Windows: Ideas to Help keep the heat in and cold out!
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:20 pm
Bubble Wrap
Originally posted by susieM, at FluTrackers
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14668
I have windows which are made of very thin glass. Sometimes they break or crack, or the caulking around them falls loose (my house is old). I used to put temporary cardboard in the place of the broken windowpanes, but I've discovered that plastic bubblewrap...mine has bubbles that are about three to the inch... works even better, and lets the light in, too. Plus I don't have to see the tourists walking down my street or my neighbors anymore...I've put two layers on the windows. Can't feel the cold through the windows, anymore!
(Jonesie)
I have a big roll of bubblewrap. Three years ago, the lowest price I found locally was at Home Depot in the USA.
It comes in a big box. In an emergency I can see where it would come in handy to cover windows to help keep out the cold. (Now I must go out and buy A LOT of extra tape....sigh.)
Here's a link showing current sellers and prices:
http://www.nextag.com/bubble-wrap/search-html
It is probably sold on ebay also.
(susieM)
Try a staplegun, instead of tape....it's less messy, and quicker.
Originally posted by susieM, at FluTrackers
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14668
I have windows which are made of very thin glass. Sometimes they break or crack, or the caulking around them falls loose (my house is old). I used to put temporary cardboard in the place of the broken windowpanes, but I've discovered that plastic bubblewrap...mine has bubbles that are about three to the inch... works even better, and lets the light in, too. Plus I don't have to see the tourists walking down my street or my neighbors anymore...I've put two layers on the windows. Can't feel the cold through the windows, anymore!
(Jonesie)
I have a big roll of bubblewrap. Three years ago, the lowest price I found locally was at Home Depot in the USA.
It comes in a big box. In an emergency I can see where it would come in handy to cover windows to help keep out the cold. (Now I must go out and buy A LOT of extra tape....sigh.)
Here's a link showing current sellers and prices:
http://www.nextag.com/bubble-wrap/search-html
It is probably sold on ebay also.
(susieM)
Try a staplegun, instead of tape....it's less messy, and quicker.