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Why British Homes Turn Into Greenhouses Every Heatwave – And What Actually Keeps A House Cool In 2026

This piece has been folded into our fuller, regularly updated guide to the same topic: Keep Your House Cool in a Heatwave: Why Britain Shades the Wrong Side of the Glass – And What Works From £12 to £2,500.

Everything covered here – the night purge, the window film, the appliance timing and the honest advice on portable air con – now lives there, updated for the current summer. Please head over for the current version.

Emma Faulkner

Emma Faulkner is a food and home writer with fifteen years of experience covering UK restaurants, recipes and home cooking. She trained at Leiths School of Food and Wine, worked as a recipe tester and developer before moving into journalism, and has a particular interest in where British food culture is heading. Emma writes about restaurants, seasonal cooking, kitchen gear and home entertaining, and firmly believes that the best cookery writing tells you why something works, not just what to do. She lives in Bristol.

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