of f&%k all.
For the price they are these days, a room sized AC unit is the only way to go. I don't mind a hot house, that's fine. As long as the bedroom is a cool/dry escape to sleep in I find myself not worrying about the heat anywhere else. Just turn it on maybe a half hour before you go to bed and your fine. You should also be able to set it to run for x number or hours if you don't want in running all night.
I really don't think ours has had much of an impact on the power bill so running it all night is fine too as the AC part should kick on only when your room goes over a pre-determined temperature. The rest of the time it's only the fan that's running.
Because you're in a condo, there are likely by-laws that prevent you from using an "in window" variety. You would want to pick up the type that I have that can sit near the window and the heat that is drawn out is vented through a dryer like pipe and straight out your window.