It was hotter in the front of my house where the sun would hit it directly all day, than the sides where there were single-story homes flanking our two-story house. However, the single-story homes had spanish style teracotta shingles and not the black slate the two-story homes had. That might have made a difference, I guess.
Yeah, that's how convection and radiation work. Do I notice it? No. Do I care? No. It's hot as balls with or without the neighbors house next door, I'll be running fans and the a/c regardless.
If you're asking for the engineering of it all, you're looking for study materials from Heat Transfer courses, keywords: convection, radiation, R-value, emissivity.
I guess I have the best of both worlds in a way. I'm in city limits but surrounded by the woods, tons of trees and wildlife. I have like one neighbor 200 feet away and I live right on the river, I can see it from my front stoop. Also our bedroom is on the first floor and the whole first story is surrounded by retaining walls over a story tall since the house is built into the hillside. It's like being in the basement kind of.
There's still a lot of city noise because I'm right next to a bridge and big trucks and stuff go by all day, plus the trains honk all the time down below me for a road crossing. But I still love it. It's definitely a lot cooler temperature than where I used to live in the city that was all row houses with AC units making tons of heat outside all day. I haven't even had air conditioning for the 11 years I've lived in the city.
I love it! I grew up here and settled down and bought this old house from the 1800s with my fiance and am currently renovating it. Pay rates aren't the best in this part of the country, but I do pretty well as an industrial electrician
I live next to a same height house that is down the hill a bit and it gets really damned hot but I never thought of this as a cause. I don't think so anyway since I have the window open on that side and its generally a comparatively cool breeze coming in
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People that live in 2 story houses next to 1 story houses, does the heat from the 1 story roof come over to your house? | Spyke
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Are you alright op?
Fine, just curious.
talk to your neighbors then not to randos online
God forbid someone thinks through an issue that doesn't affect them personally.
I don't believe for a minute this issue doesn't come from your lived experience.
Then why would I be asking? Sounds like you want to believe whatever you want to believe. Ok I'm just gonna leave it at that.
But then who will I talk to?
It was hotter in the front of my house where the sun would hit it directly all day, than the sides where there were single-story homes flanking our two-story house. However, the single-story homes had spanish style teracotta shingles and not the black slate the two-story homes had. That might have made a difference, I guess.
Yeah, that's how convection and radiation work. Do I notice it? No. Do I care? No. It's hot as balls with or without the neighbors house next door, I'll be running fans and the a/c regardless.
If you're asking for the engineering of it all, you're looking for study materials from Heat Transfer courses, keywords: convection, radiation, R-value, emissivity.
You do have walls where you live?
Yes, made off brick added together with mortar.
I guess I have the best of both worlds in a way. I'm in city limits but surrounded by the woods, tons of trees and wildlife. I have like one neighbor 200 feet away and I live right on the river, I can see it from my front stoop. Also our bedroom is on the first floor and the whole first story is surrounded by retaining walls over a story tall since the house is built into the hillside. It's like being in the basement kind of.
There's still a lot of city noise because I'm right next to a bridge and big trucks and stuff go by all day, plus the trains honk all the time down below me for a road crossing. But I still love it. It's definitely a lot cooler temperature than where I used to live in the city that was all row houses with AC units making tons of heat outside all day. I haven't even had air conditioning for the 11 years I've lived in the city.
I'm in Pittsburgh PA
Im sorry about your luck.....
I love it! I grew up here and settled down and bought this old house from the 1800s with my fiance and am currently renovating it. Pay rates aren't the best in this part of the country, but I do pretty well as an industrial electrician
I live surrounded by houses lower than mine and no, their roofs don't make my place warmer.
I live next to a same height house that is down the hill a bit and it gets really damned hot but I never thought of this as a cause. I don't think so anyway since I have the window open on that side and its generally a comparatively cool breeze coming in