Quote Originally Posted by Dark Shadow View Post
And, yeah, I have curtains, they're just not terribly effective at keeping out the heat in the warmest months of the year.
In my experience, what happens when the sun shines on closed curtains is that the curtains heat up and then start radiating that heat into the room--if anything, it gets *warmer* than if you had them open, unless you happen to be sitting in the direct sunlight.