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Grace Dean

I tried a 'night flush' on my home to beat the heatwave — and it works like a charm for keeping things cool

A thermometer outdoors in a heatwave.

Some couples argue about what's for dinner or who needs to take the bin out next. In my house, we've recently argued over how to keep cool in a heatwave. Granted, when it gets really hot, everyone's tempers are a little... shorter, but I firmly stood by my point that during the scorching weather, we should be keep the windows closed.

In fact, what I really wanted to convince him to do was 'house flushing' and after the most recent heatwave, I've finally converted him. Performing a 'house flush' sounds unusual, but it's actually pretty simple. It's a technique that takes closing the windows to the next level and it's quickly become my favorite heatwave hack. Paired up with the 'caveman method', I'm managing to keep my house a heck of a lot cooler.

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