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

[Lee Sonko]

Putting up insulation will have to go hand-in-hand with installing a heater.
The 2nd floor doesn't have any heat either. On a recent afternoon, it was 45
outside and 48-50 inside according to Michael's passive infrared
thermometer.




> -----Original Message-----
> From: noisebridge-discuss-bounces at lists.noisebridge.net 
> [mailto:noisebridge-discuss-bounces at lists.noisebridge.net] On 
> Behalf Of Kelly
> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 7:38 PM
> To: Martin Bogomolni
> Cc: Jonathan Foote; <noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net>
> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] staying warm (was PG&E Bill)
> 
> 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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