Need some Advice

[Alan C.]

Thanks to my neighbor's considerate chopping of the tree in between our fence, the sun now bares down on my house like a pissed off Apollo. Come summer, not even my closet will be safe enough to put my humidor in. Short of long term central A/C, what sort of thing can I do to keep my sticks safe?

[ReV]

... move them to the other side of the house? Get black out curtains... oooh build a giant privacy fence to absorb the heat... install working shutters... put your humidor in a plastic bag and put that in an ice chest full of ice or the fridge... install an AC window unit into your closet door and keep it in the closet. hmm, i'm just coming up with these off the top of my head, i'm no expert... well, i kinda am an expert on heat, living in Mobile and all, we just have central AC and that keeps everything in the shade nice and cool. But a coolidor should stay significantly cooler than its surrounding temp... so that may be an option... I personally like the closet AC idea though.

[jaewing]

Thanks to my neighbor's considerate chopping of the tree in between our fence, the sun now bares down on my house like a pissed off Apollo. Come summer, not even my closet will be safe enough to put my humidor in. Short of long term central A/C, what sort of thing can I do to keep my sticks safe?

Was the tree on his property? On the property line? Or on your property? Why did he cut it down? From a legal standpoint it makes a huge difference.

I know this is no help to your immediate concerns but being an attorney I had to ask.

- Jason

[Shelby07]

Do you have a basement? How about a small room with a door on it and a small efficient window air conditioner? You can store your smokes and your wines, if you have any, in there.

[Cabaiguan Juan]

Plant a tree on your side of the fence, or build something the wife would like that has the added benefit of shading that side of the house. Porch maybe?

[CoventryCat86]

Plant a tree on your side of the fence, or build something the wife would like that has the added benefit of shading that side of the house. Porch maybe?

It'll take at least 20 years for the tree to ammount to anything of shade value and I highly doubt building any kind of structure is a viable option either.

The basement idea is probably the best.

[Alan C.]

Was the tree on his property? On the property line? Or on your property? Why did he cut it down? From a legal standpoint it makes a huge difference.

I know this is no help to your immediate concerns but being an attorney I had to ask.

- Jason

The tree was integrated into the fence, with the root on my side and the rest on his. You should see how pretty a stump look on the side of my house. My neighbor's not a bad sort of guy, so this is less an issue with him and more an issue with global warming.

[Alan C.]

Nope, no basement. I like the coolidor with AC idea...if I can find a small enough Ac for the closet. Any chance there is a self cooling cooler?

[JStrider]

maybe one of those mini fridges set on the warmest setting... might be colder then you want tho.

[Shelby07]

Take a look at this post. It might give you some ideas. I think the higher temps would not cause the inside to dry out and beads will do an adequate job of keeping the unit humidified.