Yeah, this house was built in 1973, so it's natural air flow skills were...limited, at best.
The locking screen door we put on is one of those steel security doors, actually -- the kind people put up in sketchy neighborhoods, with a deadbolt in it. It isn't the most mosquito-proof thing, but I think it's actually more secure than the other door. Dunno if it would really work to try to draft cold air up a staircase, though. Even with fans, that's traditionally unsuccessful. *G*
If you've got decent joists and you're replacing an existing light fixture, putting in a ceiling fan is, like, a weekend project (indeed, I think C. did both of ours in a weekend). And they make drops for a lot of styles that match the fixture.
And oh yeah, my one (semi-notorious) visit to Chicago was two Augusts ago. I was amazed by the number of pop-up pools, when we flew in, and after about 20 minutes in town was not amazed at all by the number of pop-up pools (then I was mostly amazed by the rats and the way there are, like, five train stations with the same name, which is really confusing for out-of-towners).
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Date: 2010-07-14 03:07 pm (UTC)The locking screen door we put on is one of those steel security doors, actually -- the kind people put up in sketchy neighborhoods, with a deadbolt in it. It isn't the most mosquito-proof thing, but I think it's actually more secure than the other door. Dunno if it would really work to try to draft cold air up a staircase, though. Even with fans, that's traditionally unsuccessful. *G*
If you've got decent joists and you're replacing an existing light fixture, putting in a ceiling fan is, like, a weekend project (indeed, I think C. did both of ours in a weekend). And they make drops for a lot of styles that match the fixture.
And oh yeah, my one (semi-notorious) visit to Chicago was two Augusts ago. I was amazed by the number of pop-up pools, when we flew in, and after about 20 minutes in town was not amazed at all by the number of pop-up pools (then I was mostly amazed by the rats and the way there are, like, five train stations with the same name, which is really confusing for out-of-towners).