[GoinAllTheWay]

If you can't get/don't want an AC unit into your house for whatever reason, your best bet is to make sure you close your blinds and windows during the day (sucks if you have plants) and open them when the sun goes down. If you find your basement is nice and cool all summer, you can also try turning the fan on your furnace on. Close the vents in the basement and main floor and open all of the vents on the top floor. That way you are circulating the cool air around your home. Doing that along with keeping windows/blinds closed during the day may save you from the worst of the heat.

But your best bet is a single room AC. They just work so damn well. It's just b**ch slaps the heat down. Cooling off an entire home just seems like a waste of money to me. Cool off the room you sleep in and you're livin large IMO.