Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Expected Cost Savings with Window Insulation Kits
From: Bert Hyman 
Date: 29 Nov 2007 20:08:23 GMT
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jrweiss98155NOSPAM@NOSPAM.comcast.net (John Weiss) wrote in
news:0-idnZBA5dKdhdLanZ2dnUVZ_tijnZ2d@comcast.com: 

> OTOH, if the film is the type tacked/stapled around the entire
> outside frame, it may help somewhat better.  However, the offset is
> that you won't be able to see well at all out the window.  

Properly applied, they have little effect on the ability to see
through the window, although they do prevent you from getting any
ventilation by opening the window if it should warm up. The 3M
varieties use double-sided tape, not tacks or staples. 

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Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com