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Default Bubble wrap for insulation


"---MIKE---" wrote in message
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How would bubble wrap work for insulation between a window and a storm
window or between a window and a screen? It would still allow light to
get through and it's not too expensive.


It's not exactly an elegant solution to heat loss, but placing several
layers of plastic containing trapped air pockets (which is what bubble wrap
is) does act as effective insulation. It also lets sunlight through and thus
allows your house to absorb solar energy for additional heat. You would
probably be better off using several sheets of the small bubble wrap on a
window, rather than one big sheet with the big bubbles. Don't listen to the
bozos around here trying to criticize you - energy conservation doesn't make
you trailer trash, and being cheap is not evil.

- Logic316

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