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Yes - installing a grid, whether it be to the floor in general, or to the trapdoor, is an idea I have considered. A neighbouring tower has a similar thing.

My concerns would be that a) it wont draw much air in, and b) the air that it will draw in will just be from the base of the tower, which wont be much cooler air unless the tower door is wide open.

Thanks Peter - we already have a large fan which moves a decent amount of air, our problem is getting cold(er) air in to the tower.

We have a trap-door style entrance which has to be closed during ringing, hence my question as to whether anyone has experience of modifying stained glass windows, as that appears to be our only option of getting air in.

Thanks for the comments everyone, some interesting ideas which I'll attempt going forward. I especially like the ideas of ringing at different "peal speeds". I think part of the problem is that my tower is a very light and easy going six, so when ringing PB doubles, we ring at quite a pace.

This has the effect of the ringers never really having to "hold up" except for maybe 10% of the time, perhaps 1 stroke per lead.