WHat do you use to cool you house in the summer?

We use air conditioning and also ceiling fans and at night a fan also. We are in south Texas and it is not only hot but very humid here next to the bay. It is just after 5pm right now and it is 86 degrees but feels like 91 and our humidity is just 59% right now. We use the air conditioner most of the year, it is pretty bad when you have to use it so you don't melt while cooking Thanksgiving meal or baking for Christmas. I want to get away from down here so bad, I was born and raised here and tired of it for sure. hahahahaha

Hello,littlefranciscan,although it is very hot in the summer in australia,but i do not really need anything to cool my house.As i will be working at the day time,i will not be at home then,when i come back home from work at the night time,it will be much cooler,it will be fine if i open all the windows on my bedroom and there will be good ventilation of ait,i will not feel hot anymore at the night time.

Well, I wish I had a great idea because it is starting to get warmer now. It is after 1 a.m. and still 66 degrees outside. I like to open the bedroom window to help cool off the bedroom, but we won't be able to do that much longer. We use ceiling fans and other fans, and in the living room, I have one of those room-sized coolers in the window. We have refrigerated air, but was told when we had to repair it, that the unit they installed when they built the house was too small for the sq. footage, so it has to work really hard and doesn't do an efficient job. We keep the thermostat on about 75 once we turn it on, and still don't get too cool and our bill runs about $150 a month for that. Thank goodness it is staying cooler this year longer, so we haven't turned on the air yet.