[TheForge] 5 HP Motors

[Dave Brown]

At 16:26 01/29/04, you wrote:

>As for the house, the walls are supposedly insulated, but the windows are 
>definitely sucking a lot of heat out. One of the projects for when the 
>money is flowing a little better is to try and get modern windows in 
>there. In the meantime we're stuck with what we've got.

Aaron,

One alternative might be to buy some Celotex or other foam insulation board 
with aluminum facing and cut pieces to size to fit snugly inside of each 
window.  The foam boards can be covered with contact paper or cloth or 
whatever to make them a little more pleasing to look at.  Anyway, put these 
in the windows at night and you'll be pleased with how well they work to 
keep heat in and cold out over night.  It's a little depressing to leave 
them in during the day when having a little sunshine come into the house is 
a good thing.

Keep warm, friend.  It's -7F here in Green Bay right now and getting colder 
by the minute.

Dave Brown
Heritage Smithing
Green Bay, WI