How well does that stuff work? The packages show the final product as looking the same as brand new windows, but what's the real final result? Does it look like you have saran wrap hanging off your walls?
I'm just thinking I have to go buy more double-sided tape soon because the plastic is starting to pull away and get wrinkly. although I may just go around the edges with duct tape.
My windows are single-pane and drafty, but my old building's radiators are insanely warm, so it all balances out. (Heat's included in the rent, which is good, because it has managed to snow through the gaps in the windows before.)
does it work when you're losing heat through the damn single pane?
Probably not. I was reacting to the first paragraph, which didn't mention single pane windows. Sorry for not paying attention - I was too busy reading all the great comments from propecia drugs.
i have single pane glass too. if i don't open my window every day to "aerate" while i'm out, drops of water condense inside the window and then stream down in not-so-little rivulets. this seems like the reverse of "properly functioning shelter" to me, but what do i know.
my books and i aren't doing so well with the humidity...but my orchids are fab.
maybe it was a bad idea to live in a city neighborhood nicknamed "the swamp."
SP, it's easy to trim the remainders, though I haven't done this yet. I have to say I'm impressed by how transparent the stuff is when shrunk-- it looks fine. Of course, some of my windows are longer than the plastic, so I had to improvise, and the results aren't as aesthetically pleasing. But if it keeps the draft down...
Which is better, "up the wazoo" or "out the yang"?
Perhaps I should show more respect to Drs. Wazoo and Yang, on this, the twenty-fifth anniversary of their experiment giving the world's first evidence for the eponymous Wazoo-Yang threshhold.
22: my street crosses rue du temple. so we're voisins manqués, jackmormon. greetings from the Swamp.
i'm at the northern end though, near the arts et metiers metro stop. and that museum with all the Flying Machines. it's getting nice. little art galleries -- 3 opened up on my block since i moved in -- are making a comeback against the legions of crappy bag and jewelry wholesalers. if you recall.
Lucky, lucky Mmf! A little north of the clubby hecticness, south of prostitutes' walk (or did Sarko succeed?). Last time I was there--two years ago--I thought that some of those small galleries were showing interesting stuff. Well, one of them was willing to show my ex's sculpture, which surely counts for something. Are you already addicted to the Vietnamese food at Ming Chau (R. de la Verrerie)?
i haven't noticed prostitutes - i think sarkozy was successful. (btw, have you seen photos of the posters Act Up is satirizing him with - sarkozy's photo and the words "Voter Le Pen" in big type underneath?) i mostly notice that in montmartre, where it's a game to see how many transvestites you can spot at night. but the little 3e galleries are great. they have little champagne vernissages that overflow into the street which i have been known to join when coming home after a long day...making me very fond of them. and then the art is not half bad - a lot is video-based now. i hope your ex and the galleries brought each other success...
Just goes to show that the landlord couldn't fix the problem without restarting.
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 12:19 AM
You said it, not me.
Posted by John Emerson | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 3:29 AM
How well does that stuff work? The packages show the final product as looking the same as brand new windows, but what's the real final result? Does it look like you have saran wrap hanging off your walls?
Posted by SP | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 6:21 AM
I find that, compared to the plastic, rope caulk works better, is easier to put up, and doesn't risk ruining the paint .
Posted by JL | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 6:43 AM
JL--but does it work when you're losing heat through the damn single pane?
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 6:52 AM
I'm just thinking I have to go buy more double-sided tape soon because the plastic is starting to pull away and get wrinkly. although I may just go around the edges with duct tape.
Posted by mcmc | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 7:03 AM
rope caulk works better
Yeah, I don't know why Labs bothered with the shrink-wrap stuff when he has caulk up the wazoo.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 7:03 AM
My windows are single-pane and drafty, but my old building's radiators are insanely warm, so it all balances out. (Heat's included in the rent, which is good, because it has managed to snow through the gaps in the windows before.)
Posted by Cala | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 7:29 AM
does it work when you're losing heat through the damn single pane?
Probably not. I was reacting to the first paragraph, which didn't mention single pane windows. Sorry for not paying attention - I was too busy reading all the great comments from propecia drugs.
Posted by JL | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 8:04 AM
Well, I was just thinking about my own situation, not Labs's present and past. Because, really, who cares?
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 8:23 AM
My roommate got this amazing plastic sheeting that is simultaneously quite thick and perfectly transparent. I've never been warmer.
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 8:37 AM
I hope you poked some air holes in it.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 8:38 AM
SB continues to pwn. Kotsko, brand name?
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 8:57 AM
Though it looks like staying warm may not be an immediate concern.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 9:57 AM
Try not to go up in flames.
Posted by silvana | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 10:12 AM
Thanks, Matt. I try my best. Mustn't let our wisecrack stockpile lag behind the Russians'.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 10:43 AM
i have single pane glass too. if i don't open my window every day to "aerate" while i'm out, drops of water condense inside the window and then stream down in not-so-little rivulets. this seems like the reverse of "properly functioning shelter" to me, but what do i know.
my books and i aren't doing so well with the humidity...but my orchids are fab.
maybe it was a bad idea to live in a city neighborhood nicknamed "the swamp."
Posted by mmf! | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 10:54 AM
SP, it's easy to trim the remainders, though I haven't done this yet. I have to say I'm impressed by how transparent the stuff is when shrunk-- it looks fine. Of course, some of my windows are longer than the plastic, so I had to improvise, and the results aren't as aesthetically pleasing. But if it keeps the draft down...
Posted by FL | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:06 AM
Mustn't let our wisecrack stockpile lag behind the Russians'.
We cannot allow a Mineshaft gap.
Posted by Anonymous | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:07 AM
19 was me!
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:07 AM
Which is better, "up the wazoo" or "out the yang"?
Perhaps I should show more respect to Drs. Wazoo and Yang, on this, the twenty-fifth anniversary of their experiment giving the world's first evidence for the eponymous Wazoo-Yang threshhold.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:10 AM
Hey, mmf!, where in the Swamp do you live? (I loved my time on Rue du Temple.)
Posted by Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:10 AM
I thought it was "out the yin-yang."
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:11 AM
Yin was a grad student at the time. No cite for Yin!
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:12 AM
I thought it was "out the yin-yang."
I've always (perhaps mis)heard "out the ying-yang".
Posted by Anonymous | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:12 AM
googlefight.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:12 AM
Mine wins.
Posted by Anonymous | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:13 AM
Crap! 25 and 27 are both me.
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:14 AM
ying-yang
Perhaps!
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:14 AM
Hahahaha, moron windows.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:20 AM
I am Joe Drymala.
Posted by Anonymous | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:29 AM
Hey!
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:39 AM
We are all Joe Drymala.
Posted by Anonymous | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:41 AM
Hey!
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:42 AM
We are all Joe Drymala.
Would that it were so. Except the laydeeez.
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:42 AM
Hey, indeed. That's twice, John Emerson. It really is one of our few rules that we not impersonate one another.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:43 AM
I couldn't legally have consensual sex.
Imagine the heartbreak:
Slo's potential one true love: "You mean you're only .... 15?"
Slo: "But... but..." [anguished sob]
SPOTL: [replaces diaphragm in case, replaces panties on booty, spits out chewing tobacco] "I ain't gonna do no time for the likes of you, Sonny-boy."
Posted by John Emerson | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:49 AM
John Emerson, this is no game.
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:50 AM
I have no choice but to submit to the fascist paradigm of patriarchal hegemony.
Posted by John Emerson | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:54 AM
That's the spirit!
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 11:57 AM
permalink
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 12:03 PM
Or maybe the patriarchal hegemony of the fascist paradigm.
Posted by John Emerson | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 12:03 PM
22: my street crosses rue du temple. so we're voisins manqués, jackmormon. greetings from the Swamp.
i'm at the northern end though, near the arts et metiers metro stop. and that museum with all the Flying Machines. it's getting nice. little art galleries -- 3 opened up on my block since i moved in -- are making a comeback against the legions of crappy bag and jewelry wholesalers. if you recall.
Posted by mmf! | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 12:10 PM
Lucky, lucky Mmf! A little north of the clubby hecticness, south of prostitutes' walk (or did Sarko succeed?). Last time I was there--two years ago--I thought that some of those small galleries were showing interesting stuff. Well, one of them was willing to show my ex's sculpture, which surely counts for something. Are you already addicted to the Vietnamese food at Ming Chau (R. de la Verrerie)?
[Sorry, everyone else.]
Posted by Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 12:23 PM
Ming Chau is great. ha!
i haven't noticed prostitutes - i think sarkozy was successful. (btw, have you seen photos of the posters Act Up is satirizing him with - sarkozy's photo and the words "Voter Le Pen" in big type underneath?) i mostly notice that in montmartre, where it's a game to see how many transvestites you can spot at night. but the little 3e galleries are great. they have little champagne vernissages that overflow into the street which i have been known to join when coming home after a long day...making me very fond of them. and then the art is not half bad - a lot is video-based now. i hope your ex and the galleries brought each other success...
Posted by mmf! | Link to this comment | 01- 3-06 12:45 PM