It's cold and I need help

[herpsky]

I live like an hour away from Canada and it's like 3 degrees outside (farenheit, -20 in celsius)

I have a huge ass window in my room 6 * 5ft and there's cold air seepign into my room.

i'm thinking of going to a home depot and picking up some styrofoam board to cover the window.

is there anything i can put on / over the window to prevent the cold air from coming in?

e.g. films

[sybaritical]

clingfilm/saran wrap works.

[elwood]

I have an old house and the same problem. Best so far is the clear plastic window covering for on the inside. This keeps the draft out and can be covered by curtains so you wont see it. Usually you can buy the stuff at any fabric store.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071117174322AAoQHBa

[AstroWolf]

the plastic is your best bet, but it feels real nuts looking at it all the time. mad white trash.

i prefered putting up real big sheets of felt, it might not have kept as much heat it, breathing more as it did, but it looked nicer, and did the job. Blackout curtians can help in those hazy hung over mornings too, so, its kinda a win win thing.

[the_state]

if the draft is by the bottom of the window, you could roll up a towel and line it up with the opening. it does the job pretty well.

if the draft is at all sides of the window, you'll need to robokop some white trash steez and slap on plastic sheets.

[culture]

no doubt, my igloo is like 30 mins from the states and the cold is outta control!

[herpsky]

im going to home depot this afternoon

can i find the window kits there?

also, what do you guys mean by plastic sheets?

are these similar to saran wraps?

[herpsky]

where can i kopp (retail store please)

http://www.improvementscatalog.com/home/improvements/25431-window-insulation-kit.html

[cuddlysheep]

just go to the closes home improvement store. and ask. they got tons more ideas than people here.

[the_state]

where can i kopp (retail store please)

http://www.improvementscatalog.com/home/improvements/25431-window-insulation-kit.html

dude just go to the nearest home depot. they've gotta be used to dealing with this sort of thing in vermont.

[breams]

It also depends on the type of window - if it's one that's able to be opened, the draft is probably coming through at the edges. You can try getting these small strips of adhesive foam to seal the space (which doesn't look ghetto). You could also try the plastic sheet (they sell them at hardware stores, and are thicker than saran wrap, which would work as well but probably not nearly as well - as it's thinner and you'll probably require multiple passes since a roll of saran wrap is thin in terms of width). The plastic works by stopping the draft from getting into the house, and creating a pocket of air which will also hold heat better.

If it's one of those windows that don't open, maybe the seal is old and you'll have to get some caulking to re-seal it. If the house is older, it could also be the wood that's warping (in which case you'd have to re-seal it anyways).

[darkanimal]

sistersuzie can make you one. Kopp kopp kopp!

[sybaritical]

Awhhh Shit.

I'm digging on draft snakes.

[isoform]

the plastic sheets combined with the heavy drapes and a space heater at night works well in my room -- which gets no heat and has a window leak. but when the space heater is off it's cold where i need a jacket to be in there still...but there's no draft.

and thanks darkanimal--i didn't know sistersuzie made those, so much better than a towel.

[jackierose]

I'm having the same problem, but I'm in Florida?

I'm near palm beach, directly facing the ocean. It's gusting at around 60km, and the temperature is somewhere near 13.

last night it was below zero, cold air is blowing in from every crevice! what we've done is tried to put things from where the air is coming in to block it.

i might as well just go back to canada.

the ocean looks like alaskan seas, its terrifying.

[herpsky]

I'm having the same problem, but I'm in Florida?

I'm near palm beach, directly facing the ocean. It's gusting at around 60km, and the temperature is somewhere near 13.

last night it was below zero, cold air is blowing in from every crevice! what we've done is tried to put things from where the air is coming in to block it.

i might as well just go back to canada.

the ocean looks like alaskan seas, its terrifying.

that's crazy.

anyway, i went to home depot and got the window insulator kit.

it's basically a huge saran wrap. you use a hair dryer to remove the wrinkles

mine came out quite shitty. like there's a huge bulge but

if it prevents the draft, i aint complaining

[mellowbonsai]

you could do all that fancy window treatment

or you could do as the canadians do and let the cold draft into your soul, 3 degrees is peanuts in canada, theyre probably jogging in their shorts up there

[geekbonchic]

Move to California.

Problem solved.

[cuddlysheep]

draft snake kicks ass!

sistersuzie can make you one. Kopp kopp kopp!

easy solution

Move to California.

Problem solved.