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mynameisxanthan
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posted 11-03-2005 12:09 AM     Profile for mynameisxanthan   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Whats the best way to make sure my windows are sealed tight? I have two windows in my room and as its gotten colder I can feel cool air moving through the bottom of the window from the outside.

I am just wondering whats the best way save heat by doing something to these windows. Using some sort of seal? Or something else?

Any help is appreciated! My roomate was talking about something like a sheet of plastic you can put over the window and use a hair dryer so it clings to the window and acts as a seal.

Edit, also these are crazy old single-pane windows so take that into consideration.

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posted 11-03-2005 12:15 AM     Profile for burble   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
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posted 11-03-2005 12:17 AM     Profile for mynameisxanthan   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by burble:
jb weld.

How about you can come over and just stand in front of one of the windows.


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posted 11-03-2005 12:33 AM     Profile for Headstone   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
You can always get one of those shrink wrap kits from the local home store. They use a double sided tape and you put the wrap over that and then using a blow dryer you tighten it up.

For a more permanent fix it really depends on where the leak is coming from. If it is from around the sill you will have to remove the trim and spray in some expanding foam. If it is leaking around the panes you will need to replace or fix the weather stripping.

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posted 11-03-2005 01:13 PM     Profile for AcidWarp   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
single pane windows?

christ!

I don't have any thing of value to contribute. I sleep with a window open year round usually.

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posted 11-03-2005 03:28 PM     Profile for Cacophonous   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I guess if the cold is coming through the glass (because they are non-insulated, single pane) then maybe those plastic sheets with double-sided tape would work.

You said it's at the bottom of the window so if it's leaking where the moving panel meets the sill you can use some type of better seal.

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posted 11-03-2005 04:56 PM     Profile for Broch   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Heavy plastic (thick ply from home depot/paint drop "cloth" type) taped to window frame with duct tape.

3M also has this stuff you can blow dry and the heat will shrink it in place (home depot too)

Check the window itself, sills, etc and if its too lose, look into fixing the sill itself or get self adhesive insulation strips and wrap front and bottom of the "bottom" window.

Caulk the outside as well and make sure none of the existing stuff is worn or cracking. Dig it out with a flat head, and add new.

single pane.. is well a pain and outlawed in most states on new construction since the 80's in the US.


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posted 11-03-2005 05:47 PM     Profile for Cacophonous   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Who in their right mind would use duct tape on a window?

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posted 11-03-2005 06:41 PM     Profile for AcidWarp   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
amazingly enough, duct tap does not stick to paint. I discovered this fact while running some cat5 (I couldn't find my cable hangers)

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posted 11-03-2005 09:00 PM     Profile for Cacophonous   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
It would still look like crap.

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posted 11-04-2005 12:16 AM     Profile for WillyTrombone   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
AW - depends on what type of paint and how long it's stuck on.

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posted 11-04-2005 09:15 AM     Profile for Cacophonous   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Plus it would look like crap.

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posted 11-04-2005 10:37 AM     Profile for dAm   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Use the shrink stuff, it works well. If the duct tape sticks, when you take it off in the spring the glue will stay behind and be almost impossible to remove so not only will it look like shit all winter, it will look like shit the rest of the year too.

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posted 11-04-2005 12:19 PM     Profile for mynameisxanthan   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I think I am going to go with the shrink wrap stuff and maybe pick up some of that foam tape stuff to seal around the window.

The reason I have single-pane windows is that this apartment was built in the late 40's or early 50's. So its kind of old.


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posted 11-04-2005 12:48 PM     Profile for Acid   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
its cuz your school sucks
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posted 11-04-2005 01:49 PM     Profile for Broch   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
You could always hire a Linux admin to stand next to the window and tell how much your windows suck...

hahahahahahah!!!


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posted 11-04-2005 01:55 PM     Profile for Broch   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
get it... huh? hot air..



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posted 11-04-2005 01:56 PM     Profile for RoGuEBiTcH   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Ur hurtin, buddy..

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posted 11-04-2005 02:27 PM     Profile for mynameisxanthan   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Acid:
its cuz your school sucks

I live off campus junior!

lol @ Broch


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