Our house uses sheer drapes to cover most of our windows which are mounted on runners that are mounted above the window and close to each window.  Some times they are used with another heavy fabric curtain which are mounted on runners on the insides of each window and seldom closed.  The heavy side drapes are visually pleasing to look at like putting a border on each side of each window and the sheer drapes fill in the middle.  My wife loves to close the thin inside sheer curtains to totally cover the windows, even during the summer.  Here is the problem this creates.  Sheer drapes lets quite a lot of light through but blocks airflow.  It is my belief that sheer drapes will impede air flow to the degree the sheer fabric is tightly or loosely made.  The proof is simple.  Any breeze flowing through a window that has sheer drapes will move out of the way.  If you want to cool your house at night pull all the drapes away from the window opening including the sheer.  My wife does not like to do that so my trick is to take the two ends of the left and right sheet and butt them together in the center.  When there is no wind flow then the sheer drapes close.  But if there is any outside airflow into the room, the two independent sheer drapes will separate because they have been MOVED apart at the middle of the window by the outside airflow.  The obvious down side to this method is when there is any breeze that moves the sheer drapes apart, people could see into that room.

 

 

 

Posted 7-5-2024
Posted by: Score Card.