our washing machine and dryer are in the garage, do these panels help to reduce heat in the summer?
1966246
Your appliances are adding heat to the garage as is. Especially the dryer. My garage faces south and is in the sun all day, I have noticed it is cooler in the garage now but I needed to make a trip to Home Depot and pick up some better heavy duty double sided tape as the tape supplied in the kit couldn't handle the heat from the all day long sun that my garage door gets.
1966247
A little, but not as much as I had hoped. My garage door gets full sun all morning, and this product did help a little bit, but not a whole lot.
1966248
Yes we saw a reduction in the heat during the summer. Our garage door had direct sun so it created a lot of heat. This helped a great deal.
1966249
Yes. We are amazed how much it keeps the heat out. Don't get me wrong, in Texas hot summers it still can get hot in the garage.(in 100 degrees). But it definitely works.
794162
Yes...but the shields also keep the hair damp. A few seconds of the dryer on each roller after the shield is removed helps.
768545
I have mine in my garage and for a few weeks during the summer it gets over 90 degrees and so far it's been fine.
1121219
If your garage does not have panels to attach the insulation material into it but as long as you can use the duck tape to attach the insulation material to the back of your garage door it will work to keep your garage cooler in the hot day, the winter was a bit cool from Dec to mid January in southern cal.
42304
This type works wonderfully for us. Our Dryer vented into the garage so we had dryer lint issues all the time. Now we don't. We have not noticed any change in the time or efficence of the dryer. This is a simple screen filter system so there is not back pressure of restrictions of the airflow.
930510
I have experienced these conditions this summer and it handled well. I also have a ceiling fan that helps also.
1021010
I am satisfied enough with this round "dryer," although I'd just call it a heater. I had to buy a dehumidifier for my RV. I am unfamiliar with the "DryWave" one.
1701566
If you don't exhaust the warm air outside or into another area you are only moving the warm air around the room and not cooling. There would be no benefit only wasting electricity.
1091000
Absolutely. Mine is on the patio and has helped reduce not only the temp in the house but has helped lower the electric bill a little. It's a great shade and I really recommend it.
2202233
they do put off a lot of heat, i leave my tent open for the light cycle. and close it at lights out.
1582323
Yes ! If your running it a lot you are taking out a lot of hot air probably !!
157461
Considering i do 2-4 loads with the washer and dryer combo a week i really didn't notice a change in the bill, in fact it was negligible increase. One thing i do that others may not be able to do is i wash a load or 2 before i go to sleep with and toss the wet laundry in the dryer and wait till i leave in the morning before i turn it on. When i leave in the morning i turn the A/C off anyways so even if it increases the temp and humidity in the apartment i never notice it. Coming home turn the A/C on and fold clothes and everything is good. If it helps you the dryer uses about as much electricity as a hair dryer or a space heater (My kill-a-watt says between 900-1000w during use). The matching washer uses literally a fraction of that. I also use auto dry instead of timed dry and have never had a problem with it. But more to the point after one full load from my 1cf haier washer i used about .75kwh or about 9 cents to dry it.
1759413
It would definitely help. We used it on our garage windows and it made a big difference considering we do not air condition the garage. I hope this helps.
1201768
Depending on how much your dryer pulls (wattage). Plenty for the washing machine probably not the dryer. We can run lights, fan to fire place, TV, and refrigerator. Really like the idea with the propane.
217403
That's a good question -I never thought of them in that way. I placed mine in a room above the garage; a room that is always cold. I walked in there this morning and it was still cold but I also do not have window treatments up which would help. I don't think they really made a difference either way. Hope this helps you.
1676358
Hello Jane. I put them up in the winter and they cut my heating costs. They will not keep out the heat during the summer months. However, they will keep your AC from leaking out and should help with AC costs.
505352
Yes, these go thru the washer and dryer beautifully! I set the dryer on the normal drying temp, not a higher heat.