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This winter, keep heat in and cold out by sealing your windows with plastic.
Warning
Plastic can be dangerous. To avoid danger of suffocation, handle with care and keep away from babies and children.
Step 1: Get an insulation kit
Go to your local hardware store and get an indoor window insulation kit. It will provide double-sided tape and sheets of shrink-wrap plastic that, when affixed to your windows according to the accompanying instructions, provide a weather seal you can see through.
Tip
If you don’t care about visibility and appearance, plastic dry-cleaning bags and duct tape will do the trick; just slit the bags open, cut them to size, and tape them over the windows.
Step 2: Wash your windows
Wash and dry your windows. The plastic wrap won’t cling as well to a dirty surface.
Step 3: Take measurements
Measure your window frames, and then measure and cut the plastic to match, leaving a little wiggle room. You can always trim later with an Exacto knife.
Step 4: Tape around the windows
Press double-sided tape on the outside edge of the molding. Take care not to stick the tape to the wall.
Step 5: Attach the plastic
Firmly attach the edges of the plastic sheet to the tape, smoothing the sheet down as you go. Then run a hot blow-dryer back and forth over the plastic sheet so that the heat shrinks it, forming a tighter seal.
Tip
Leave one window in each room unwrapped as a fire escape.
Step 6: Slap on Bubble Wrap
For an even easier insulator, try Bubble Wrap: Just mist your windows with water and slap it on; it will stick until you take it off.
Did You Know?
Drafty windows can increase your heating bill by 30 percent.
Post time: Jun-24-2017