Comments on: Feeling bubbly http://blog.blithewold.org/greenhouse/feeling-bubbly/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Sun, 19 May 2013 12:25:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ginny http://blog.blithewold.org/greenhouse/feeling-bubbly/comment-page-1/#comment-3920 ginny Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:56:06 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=1344#comment-3920 Yikes...this sounds an awfully tough way to save $$$ and energy. Nothing ventured etc. , I guess. How about using that florist goop, green chewing gum stuff? At least worth a try on q few panes/ ginny <em>Ginny, I'm not really familiar with that particular goop - I wonder how it would hold up to temperature fluctuations and blazing sun? Anyway, Fred is determined to try the heavy duty stickum so we'll see how that goes! -kris</em> Yikes…this sounds an awfully tough way to save $$$ and energy. Nothing ventured etc. , I guess. How about using that florist goop, green chewing gum stuff? At least worth a try on q few panes/

ginny

Ginny, I’m not really familiar with that particular goop – I wonder how it would hold up to temperature fluctuations and blazing sun? Anyway, Fred is determined to try the heavy duty stickum so we’ll see how that goes! -kris

]]> By: Layanee http://blog.blithewold.org/greenhouse/feeling-bubbly/comment-page-1/#comment-3917 Layanee Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:28:59 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=1344#comment-3917 Any idea how much fuel will be saved with this better insulation? Also, does it cut the light levels in the house? Lots of work and I am keeping my fingers crossed that it all stays put. Your shoulders must be tired. <em>Layanee, I think it's supposed to be equivalent to redoing house windows with insulated glass. But since a quarter to a third of the sheets fell down over the weekend, I'm not sure we'll ever get a good idea of how much energy is saved! (My energy for the project is just about spent!) -kris</em> Any idea how much fuel will be saved with this better insulation? Also, does it cut the light levels in the house? Lots of work and I am keeping my fingers crossed that it all stays put. Your shoulders must be tired.

Layanee, I think it’s supposed to be equivalent to redoing house windows with insulated glass. But since a quarter to a third of the sheets fell down over the weekend, I’m not sure we’ll ever get a good idea of how much energy is saved! (My energy for the project is just about spent!) -kris

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