My easy trick makes my house 5 to 10 degrees cooler during a heatwave – my neighbors give me looks but it works
WITH no air conditioning and a heat wave underway, one woman has revealed her clever hack to beat the heat.
She shared her hot weather tip on TikTok, claiming it makes her home five to 10 degrees cooler.
Lacy J (@lacyjsprettylilthings3.0) posted a video of herself outside prepping her home for the heatwave in a video on TikTok.
“I can always tell who’s from here and who’s not from here by the way they look at me when I water my roof during a heat advisory,” the text read.
In the video, she sprayed her rooftop using a water hose from her deck.
“Life hack, easiest way to cool your house down another five or 10 degrees.
“Put some water on the roof. As the water evaporates it takes the heat with it, essentially kind of like your skin does with sweating,” she added in the caption.
The video drew in many viewers who shared their thoughts in the comment section.
“My neighbors be looking at me like [side-eye emoji],” one wrote. “But it works.”
“My neighbors, too,” Lacy replied. “Like hey don’t knock it till you rock it.”
“I’m going to try this,” another viewer chimed in on the summer hack.
“It works well,” Lacy responded.
“I’ve always done this because I thought it had to help,” a third commented. “Now I know. Thank you.”
“It helps a lot,” Lacy replied. “You’re welcome.”
“That’s why I love when it rains on summer afternoons,” yet another commented.
“Yes,” Lacy wrote back. “Me, too.”