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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

It is on my list of things to do tomorrow.  I am also going to make 
exterior ones like you are talking about as well.  We have the lumber 
and plastic for that, too.
I think the poem is Summer is a Coming in..middle English song/poem...I 
seem to recall that from World Lit, but I haven't searched it so my 
memory could be all wrong.

Bev

Roy Morgan wrote:
> On Nov 4, 2008, at 12:08 AM, EarthNSky wrote:
> ... I got was a package
> > of plastic sheets that cover the interior of windows. ...
> > In the package with the sheets were cardboard strips.
>
>   A little experimenting may be in order.
>
> Basically you hold the plastic up the the window, and staple through  
> the cardboard strips to keep it in place and keep the wind outside.   
> Rolling excess plastic sheet around the cardboard strip may be good,  
> if there is enough extra.
>
> Those really hard to work staple guns are right for the job.
>
> Experiment: use a hair dryer on high to see if you can shrink the  
> plastic a bit once firmly stapled in place.  This may be part of the  
> instructions you can't read.  You may melt one or two till you get the  
> knack of it, but do carry on.
>
> Today we came back from the home store with a roll of 6 mil plastic  
> (heavy) to do the front porch.  (the roll is 20 feet  by 100 feet,  
> most economical way to buy it and have plenty left to cover hay and  
> tractor if needed.)  I got some 1x2 lumber strips to fasten it with  
> and will use galvanized deck screws to hold it all in place.  This  
> stuff will go around the front porch to keep the snow and sleet off  
> the wood we have piled there and will add to.  The porch faces due  
> West, and it seems that the bad weather comes from the NW. (thank you  
> to Canada which is not far away, and the Great Lakes.)
>
> I found a roll of soft closed cell polyurethane sheet (maybe 8" by 25  
> feet and about 3/16 inch thick) which I plan to  staple to the edges  
> (in strips) of frames made from those 1 by 2's.  We have a number of  
> small windows here that are only one pane, and they clearly show  
> evidence of frost and condensation on the lower rail of the window.   
> The inserts I expect to build will be able to be installed and taken  
> out with no hardware - the foam will both hold them in place and  
> provide the weather stripping function.
>
> "And Winter is a  cummin in"
> (Is that from a song by Tom Rush, or a poem from a poet this engineer  
> can't remember?)
>
> Roy
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> Roy Morgan
> k1lky AT earthlink.net
> 529 Cobb St.
> Groton NY, 13073
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