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Default Bubble wrap for insulation

Hope it does some good. I've got some bubble wrap that's been in my unused
window the last couple years.

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I don't think it would accomplish much. Caulking the gaps will work
though.

Insulation comes from having air between the windows that doesn't
exchange with either the indoors or outdoors. The caulk will do that.

Some additional insulation comes from keeping the air that _is_
captured between the panes from circulating and carrying heat from one
piece of glass to the other, and bubble wrap would slow that down a
little, but I'm guessing it wouldn't do it very much.

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