Jean in Newcastle Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Ds has very bad pollen allergies. He has an air purifier in his room. His room gets really hot and stuffy. Would it be bad for me to open his windows, use a fan to try and blow the hot air out, close the windows and then put the air purifier on high? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgrace Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 For my allergy son it would be a bad idea. The pollen would get on surfaces (bed, clothes, carpet if there is carpet, walls, etc). Is the rest of the house cooler? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 Only because we do open some of the windows in the other rooms. His room has been his "safe room". It just doesn't have any shade to keep it from roasting in there even though we try to keep the curtains closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 What they said! I have such bad allergies it's just not funny. Open windows would kill me, because the pollen would get on everything. Do you not have a/c? If not, it might not be a bad idea to put a window unit in his room with an air purifying filter in it. Stuffy rooms are not great for allergies either as it can make the sinuses and nasal passages dry and irritated, which is what allergy suffers do not need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 I am so much better with an air conditioner in my room. I do okay with a fan blowing out but not as well as with a/c. Small window units are fairly light weight and not that expensive. I would consider looking around and buying one. On really hot nights you would get the bonus of sleeping in his room. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 I agree with Mom In High Heels, an air conditioner is probably a really good idea. I have bad allergies and allergy-induced asthma. There is a very big difference when our AC isn't working/isn't on. It helps a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 OK. I am pushing the a/c thing. We have to spend money in stages on allergy proofing his room. Yesterday we bought him a floor, which was not cheap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Our allergist said opening windows, especially in the morning, was a very bad idea. I do tend to open windows when it is raining, assuming the rain is keeping pollen down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Agreeing with the others: open windows are a bad idea and so is too hot. At the peak of tree pollen season, we not only had to keep our windows closed for my allergic dd, but we also had to come and go through the garage so that we didn't open a door to the outside and then shower after we entered the house. A fan will help move the air, but a/c is the best choice. Of course people had allergies before a/c was invented, but I think a lot of those people moved to the coast so they could get better air if they could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plateau Mama Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Jean, I would consider tinting his windows. A few years ago we tinted all the windows in the front of our house. It dropped the temperature of our upstairs by at least 10 degrees. Our upstairs went from unusable most of the summer to only being intolerable that week in August when it reaches 90. I can give you the # of the window tinting company we used. The next year we added an attic fan. When the attic gets to 90 it automatically turns on. That brought the upstairs temp down another 10-15 degrees. We can now use our upstairs all year. (That being said we do have AC, but it does nothing to help upstairs.) Our upstairs is now not more than 5 degrees warmer than downstairs in the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 Nicolepa, the window tinting sounds like an interesting idea. Yes, I'd like to know the company. I just realized that we have a ceiling fan in the living room that I could turn on. I'd better dust it first, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyandtheBrains. Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Nicolepa, the window tinting sounds like an interesting idea. Yes, I'd like to know the company. I just realized that we have a ceiling fan in the living room that I could turn on. I'd better dust it first, though. You can buy film to tint your own windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plateau Mama Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Nicolepa, the window tinting sounds like an interesting idea. Yes, I'd like to know the company. I just realized that we have a ceiling fan in the living room that I could turn on. I'd better dust it first, though. I will locate it and let you know. Might take me a few days, but we just had two Windows replaced and will need to retint them.You can buy film to tint your own windows.You can do it yourself, but our windows are very large and we would have needed to match seams. The windows all face the front of the house so we didn't want to risk it being noticable either, but if its just a small window you migh be able to do a decent job yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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