It works. I do that every winter. Saves a lot of money on heating. Makes my room very very warm. So warm that I need to turn on the fan. But it’s still better than shivering in cold.
But you see nothing through the window and you can't open for ventilation!! This is awful! Can't you change the windows into simply better and more airtight? It can't be so expensive.
@@zuziakras1632 most windows that of decent quality are 300-500 for a basic window. I own a construction business and we charge anywhere from 200 up to 500 depending on the style. The windows in my current house are 6' tall and 28" wide as the house is for 1871. They cost 1000 for each window. So 75-100 dollars to do this to the windows versus 14000 to replace the upstairs windows is a lot more. Also if you have hvac you should be recycle you're air in the house anyhow.
@@zach2259 14 000 is a lot! But such efford you make one time in a half of a century. May be there is a kind of social care organization which could help and co-financed. It is sad to think that someone will live all winter witchout a sun ligth inside rooms.
@@zuziakras1632 @Zuzia Kras you still have sunlight in the room? You don't have to use the bubble wrap. People use the basic window wrap with it being clear. No one gives you free things my friend. We plan on replacing our windows within 2 year but a lot of people don't have that option.
This is great! I live in Canada and even with double pane glass, when it reaches minus 40 degrees Celsius we need extra instillation. I am doing this to all our windows this winter!
I’m so glad that I found this, I live in a duplex, and windows are old metal frames, and they’re SUPER drafty, my bed is right below it, and during winter our nights get super cold, and I could just feel the air sleeping through. Thanks!
We're living in our travel trailer, while our house is being built. Promised by Christmas, now it's spring... Brrr! I think you might have saved us with this video! THANK YOU!
This video should be on national TV in the UK at the moment.. if I tell you I'm someone who enjoys sleeping naked and alone,well those days are now part of let me tell you a story about what I used to do lol... I'm now buying my teenage son ...he has 3 dressing gowns that are fluffy, I have bought myself my first fluffy, towel one as the silk one's are as useful as nothing and to date I have bought myself 3 onesies and my son two of the warmest and cuddliest and that's all in preparation for next winter...I just put my bubble wrap in my Amazon basket and frantically looking for my mirrored window film stick on thingies I bought a while ago as I'm about to go ham on the bubble wrap....I was even considering getting a boyfriend to cuddle up to just for the winter months but thanks to this video I don't have to pimp myself for warmth to avoid the national high electricity bill's so thank you 😉 .
I Like Allen's videos, and I am glad for him sharing this video with folks that have older style windows. I think a lot of folks will find value in this video.
Thank u I have a preemie baby at home and her immune system is not the greatest so we have to crank the heat this might have just saved us some money and trips to the doctor!
I've done this for years works great and sometimes I even go outside the trim and stick it right to the wall as I have even had drafts from there ( shoddy workmanship) and I'm also slowly fixing these as time and money permit
Well, I never thought I'd look for ways to insulate my double glazed window as well. Due to massive energy price increases here in the UK I am going to do this but put glass window screen up first to it looks ok from the street. Anne
thanks for the tips. Sadly, where I live we bounce from cold to hot constantly and my windows are open half the time, even in the winter. was 78 2 days ago. Will try it on windows we don't open though. Something is better than nothing.
another application option for the bubble wrap, not that tape is especially difficult, is to get a spray bottle with water and sprits the window, then the bubble wrap clings right to the glass.
Hi Steve, very interesting topic, can you please make videos on how to fix the window itself like if there is a small wood gap in one part? or how to just close small gaps that cause draughts?
Sorry, but really... being from north europe, I just find this hilarious. Yeah, who would want to look out the window all winter? We've used double windows for decades, over a century in most cases. Not a single house from like the 50's has single pane windows. Every even slightly modern house (say 70's or 80's and newer) have triple pane windows, with insulate dual pane inner frames. Regardless it it's an apartmentbuilding or a private house. Even cottages from the 19th century have "winter frames" that you put in for the cold season. Yeah, it usually means you can't open the window (without unhooking the inner frame, which takes all of 3 minutes), but at least it's glass and you can see through it.
Left Flamingo Fair comments but I think this video could be useful for people living in rented accomodation with single glazed units. where landlords are typically less likely to purchase secondary glazing of some form (I've done it myself). Also, some homeowners may not be prepared to invest in replacement windows or secondary glazing. It's a cheap, temporary fix that does help, when applied correctly. This video is clear and concise, compares to some others that go on a bit.
You are of course right, especially in your point about rented homes. I guess the thing that just baffles me is that houses built in areas where winter comes every year are built as if they were "in the tropics". But US/N.America is of course not alone in this. E.g. the United Kingdom is as bad or worse in this aspect. That's partly why traditional british interior design calls for really heavy full length curtains. To keep the draft out.
You're from northern Europe? Yeah, I could tell, just from the arrogant, obnoxious, superior, snooty attitude and tone of your writing! As Crucify wrote, good luck with the hordes of violent refugees that your 80% tax rate is subsidizing. With your low birth rates and pervasive socialism, there won't be much of a Nordic culture left in a couple decades. But, at least you've got the double windows.
And go shopping towards the end of winter for next years plastic it goes dirt cheap but only lasts a short while on the store shelves at the low prices.
Great idea as i live in Canada and my appartment is old which my windows are not insulated. Just a thought, if i use reflectix insulation wrap( like the silver ones you put in the car's windahield). Will it work better and more energy efficient? Here in Montreal in gets -25. Thank you for all replies.
i found the window kits are just a bunch of plastic- walmart charged 8bucks- i went to dollar store and bought a painters plastic for 1.50- and have some tape at home- thinking this should work just as well?
It can from my experience, it depends on the quality of tape provided as well, and what the surface you put it on as well. (Mostly I think it should only be sticky residue that you can probably get off with something like vinegar/rubbing alcohol or goo gone) (I realize you asked this a while ago! haha but might still be relevant)
My Great Grandpa built the house I live in now around 1949...original windows.. Doors & no insulation. Gets around 40 degrees in winter which I guess isnt too bad but trust me taking a shower in mid winter is no walk in the park..
I live in a 2 bedroom masonett its freezing I know theres cold comming in from the vents too in the walls even when there shut I've tried bubble wrap but I can still feel the cold everywhere in this small house its stone walls I feel the draught in the hall even though it's not a big place.i think vents in a smaller home just makes it colder I use a auto fan heater in 1 room its terrible I'm confined to that room because of the cold I'm 57 and cant afford a huge heating bill thanks for your video anymore tips for me please..mags ps I'm from Ireland..
Block/cover those vents to stop cold draughty air, seal gaps around doors/windows, put sheets of 20mm thick polystyrene inside the window frames at night when it is most cold.
I am more worried about the ventilation. Not being able to open your window throughout the winter period could result in some serious mold issues inside the house.
great job, great vid, i subs'd. what r value u think the bubble wrap and the shrink wrap paper provide seperately? also, what did u use adhere the shrink wrap/plastic paper to the window frames, ididn't catch it? might just do one of either but not both?
I use plastic in and out the sliding doors but when the sun hits the front room sliding windows , It releases a chemical smell.. i have a dog and 5mth old with me .. should i just take the plastic off the windows?
Can you use something so you can still have access to your windows? So you still have escape routes in case of fires etc? That wouldn't be legal In my rented flat.
Buy a large sheet of approx 20mm thick polystyrene, cut it 5mm smaller than the width of your window, and 5mm smaller than the height of your window. Wrap a nylon fabric around the polystyrene panel, fold the nylon fabric over the edges, use polystyrene glue and sewing pins to glue the nylon to the back of the panel. You could even have a thin timber frame, staple-gun fabric. ---> (Like artist painting canvas). Store under your bed when it's not cold.
Does anyone use this to keep cool air inside the house? I've used the plastic sheets in the winter, but with the recent heat waves in the South I'm thinking this might keep the cool air in. What do you think?
You don't open the window until spring if you're insulating for the winter. So no, there shouldn't be any holes for the warm air to escape or cold air to get in.
Different windows for different houses, some of those panes have those goofy metal bottom handles you use when lifting the window open, well most of those theres a little black strip that gets warn easily and creates gaps in the window and around the metal frame handles that get warped in the sun creating and even bigger air leak to the outside. Specially in the north with stink bugs that eat at the frames to get in to get warm.Usually die right in the wondows here in Pa.
I'm in Denver. Condo built in '83. I have double paned, which deteriorated and moisture gets in between the panes, the metal frame attracts the cold, and I get up to 2 inches of ice on the inside. It's awful. And cold.Time to replace, when I have $3000. In the mean time I'll use plastic insulation and now bubble wrap too!
Buy some acrylic panels and insulation tape, insulate the frame of your windows with the tape and then screw the acrylic panel on it, covering the entire window.
Isn't it cheaper to use some acrylic panels instead, I mean you would still be able to see through and all you'd had to do is put a few screws in to lock them in place.
It will help maintain it at acceptable levels.. Some humidity is necessary for economic and healthy heating AND cooling. 40-60% is rated 'comfortable'.
@floatpool pool You mean the socialism-funded roads that exist all over every country? Or the military? Or police? Or legal system? Or governments themselves? Or public education?
Doing this cuz my cheap ass landlord won’t fix the window (the outside pannel doesnt close all the way and the inside pannel is from what feels like the 1800s)
What the....? Bubble wrap? Thats expensive and looks horrible. Two layers of plastic window film not only look better and actually let warm light in its way more cost effective.
