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

[davidfine]

 I'm not gonna read this whole thread to figure out if someone already
mentioned this, but you can use clear shrink wrap to insulate windows.
 Best of both worlds. 
 --D

 On Sat 12/12/09 7:37 PM , "Kelly" hurtstotouchfire at gmail.com sent:
 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  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  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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