Every summer I get the same phone calls. “Upstairs is unbearable.” “The back of the house traps the heat all day.” “We open every window but it doesn’t seem to…

Open-plan kitchen and living areas are brilliant to live in. They feel light, spacious and sociable. But when summer arrives and the sun starts beating through wide patio doors, they…

If you live in a flat, you’ll already know they can get uncomfortably warm in summer. Heat rises, roofs trap it in and large windows can turn a living room…