Block heat out of my window?

Question

Ok so the central AC in the house wont rech to my room (weve cleand the vents and everything but still doesnt work and dont have money for repairs) so it gets REALLY hot in my room in the summer (I can deal with the REALLY cold though, all i need is a hoodie and extra blankets...plus I prefer cold) so I have this heavy black shower curtain folded and tacked to the window, but it still gets SO hot I somtimes have to sleep in the living room, and the the heat literally has the curtain poofing out from the window (like the center i had all the sides tacked to the wall) and You can FEEL the heat coming off the curtain if you put your hand a few inches away from it. So yesterday My mom finally bought me an AC for my window and now its in and working and dramatically changed my normal room temperature, but today (few minutes ago actually) I noticed that its still really warm in here despite the AC (not near as bad though) So what else can i do to block the heat b/c its still could be better.

Answer 1

Aluminum foil has worked great for me in the past.  As you know i too get EXTREMELY hot room temperatures, it's like the devil is trying to invade through the window.

My other suggestion would be to look into turning the AC controls up so that it makes it hotter, and also try putting a fan into the room to blow the Cold Air from the AC around the room and see if that helps at all.

I think the black shower curtain would only bring the heat towards it which might be why you feel it it is so hot so i really don't think the shower curtain is the way to go.  Definitely try the aluminum foil and fan option.

Answer 2

Lowes has a film for that. It's like the stuff they put in car windows.

Answer 3

Aluminium foil will stop 95% of heat coming in. Guarenteed!!!

Just tape or glue it to the frame.Also put a small fan over the a/c vent  and then you could suck some of the cold air into your room