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

[Martin Bogomolni]

If you can live without the natural light (and frankly, for winter,
why not?)  sure, you could drywall them in and that would.. as they
say.. be that.   Remember that San Francisco gets hot for a few days
in summer too though.   Still, I think you're onto something here
Kelly.

-Martin

On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Kelly <hurtstotouchfire at gmail.com> wrote:
> Man, Martin you're killing my joy here.
>
> I personally really think we should cover those bloody skylights.  I'm
> pretty much on Team FuckNaturalLightLet'sBeWarm and I'll stand on a
> ladder to prove it.  What CAN we use to cover the skylights?  More
> curtains + staple guns?  I'd even be down to drywall those bitches in,
> but we kind of have enough construction to do as it is, so maybe a
> temporary solution?
>
> Also, Rachel, I hereby poke you about the curtains.  And if you poke
> me later I'll bring some heavy fabric.  I have a couple huge, old
> curtains from my last apartment.
>
> -Kelly
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Martin Bogomolni <martinbogo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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