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MADem

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5. I used duct tape to keep that bubblewrap in place--also to keep it together (I had a bunch of pieces
Wed Feb 1, 2012, 05:35 PM
Feb 2012

taped together--it wasn't real pretty, but it did the trick--I was only there for awhile, and I just didn't wanna be COLD). For the shrink wrapped windows, I put the kit over the whole window--which means I had to say goodbye to the windowsill during the cold months. That was fine, though, I slapped up those drapes and just kept 'em closed, mostly, except on a really sunny day and then I used the passive solar to help warm the place up--it really did make a difference in the warmth, these tricks. I also put a few of those "sand stoppers" here and there where I felt a draft (big long noodles of fabric filled with sand) and that helped, too.

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