Thick walls provide natural cooling initially but later trap heat during summer, making rooms excessively hot. A personal account describes the struggle of sleeping in an overly warm small room. An idea to place ice in a bowl under a fan provided limited relief. By filling a large tray with ice and placing it under the fan, a significant cooling effect was achieved, resulting in a deep, comfortable sleep.
On the second night, I went big on the ice very big. I found the biggest, deepest oven tray I could fit in the freezer, filled it with water, and left it there all day.
I balanced it on a chair just below the fan. It started to crack alarmingly, like a glacier in the spring, but the air was soon deliciously cool and I fell into the deepest, smuggest sleep.
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