stupid cold wintery places

[juldea]

I just learned about storm windows.

I've lived in Arkansas, California, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Hawaii in my life! None of those places (or at least where I lived in them) had the need for a strange mixture of two windows.

Maybe now our heating bill will go down...

Comments

[adalius.livejournal.com]

Heh. Storm doors a new item on your list too? How about snow tires?

[shadowhawke.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, I read that the first time as "snow trees". I was like, wtf is a snow tree?? =D

[juldea.livejournal.com]

No clue what storm doors are. I know about snow tires, because I've driven in a lot of snow and snowy places (gone skiing at Tahoe, etc).

[adalius.livejournal.com]

Storm doors are doors that replace the screen door so when you open your main door the cold air doesnt go right through the screen door and freeze you. Some doors, like the ones I have, come with screen sections that you can replace with a big glass pane, thus becoming a storm door.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Oh. Screen doors with glass instead of screen. I never had a name for them, but I know what they are. "Outer door" maybe. Those exist everywhere.

[adalius.livejournal.com]

They're available everywhere but in cold areas they actually serve a purpose ;D

[brewergnome.livejournal.com]

In New England the storm door does the same thing as a storm window, adds a layer of air as insulation between your house and the cold.

[en-ki.livejournal.com]

Also advisable, if you don't already have good weather seals on your window, is taking plastic wrap and shrinking it over the windows with a hairdryer. Keeps the drafts out, kind of like sleeping with a plastic bag over your head.

"In New York in summer, it's a million degress; but in LA, it's 72.
In New York in winter, it's a million below; but in LA, it's 72.
In New York there are a million interesting people; but in LA, there are 72."

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Interesting idea...

[oddharmonic.livejournal.com]

Heat-shrink wrap window kits slashed our heating use in base housing, but we had to replace half of it when the contractors replacing the doors in the older housing tore it out.

We use interior storm windows with a magnetic frame here; they're more permanent and nicer-looking.