How To Insulate Windows With Plastic

Most homes need a little TLC before the temperature drops.

And this tutorial is going to help you keep heating bills low past adding window insulation.

Plastic motion picture insulation kits cost 10-$twenty and yous'll be able to insulate multiple windows.

One of our awesome community members also gave me a heed blowing tip that adds even more insulation value for only $v.

I'm pumped to share this tutorial considering at that place'due south naught like a cozy home in the wintertime 😀

Not all of us have brand spanking new windows.

As such, we endure from dank drafts (and probably cold feet, haha).

1 manner to terminate the cold air flow is to employ plastic film insulation on widows.

If you lot've got onetime windows in the basement, the kind that are made from wood and swing open, then these tips will really come in handy.

I'll show y'all how easy this is to do and one extra step yous can take if the windows are really in bad shape.

Here's your supply list

Window Insulation Kit by Frost Rex
Chimera Wrap
Scissors
Packing Record
Hair Dryer
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Equally you tin run into this project isn't going to break the bank.

Although I haven't done any official enquiry studies I'1000 willing to bet yous earn back the money spent in one winter season.

Learning how to weatherize windows with plastic picture insulation might just exist your next weekend project.

Exercise it before the temperature drops though and be ahead of the game 😀

Allow me prove you a great tip on how to double up on window insulation.

If your windows let in cold air this tip is a godsend

Debbie, thanks.

Debbie is one of our customs members and she gave me a neat window insulation tip.

Use bubble wrap.

This is ingenious.

Bubble wrap is plastic film with air filled pockets.

You lot'll want to add the bubble wrap to your window before using the window insulation kit.

Open the window insulation kit and take out the double sided record.

Clean the framing of your window with a clammy material or rubbing booze.

Apply i layer of double sided tape to the window frame.

Then add together a second layer of double sided tape adjacent the first layer.

Let the double sided tape sit for x-15 minutes.

This allows the tape to get tacky and setup properly.

Peel off the backing on the first layer of tape and apply the bubble wrap.

I prove you exactly how to exercise this in my video.

Add together successive layers of chimera wrap and overlap each layer by well-nigh 2-3 inches.

You can trim the bubble wrap with scissors.

Use packing tape to seal the top of the chimera wrap if it starts to bend downwardly.

I also sealed each vertical overlap with the packing tape to brand it one cohesive unit.

Using bubble wrap is such a fantastic idea past Debbie and I'm excited to use it on some of my rental homes that have older cellar windows.

Now that the bubble tape is in place you lot tin add the plastic film insulation.

These 2 insulation techniques will seriously put a damper on onetime human being winter's party.

Adding plastic film insulation over the bubble wrap, a ane-two punch to old man winter's gut

Now that the bubble wrap is in identify you can add the plastic movie over it.

Skin off the second layer of double sided record and unfold the plastic moving picture.

Make certain there's at to the lowest degree i inch of backlog film on all sides of the tape.

Attach the plastic motion-picture show to the record starting at the height, then the lesser and finishing off with the left & correct sides.

Grab your hair dryer and work out any wrinkles in the picture show.

Don't worry, I testify you how to do all of this in my video tutorial. So check that out for the details and the chimera wrap explanation

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Let me know if you have any questions and I'll do my best to aid.

Thanks as always for reading, watching, and being part of our crawly community.

Thanks,

Jeff

Weatherize Windows with Plastic Film