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I've got a housemate whose preferred room temperature is in the 40's (Fahrenheit), while the rest of us in the house prefer temperatures ranging from high 60's to low 70's. Unfortunately, due to the position of her room in the apartment and the structure of the apartment itself, the heat tends to get concentrated in her room, leaving it kind of stuffy even though she leaves her window open 24/7 (and it's winter, so outdoor temperature is 40's and 30's). We completely closed the slats to the vents in her room (which are in the ceiling), but that wasn't enough (and swapping rooms isn't possible for a variety of reasons). We asked the student housing/apartment management about just covering the grill/vent completely, but they said it wasn't possible.

I feel like that's more of a legal thing than a technical issue. I was first thinking duct-tape to cover the grill, before realizing that with the glue/tape taking the brunt of the heat, it would probably either dry the 'glue' and render it ineffective quickly, or just melt the tape and make things worse.

The only option the management had to offer was a window fan to suck out the hot air, but those look rather expensive and the noise might be a problem for the housemate.

I'm hoping someone else here has a suggestion. So far, the compromise has been the keep the thermostat set to the low 60's - the problem being that due to our housing structure, this leaves most of us actually living in mid-50's temperature (one of my other housemates will wander around in a parka), while her room still isn't cool enough to her taste, anyway.

Not sure about your heating system, but covering/blocking off vents is usually a huge no-no in terms of gases (such as carbon monoxide) building up and redirecting elsewhere and causing problems.

It may be a legal thing, but also a safety thing.

The easiest solution would be for her to find housemates with similar tastes, but covering the vent would be a no-no. Maybe she could get a cheap second-hand fan somewhere?

Unless you have hot air coming from a pile of burning wood somewhere, you should only have forced, hot air coming in. So covering the vent with a piece of plywood and some screws to hold it there shouldn't be a big deal. There's no CO2 to 'back up' and go anywhere, because there shouldn't be any in the system to begin with.

Basically, it's like closing it off. Alternately, ask management to just detach her specific duct from the system.

Or have her swap rooms with somebody - that might be the best solution.

(Tabaqui)

Regardless of what kind of heating system it is, covering vents is usually considered a fire hazard and the building would no longer be up to code if a tenant did so. The landlord or management in question could get in serious trouble if they were ever under review for insurance reasons.

I agree with that swapping rooms is probably the best solution; find the coldest room. If it's a tossup, outside walls are good when there's to no sun exposure. If the coldest room is also the largest, the poliute thing to do would be to pay a bit extra share.

A window fan works well only if it isn't raining, although it actually doesn't push air OUT of a room as much as it pulling air THROUGH; which is good if the temp you want is "outside" the room with the fan.

Don't cover vents, period. It's just bad for obvious reasons, including those mentioned by other anons.

As for cooling, there's no good way to cool the room in question outside of getting a window air conditioning unit or fan, and you mentioned the roommate might be bothered by the noise (which sounds ridiculous, btw--if she wants the temperatures she likes whether warm or cold, she could learn to deal with noise.) If the heat issue is mainly a matter of sleeping, though, try sticking sheets or blankets in the fridge before bed.

... who the hell prefers temps in the 40s

People who should not be indulged, I think. nyxelestia already mentioned solutions they thought of that wouldn't work (swapping rooms, fan unit, covering vents) and frankly, there's only so much you're expected to do to please one roommate's really unusual requirement. I'd say majority rules in this case, and Frosty the Snowman can just learn to deal.

Are you in the US?

You can get a box fan for less than 20 bucks at Walmart.

All the people saying not to cover the vent are probably right, but when I was sharing an apartment with three people who would not turn the thermostat below, ugh, I wanna say 80, I eventually covered the vent with aluminum foil and taped it on with masking tape. Nothing exploded or caught fire.

if it's 40 outside, she should pitch a tent and sleep out there.

Well, if the lows are in the 20's, that may be too much.

How is she going to take the weather when it warms up?

This really sounds like a case of her being in the wrong room.

This is probably going to sound completely idiotic, but what the hell, it's anonymous.

The vent is in the ceiling, right? So, make a tiny little "hammock" that hangs, say, 3 to 6 inches directly below the vent, then put an ice pack in it. (Not sure how you'd hang the hammock, depending on the kind of ceiling you have--maybe duct tape, maybe screw-in hooks.) That way, warm air immediately hits ice and doesn't heat the room as rapidly, especially if the windows are open. Change out the ice pack whenever it melts.

Also, indirectly related: if this roommate wants to be cooler when she sleeps, she can sew a soft washcloth into a pouch and slip an ice pack into it; then she just holds it like she would a stuffed animal.

And these, my friends, are things I learned from living in a second-floor apartment facing west with crappy insulation during one of the hottest summers my town has ever had.

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Ice packs and hammocks