[Noisebridge-discuss] staying warm (was PG&E Bill)

[Martin Bogomolni]

>From experience, I don't recommend using plastic wrap for the
skylights.   Especially in foggy San Francisco, you'll get
condensation issues which lead to the wrap failing, or mold/rot
issues.   What I did to fix up the issue in the old wearhouse my
company used to use, was get large squares of the material they use to
make outdoor political signs (looks just like cardboard, but it's
corrugated plastic).  It's available in white which lets the light
through, and can be bought from most places that make signs in sheets
than can be pretty huge.

Shrink wrap + curtains though, sounds pretty cool for the windows.   I
 imagine curtains made from all kinds of scrap material would look
like something out of the Nightmare before Christmas.

-M

On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com> wrote:
> Ya the shrink wrap sounds good.  No reason we can't put that over the
> lower part of the skylights too.  Frankenshrinkwrap!
>
> Rubin Abdi wrote:
>> Rachel McConnell wrote, On 20091207 133733:
>>> I will make curtains for the windows if someone can help by poking me
>>> about it from time to time.  This is a very simple project and will help
>>> a lot to retain the heat lost out from the glass.  Donations of old
>>> curtains or cheap heavy fabric would also help.  I don't think we care
>>> if they match... Frankencurtains FTW!
>>
>> With some double sided tape we can use a bunch of the plastic wrap from
>> the shrink wrap setup to actually seal all the windows, which'll work
>> better then curtains and still allow light in.
>>
>> As far as all that goes (slightly off topic here) our problem isn't the
>> windows, it's more of our sky lights more or less being vents for all
>> the heat to escape. This building wasn't setup to keep hackers warm.
>>
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