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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Millie Hurst

Does opening the garage door help to keep your house cool?

garage and exterior of suburban house

When dealing with extreme heat, we are open to trying just about anything if it will help keep our homes cool. Given that our garages are often poorly insulated, they heat up like an oven when temperatures rise, and some of this heat makes its way into adjoining areas of the home.

Many claim that opening the garage door just a crack will keep your garage cool in hot weather, and therefore help keep the temperature down in nearby rooms, but is this nothing but a heatwave myth?

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