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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

We’ve got a blackout curtain on our largest ‘window’ (glass sliding door onto the porch), and all our windows are single pane, if you can believe that shit existing somewhere it reaches 110+ F in the summer. 🫠

I’m half of the mind to just install the cellular shades regardless of what the landlord says and eat any potential charges for damage when we move out, it can’t be more expensive than the AC blasting like it is all summer.

Thanks for the info!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Oh lord, if it's single pane with those temps, I can see why you'd be willing to try it 😬

I was able to find a video that does a decent job of showing roughly what you might be able to expect from the cellular shades. For his house, the shades were able to reduce the inside temp by 3 degrees fahrenheit, with a 15% reduction in energy used by his AC. His house had double-pane windows already, so he had a decent starting point to begin with, and you may experience slightly higher reductions since you're starting with single pane.

If you end up going that route, I'd be interested to hear how much they helped in your apartment!