Bubble Wrap Window Insulation

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Bubble Wrap Window Insulation

Postby Redneck » Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:44 pm

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Re: Bubble Wrap Window Insulation

Postby Lemon Thrower » Sun Nov 06, 2011 7:09 pm

bump. anyone try this?

they have a huge roll available at Jets Packaging for $50 - 48" wide and 250 feet long!
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Re: Bubble Wrap Window Insulation

Postby Rosco » Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:05 am

corrected below :roll:
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Re: Bubble Wrap Window Insulation

Postby Rosco » Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:16 am

I Use the Bubble in the bedroom window all the time in the RV. We also have Bubble for the Windshield an two front windows Up for cold or Hot Usually down during Day for the View :mrgreen:

It helps a lot in the Cold an also 90 s when South hoping to go the day after Thanksgiving 8-) to Quartszite to start with ;) Tired of the Drizzles already 8-)
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Re: Bubble Wrap Window Insulation

Postby Redneck » Fri Oct 11, 2013 7:03 pm

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Re: Bubble Wrap Window Insulation

Postby Nickelless » Tue Nov 19, 2013 9:55 pm

Does it matter if the bubbles are big or small? The wife and I have been talking about doing this but we haven't yet gotten any rolls of bubble wrap. Plan to pick up some soon at Sam's Club.
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Re: Bubble Wrap Window Insulation

Postby Engineer » Wed Nov 20, 2013 5:51 am

Nickelless wrote:Does it matter if the bubbles are big or small? The wife and I have been talking about doing this but we haven't yet gotten any rolls of bubble wrap. Plan to pick up some soon at Sam's Club.


I used the duck brand shrink plastic in my last house, and was happy with it.

Big or small won't matter nearly as much as making sure the edges are sealed as a vapor barrier. If you see condensation on the window, you're losing just as much heat as if you'd boiled that water into the air.
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Re: Bubble Wrap Window Insulation

Postby Numis Pam » Wed Mar 19, 2014 7:13 pm

Interesting info.... bump for my own use. ;)
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Re: Bubble Wrap Window Insulation

Postby johnbrickner » Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:45 pm

I'm glad you did Numis.
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Re: Bubble Wrap Window Insulation

Postby Lemon Thrower » Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:52 am

Nickelless wrote:Does it matter if the bubbles are big or small? The wife and I have been talking about doing this but we haven't yet gotten any rolls of bubble wrap. Plan to pick up some soon at Sam's Club.


the bigger the bubbles, the more insulating power.
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Re: Bubble Wrap Window Insulation

Postby Mossy » Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:58 pm

Lemon Thrower wrote:the bigger the bubbles, the more insulating power.

As long as you stick with the bubbles and not the sealed bags some shippers have gone to. Captured air space needs about 3/4" thick for maximum efficiency.
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Re: Bubble Wrap Window Insulation

Postby johnbrickner » Tue Apr 22, 2014 3:35 pm

The wife agreed to this for next winter and of course claimed it was her idea years ago.
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