Since the weather in Thailand is very hot, the roof temperature of Ban Rim Nam can get up to about 50C (inside!). (This is inside of the 1 cm insulation.) At the same time, under the house is about 29C. So we thoughht about cooling the roof to decrease the temperature inside. In this experiment…
Sprinkler on the roof
We’ve been planning this test for a while now and we finally had a chance to run it. Since the workers took off for Songkran, they’ve been busy with other things. But we finally got a simple sprinkler on the roof of BaanMae. Our main goal here was just to do a feasibility test of…
Cooling a roof with solar panels or a double roof
We are past the Songkran holidays here in Bangkok now and the weather is really getting quite hot. The good news is that the low thermal mass design principals we’ve gone for have been very successful in releasing the heat of the day quickly at night allowing the house to be cool enough to sleep…
Using sprinklers to cool off the roof
Originally, I decided to go without insulation on the roof of BaanMae to reduce the chance of critters building nests between the insulation and the roof tiles. Our old house had rats in the attic, and all kinds of bugs and mold in the walls, and Praew has allergies that made her miserable much of…
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