How do I get the heat OUTSIDE to come INSIDE?!?!?

[Daffodils At The Sea]

Nifty, I have a passive solar house, and the key parts seem to be longest wall on south-facing side (Northern hemisphere), and west-facing windows, very small eaves, large windows that are not E rated, no large trees in the way, floors and ceilings insulated, house walls all the way down to the ground (not up on posts with airflow underneath) to take advantage of the Earth's 50 degree temperature all year.

Most houses have large enough eaves that the sun can't really get to the windows. There is a leaning solar heat grabber box that can be made to lean into the bottom of an open window. Scroll down to the heat grabber description. These are on YouTube as well.

http://greenterrafirma.com/solar-air-heating.html

 

[Nifty]

Wow, there are some great ideas on that page, thanks!

I especially like that the "heat grabber" shows an installation that doesn't require that I punch new holes into my walls and simply uses an existing window!

 

[elwood]

paint your house black.....

 

[sumi]

Black roof? We paint our roofs WHITE here to keep the heat down. I imagine a black roof may have the opposite effect

 

[Nifty]

Well, if there was a paint that we could flip a switch to go from black in Winter to white in Summer, then ya, that might work great! Otherwise we'll be in trouble for 1/2 the year.

 

[Nifty]

 

[k15n1]

builditsolar.com is a reliable resource for all things solar, including water heaters and passive solar design.

 

[elwood]

lol @Denim Deb love that idea

 

[JASTECH]

Simple, passive heat with PC fan option. Works in winter with snow on the ground too.