On Fri, 26 May 2006 17:08:54 GMT, "James Lewis"
wrote:

I live in an apartment in N TX that has a west window that is 7'W X 6'T. It
is actually a double window with four panes each. The heat has come early
this year and the direct sun on that window makes the entire apartment hard
to cool. I was going to have a dark tint applied to the window but the
apartment owners forbid that. Is there a website that sells an effective
heat barrier, like a pull down window shade that would reduce the direct sun
heat? If so, please provide a website and ballpark cost if you know it. I'm
not an engineer but it seems logical to me that a tint would be the best
because it prevents some heat from ever getting into the apartment???


Open the window about an inch, top and bottom. Build screening inserts
to plug the holes, if there's not an outer screen.
Then plug the window-bay with a foil-covered urethane foam insert,
with painted sheetrock glued to the inside.