Thread: Pre Halloween Summer Heat

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Oh dear boys and ghouls.....

It's getting to be that time, the time of year that this yard haunter dreads. SUMMER!!!!

It can be very hard to make props, plan and work on my Halloween site when it's 100 degrees out for 4 months. I always have a hard time handling summer, it goes by very slow for me and I always can't wait for the cold to return. We have one more month of cooler weather, and the nice cool days turn hot and mean!

I work on my Halloween site through August and September normally. It's hard to work on it when its toasty outside.

How do you other haunters deal with the summer heat? I know some people like it, but I really, really don't like it. I know it means we are closer to October, but boy does it get yucky and warm.

I hear ya! Its starting over here in Southern Cali too... I like to run and hide inside where the cool A/C is blowing!

The build has to be done in August and September so it isn't really a option . We sweat lot in the 110 plus degree heat LOL

I would , could be found standing next to the south side of my house at a small workbench almost every day or night of the entire year. Living in northwestern Illinois it can drop to 32 below zero, but then a day or two later it might get up to 25 degrees and be sunny, so there I would be sun on me, winter clothing on, insulated socks, long underware, gloves, working on things.
The two-story -plus house was a wind break from anything coming from the North. The yard only extended about 15 feet to the parking lot and it is about 4 foot higher than my sunken yard = more protection for me.
Sometimes I would use steel cables to hang a plastic tarp over my workbench.
A few years ago I inherited my Dad's old garage but if I have to heat that building to work in it, I won't be because electricty is too high priced for such a frivolous expense.
In the summer heat I thrive but do drink alot of water constantly. I sweat like crazy, pools underfoot a large part of the time.
When it's hot all my tired old muscles and joints work their painless best!
I have done alot of incredibly long, hard jobs with mere hand tools in the hottest summer sun.
Gnats, flies and mosquitos kill it for me, and I'm right beside a woods and small river (Read Mosquito sanctuary and jungle.)
Big spiders are my friends. Bats too........eat them skeeters!

I do most of my building in the garage. If it's really hot [unlikely in MN] I drag a fan out of storage and plug it in, but usually won't bother. In theory I could work in my glass workshop in the A/C, but I can't use anything very flammable--especially solvents, paints and adhesives--since I work with open flame when I'm working glass. I also have to keep dust/particles under control since that kind of stuff blowing around will stick to the hot glass and ruin the work. My wife had a fit earlier this week when I had a small alcohol fire, i can only imagine her reaction to something that is actually dangerous.

I thought I was the only one ever who hated Summer/The Heat. So glad I'm not alone.

Yeah, Summer can take a flying leap. Give me Autumn, Winter, and a few weeks of spring.

Which, according to The Oatmeal webcomic, is just what Seattle gets!

I hate the heat too...with a passion! The humidity is the real killer over here. YUCK! I'm usually good the first 2-3 weeks into June. After that, forget it. I sit infront of the AC, close my eyes and imagine it's a crisp Autumn day.

I can't wait for the heat to come every year so we can get outside.....for too much of the year it is too cold to build anything in the garage or outside. I guess it all depends on ones perspective.

I'm actually looking forward to the summer days. I can take the heat as long as there is shade. Seems like here is I am going to build things that need paint the summer is the best time to do it. Once about September gets here there is dew at night and it makes it harder to get things dried before evening.

Since we are thinking of doing a totally new build we will be logging many hours in the heat in order to have it ready to roll for Halloween.

Nice to read all your responses. It very warm here sometimes. Not to complain too much but we are not near a large, cool body of water. The large bodies of cold water can really help during summer months but we are too far inland.

I am near Sacramento, which is like an hour and a half from San Fran CA. San Fran virtually gets no summer heat as there is so much cold water surrounding it. It can be 110 here and 76 in San Fran. Can you believe that? I may have to escape there for a few hours to just cool down.

I normally can handle summer, but here is where it gets awful. Sometimes, the heat doesn't go away. We have heat all day and most of the night. I live with inlaws right now and we are going to be moving in the future, but.....the air conditioning is a problem. The unit is on the otherside of the house, and there is vaulted ceilings in the main living room. Our room is on the far end of the house, opposite of the air conditioning unit. Its central air, but I think there is something wrong with the vents or ducts as our room won't cool below 82 degrees during summer. Good thing we are moving, it will be the new owners problem. But who knows when we will end up moving, short sale, so it could take any amount of time at this point. Im also glad my work is air conditioned LOL. That really helps. I think when I was unemployed (was home the whole summer), it made it worse. Jan-Apr have flown by, so lets hope Halloween gets here soon.

Just not a summer guy. I am a Halloween boy at heart, I love perpetual cold weather. I will have to move where its cold year round in the future I just don't do swimming, shorts, flipflops, extended time outside etc. Not because I can't but because it makes me feel icky. Its so much easier to get warm versus cooling off.

I also work on Halloween stuff during these months and it can be so tough to handle day after day of heat. I like to put on Halloween music, blast the air conditioning as best I can and light a pumpkin candle to try and pretend

Sorry to be a complainy pants, but I am glad others relate. It can be tough to handle sometimes. Luckily there is still some cooler weather for a bit.