It works. I do that every winter. Saves a lot of money on heating. Makes my room very very warm. So warm that I need to turn on the fan. But it’s still better than shivering in cold.
But you see nothing through the window and you can't open for ventilation!! This is awful! Can't you change the windows into simply better and more airtight? It can't be so expensive.
@@zuziakras1632 most windows that of decent quality are 300-500 for a basic window. I own a construction business and we charge anywhere from 200 up to 500 depending on the style. The windows in my current house are 6' tall and 28" wide as the house is for 1871. They cost 1000 for each window. So 75-100 dollars to do this to the windows versus 14000 to replace the upstairs windows is a lot more. Also if you have hvac you should be recycle you're air in the house anyhow.
@@zach2259 14 000 is a lot! But such efford you make one time in a half of a century. May be there is a kind of social care organization which could help and co-financed. It is sad to think that someone will live all winter witchout a sun ligth inside rooms.
@@zuziakras1632 @Zuzia Kras you still have sunlight in the room? You don't have to use the bubble wrap. People use the basic window wrap with it being clear. No one gives you free things my friend. We plan on replacing our windows within 2 year but a lot of people don't have that option.
We're living in our travel trailer, while our house is being built. Promised by Christmas, now it's spring... Brrr! I think you might have saved us with this video! THANK YOU!
I Like Allen's videos, and I am glad for him sharing this video with folks that have older style windows. I think a lot of folks will find value in this video.
I’m so glad that I found this, I live in a duplex, and windows are old metal frames, and they’re SUPER drafty, my bed is right below it, and during winter our nights get super cold, and I could just feel the air sleeping through. Thanks!
This is great! I live in Canada and even with double pane glass, when it reaches minus 40 degrees Celsius we need extra instillation. I am doing this to all our windows this winter!
Thank u I have a preemie baby at home and her immune system is not the greatest so we have to crank the heat this might have just saved us some money and trips to the doctor!
Well, I never thought I'd look for ways to insulate my double glazed window as well. Due to massive energy price increases here in the UK I am going to do this but put glass window screen up first to it looks ok from the street. Anne
thanks for the tips. Sadly, where I live we bounce from cold to hot constantly and my windows are open half the time, even in the winter. was 78 2 days ago. Will try it on windows we don't open though. Something is better than nothing.
Hi Steve, very interesting topic, can you please make videos on how to fix the window itself like if there is a small wood gap in one part? or how to just close small gaps that cause draughts?
This video should be on national TV in the UK at the moment.. if I tell you I'm someone who enjoys sleeping naked and alone,well those days are now part of let me tell you a story about what I used to do lol... I'm now buying my teenage son ...he has 3 dressing gowns that are fluffy, I have bought myself my first fluffy, towel one as the silk one's are as useful as nothing and to date I have bought myself 3 onesies and my son two of the warmest and cuddliest and that's all in preparation for next winter...I just put my bubble wrap in my Amazon basket and frantically looking for my mirrored window film stick on thingies I bought a while ago as I'm about to go ham on the bubble wrap....I was even considering getting a boyfriend to cuddle up to just for the winter months but thanks to this video I don't have to pimp myself for warmth to avoid the national high electricity bill's so thank you 😉 .
I've done this for years works great and sometimes I even go outside the trim and stick it right to the wall as I have even had drafts from there ( shoddy workmanship) and I'm also slowly fixing these as time and money permit
another application option for the bubble wrap, not that tape is especially difficult, is to get a spray bottle with water and sprits the window, then the bubble wrap clings right to the glass.
Great idea as i live in Canada and my appartment is old which my windows are not insulated. Just a thought, if i use reflectix insulation wrap( like the silver ones you put in the car's windahield). Will it work better and more energy efficient? Here in Montreal in gets -25. Thank you for all replies.
great job, great vid, i subs'd. what r value u think the bubble wrap and the shrink wrap paper provide seperately? also, what did u use adhere the shrink wrap/plastic paper to the window frames, ididn't catch it? might just do one of either but not both?
And go shopping towards the end of winter for next years plastic it goes dirt cheap but only lasts a short while on the store shelves at the low prices.
It can from my experience, it depends on the quality of tape provided as well, and what the surface you put it on as well. (Mostly I think it should only be sticky residue that you can probably get off with something like vinegar/rubbing alcohol or goo gone) (I realize you asked this a while ago! haha but might still be relevant)
i found the window kits are just a bunch of plastic- walmart charged 8bucks- i went to dollar store and bought a painters plastic for 1.50- and have some tape at home- thinking this should work just as well?
I live in a 2 bedroom masonett its freezing I know theres cold comming in from the vents too in the walls even when there shut I've tried bubble wrap but I can still feel the cold everywhere in this small house its stone walls I feel the draught in the hall even though it's not a big place.i think vents in a smaller home just makes it colder I use a auto fan heater in 1 room its terrible I'm confined to that room because of the cold I'm 57 and cant afford a huge heating bill thanks for your video anymore tips for me please..mags ps I'm from Ireland..
Block/cover those vents to stop cold draughty air, seal gaps around doors/windows, put sheets of 20mm thick polystyrene inside the window frames at night when it is most cold.
I am more worried about the ventilation. Not being able to open your window throughout the winter period could result in some serious mold issues inside the house.
I use plastic in and out the sliding doors but when the sun hits the front room sliding windows , It releases a chemical smell.. i have a dog and 5mth old with me .. should i just take the plastic off the windows?
My Great Grandpa built the house I live in now around 1949...original windows.. Doors & no insulation. Gets around 40 degrees in winter which I guess isnt too bad but trust me taking a shower in mid winter is no walk in the park..
Can you use something so you can still have access to your windows? So you still have escape routes in case of fires etc? That wouldn't be legal In my rented flat.
Buy a large sheet of approx 20mm thick polystyrene, cut it 5mm smaller than the width of your window, and 5mm smaller than the height of your window. Wrap a nylon fabric around the polystyrene panel, fold the nylon fabric over the edges, use polystyrene glue and sewing pins to glue the nylon to the back of the panel. You could even have a thin timber frame, staple-gun fabric. ---> (Like artist painting canvas). Store under your bed when it's not cold.
You don't open the window until spring if you're insulating for the winter. So no, there shouldn't be any holes for the warm air to escape or cold air to get in.
Does anyone use this to keep cool air inside the house? I've used the plastic sheets in the winter, but with the recent heat waves in the South I'm thinking this might keep the cool air in. What do you think?
Sorry, but really... being from north europe, I just find this hilarious. Yeah, who would want to look out the window all winter? We've used double windows for decades, over a century in most cases. Not a single house from like the 50's has single pane windows. Every even slightly modern house (say 70's or 80's and newer) have triple pane windows, with insulate dual pane inner frames. Regardless it it's an apartmentbuilding or a private house. Even cottages from the 19th century have "winter frames" that you put in for the cold season. Yeah, it usually means you can't open the window (without unhooking the inner frame, which takes all of 3 minutes), but at least it's glass and you can see through it.
Left Flamingo Fair comments but I think this video could be useful for people living in rented accomodation with single glazed units. where landlords are typically less likely to purchase secondary glazing of some form (I've done it myself). Also, some homeowners may not be prepared to invest in replacement windows or secondary glazing. It's a cheap, temporary fix that does help, when applied correctly. This video is clear and concise, compares to some others that go on a bit.
You are of course right, especially in your point about rented homes. I guess the thing that just baffles me is that houses built in areas where winter comes every year are built as if they were "in the tropics". But US/N.America is of course not alone in this. E.g. the United Kingdom is as bad or worse in this aspect. That's partly why traditional british interior design calls for really heavy full length curtains. To keep the draft out.
You're from northern Europe? Yeah, I could tell, just from the arrogant, obnoxious, superior, snooty attitude and tone of your writing! As Crucify wrote, good luck with the hordes of violent refugees that your 80% tax rate is subsidizing. With your low birth rates and pervasive socialism, there won't be much of a Nordic culture left in a couple decades. But, at least you've got the double windows.
Different windows for different houses, some of those panes have those goofy metal bottom handles you use when lifting the window open, well most of those theres a little black strip that gets warn easily and creates gaps in the window and around the metal frame handles that get warped in the sun creating and even bigger air leak to the outside. Specially in the north with stink bugs that eat at the frames to get in to get warm.Usually die right in the wondows here in Pa.
I'm in Denver. Condo built in '83. I have double paned, which deteriorated and moisture gets in between the panes, the metal frame attracts the cold, and I get up to 2 inches of ice on the inside. It's awful. And cold.Time to replace, when I have $3000. In the mean time I'll use plastic insulation and now bubble wrap too!
Buy some acrylic panels and insulation tape, insulate the frame of your windows with the tape and then screw the acrylic panel on it, covering the entire window.
It will help maintain it at acceptable levels.. Some humidity is necessary for economic and healthy heating AND cooling. 40-60% is rated 'comfortable'.
Isn't it cheaper to use some acrylic panels instead, I mean you would still be able to see through and all you'd had to do is put a few screws in to lock them in place.
This guy must be from Canada. The way he said “out” gave it all away. 😂
I learnt something similar from How I Met Your Mother "aboot"
It works. I do that every winter. Saves a lot of money on heating. Makes my room very very warm. So warm that I need to turn on the fan. But it’s still better than shivering in cold.
But you see nothing through the window and you can't open for ventilation!! This is awful! Can't you change the windows into simply better and more airtight? It can't be so expensive.
@@zuziakras1632 it’s expensive for us renters
@@zuziakras1632 most windows that of decent quality are 300-500 for a basic window. I own a construction business and we charge anywhere from 200 up to 500 depending on the style. The windows in my current house are 6' tall and 28" wide as the house is for 1871. They cost 1000 for each window. So 75-100 dollars to do this to the windows versus 14000 to replace the upstairs windows is a lot more. Also if you have hvac you should be recycle you're air in the house anyhow.
@@zach2259 14 000 is a lot! But such efford you make one time in a half of a century. May be there is a kind of social care organization which could help and co-financed. It is sad to think that someone will live all winter witchout a sun ligth inside rooms.
@@zuziakras1632 @Zuzia Kras you still have sunlight in the room? You don't have to use the bubble wrap. People use the basic window wrap with it being clear. No one gives you free things my friend. We plan on replacing our windows within 2 year but a lot of people don't have that option.
We're living in our travel trailer, while our house is being built. Promised by Christmas, now it's spring... Brrr! I think you might have saved us with this video! THANK YOU!
I Like Allen's videos, and I am glad for him sharing this video with folks that have older style windows. I think a lot of folks will find value in this video.
Thanks man! much appreciated!
Never thought of using bubblewrap on the inside. Great idea.
Thank you so much! That bubble wrap trick is great!!!
I’m so glad that I found this, I live in a duplex, and windows are old metal frames, and they’re SUPER drafty, my bed is right below it, and during winter our nights get super cold, and I could just feel the air sleeping through. Thanks!
Me too smh. I’m like what is going on here? Feels like a garage
Got new windows but still feel the cold draft abovr
wow thank you so much ! My apartment is freezing and i need to cover my windows ! thanks for the video man :)
This insulation makes a significant difference!!
Great video! Thank you for the bubble wrap tip. I'm glad I watched before heading to Walmart to pick up my supplies.
This is great! I live in Canada and even with double pane glass, when it reaches minus 40 degrees Celsius we need extra instillation. I am doing this to all our windows this winter!
@Eduardo Espinoza think she's dead from the cold
Try living in Australia where it can reach 50C during the day in summer.
Thank u I have a preemie baby at home and her immune system is not the greatest so we have to crank the heat this might have just saved us some money and trips to the doctor!
AMAZING video. Very informative.
Great addition to HGMM. Great tips, Allen.
Thanks Ryan! see ya out there bro :D
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Awesome awesome simple video I'm going to do that for my house to keep the cold air out
Thank you for your help
Well, I never thought I'd look for ways to insulate my double glazed window as well. Due to massive energy price increases here in the UK I am going to do this but put glass window screen up first to it looks ok from the street. Anne
This is a great tip!! Thank you very much.
thank you! great idea with bubble wrap
Welcome Allen! I've put plastic on my windows for years, but never knew about the bubble wrap trick. Very clever indeed. Nice job!
Thank you so much HomeCraft!
I used to apply plastic wrap from the outside of window.
@@sheikhfaizan3102 inside and outside?
@@eiwagarciabrito495 only outside..but I think it's better to apply from inside
I liked the bubble wrap tip thanks
thanks for the tips. Sadly, where I live we bounce from cold to hot constantly and my windows are open half the time, even in the winter. was 78 2 days ago. Will try it on windows we don't open though. Something is better than nothing.
Added benefit to the bubble wrap is, it gives that igloo effect all winter long as you try to look outside ...
Thank soo much I’m going to try this !!! I’ve been freezing my butt off!!!! lol
Love the video. Love the accent.
Hi Steve, very interesting topic, can you please make videos on how to fix the window itself like if there is a small wood gap in one part? or how to just close small gaps that cause draughts?
This video should be on national TV in the UK at the moment.. if I tell you I'm someone who enjoys sleeping naked and alone,well those days are now part of let me tell you a story about what I used to do lol... I'm now buying my teenage son ...he has 3 dressing gowns that are fluffy, I have bought myself my first fluffy, towel one as the silk one's are as useful as nothing and to date I have bought myself 3 onesies and my son two of the warmest and cuddliest and that's all in preparation for next winter...I just put my bubble wrap in my Amazon basket and frantically looking for my mirrored window film stick on thingies I bought a while ago as I'm about to go ham on the bubble wrap....I was even considering getting a boyfriend to cuddle up to just for the winter months but thanks to this video I don't have to pimp myself for warmth to avoid the national high electricity bill's so thank you 😉 .
Thank you !
Thank you
I've done this for years works great and sometimes I even go outside the trim and stick it right to the wall as I have even had drafts from there ( shoddy workmanship) and I'm also slowly fixing these as time and money permit
That's a good tip. Glad you shared it. Thanks for watching!
Thats amazing! great Idea!
My wall is a little cold and wet, any ideas on how to make the tape stick on the wall with a cold / moist wall?
do you not get mold in your room? my windows always get really wet in the winter, even without this plastic insulations
Jane Willow not at all it’s super dry here in winter
Great video
Super simple 😎
Thanks!
Awesome Allen, nice to see u here. Greetings to you and Steve from the sunny side of the Alps ;)
Glad to hear from the SUNNY side of the Alps :) Thanks for watching!
Thanks man! Very happy to be here!!
Getting mine done this weekend!! Yikes I'm excited! I spent 220 electric bill per month last year in a 2 bed house, I'm single so cannot do that again
Thanks Allen! Great info, to the point, and nice instruction!
does it help against the noise, too? if not, is there anything else you cold recommend? THANK YOU!
Take a shot every time he says OOT!
Genius and Cheap.
another application option for the bubble wrap, not that tape is especially difficult, is to get a spray bottle with water and sprits the window, then the bubble wrap clings right to the glass.
With just water??
@@eiwagarciabrito495 ya, I don't exactly the physics, but it's more about the seal than any kind of glue-bond, I'm pretty sure
Great idea as i live in Canada and my appartment is old which my windows are not insulated. Just a thought, if i use reflectix insulation wrap( like the silver ones you put in the car's windahield). Will it work better and more energy efficient? Here in Montreal in gets -25. Thank you for all replies.
great job, great vid, i subs'd. what r value u think the bubble wrap and the shrink wrap paper provide seperately? also, what did u use adhere the shrink wrap/plastic paper to the window frames, ididn't catch it? might just do one of either but not both?
Do I put bubble wrap in the inside? And the insulator on the outside?
One must cut bubble wrap measurnments before removing the other side of double side tape.
Awesome tips Allen!!!
Thanks Eloy!
it's -38 here over night, i think imma bring some poly home and try tape the windows shut in my basement suite
And go shopping towards the end of winter for next years plastic it goes dirt cheap but only lasts a short while on the store shelves at the low prices.
pretty clever.
Thanks!
Can you do this over an AC if you dont want to take it out for the winter ?
Big 👍🏻
Can I use is cling wrap
I can telll he is a Canadian by the looks and condition of his house and backyard.
Does that double stick tape come off easy in the spring??
2:50 The important thing is to make it look really nice and .....😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😏
Does the tape come off or have you permanently disfigured your window frames?
I live in south Texas so I don’t have to worry about this project 👍🏽
tanks for your meaningful input
In India we use newspapers 📰 its quite easy too
Does this damage painted window frames?
Large bubbles work way better. Get 30 feet of it from ups store for $12
i love this video are there going to be more like this?
Absolutely! Feel free to let us know what you'd like to see :)
Hey Battter! I'll absolutely be doing many more! Thank you very much!
Can someone tell me if the bubble side or flat side goes on window? Thank you 🏴🙏🌞
Does the tape ruin the walls after words
Does the double sided tape leave marks on the wood or wall when I take it down in the summer?
It can from my experience, it depends on the quality of tape provided as well, and what the surface you put it on as well. (Mostly I think it should only be sticky residue that you can probably get off with something like vinegar/rubbing alcohol or goo gone)
(I realize you asked this a while ago! haha but might still be relevant)
i found the window kits are just a bunch of plastic- walmart charged 8bucks- i went to dollar store and bought a painters plastic for 1.50- and have some tape at home- thinking this should work just as well?
1/2" sized bubble wrap is more effective insulator than the 3/16" size he was using.
I live in a 2 bedroom masonett its freezing I know theres cold comming in from the vents too in the walls even when there shut I've tried bubble wrap but I can still feel the cold everywhere in this small house its stone walls I feel the draught in the hall even though it's not a big place.i think vents in a smaller home just makes it colder I use a auto fan heater in 1 room its terrible I'm confined to that room because of the cold I'm 57 and cant afford a huge heating bill thanks for your video anymore tips for me please..mags ps I'm from Ireland..
Block/cover those vents to stop cold draughty air, seal gaps around doors/windows, put sheets of 20mm thick polystyrene inside the window frames at night when it is most cold.
You can also tint the windows just dark enough so anyone outside can't see it. Question though, would plexiglass also work instead of plastic wrap?
You could also put up some lace effect plastic window screen direct on the glass to give it kerb appeal.
Can i use it for my ac
Hope you have fun when removing that double sided tape :3
I think smearing the doubled sided tape with oil before removing it would do.
I am more worried about the ventilation. Not being able to open your window throughout the winter period could result in some serious mold issues inside the house.
@@215810 how often and for how long should you keep your windows open?
work the inside ayoute
Wish I could do this. My lovebirds would just poke holes into the film
And how you open windows for ventilation ?
One would
think mould due to moisture could become a trouble, interesting idea though.
My house has never had an issue but it could be a concern for some houses. Thanks
winters are really dry I guess people remove it in the summer though.
Winters aren't dry everywhere..
The video looks like both were inside but not clear please let me know
How to seal windows for smell ? smell on other room coming to my room. is there any cheaper way
Yes, clean the room and eliminate whatever is causing the aroma.
If that dont work than just burn the house down!
Whaaatttt!?!?! 😳
I use plastic in and out the sliding doors but when the sun hits the front room sliding windows , It releases a chemical smell.. i have a dog and 5mth old with me .. should i just take the plastic off the windows?
Great, now how do I take it off in spring? 🙂
Thinking the same thing LOL
By peeling it off lol
With hand. Its bubblewrap and tape...
My Great Grandpa built the house I live in now around 1949...original windows.. Doors & no insulation. Gets around 40 degrees in winter which I guess isnt too bad but trust me taking a shower in mid winter is no walk in the park..
40C is actually extremely hot
Can you use something so you can still have access to your windows? So you still have escape routes in case of fires etc? That wouldn't be legal In my rented flat.
Buy a large sheet of approx 20mm thick polystyrene, cut it 5mm smaller than the width of your window, and 5mm smaller than the height of your window. Wrap a nylon fabric around the polystyrene panel, fold the nylon fabric over the edges, use polystyrene glue and sewing pins to glue the nylon to the back of the panel. You could even have a thin timber frame, staple-gun fabric. ---> (Like artist painting canvas). Store under your bed when it's not cold.
@Elanie Cochrane
You can get through bubble wrap and plastic wrap?
Did you make a hole on the plastic to open the window?
You don't open the window until spring if you're insulating for the winter. So no, there shouldn't be any holes for the warm air to escape or cold air to get in.
Does anyone use this to keep cool air inside the house? I've used the plastic sheets in the winter, but with the recent heat waves in the South I'm thinking this might keep the cool air in. What do you think?
i left mine on till too long one year (almost june) thinking the same but no take it off. open the windows before bed and close them when you get up.
Nice tut! Is that a homemade shirt?
Thanks Adam, My shirt is from my own store, when i launched it a sub got it for me as a gift. Thanks for watching!
Ah, k! It had some details that looked familiar :)
It is not really the draft that is the issue it is the single pane glass that causes heat loss, poor insulation. Hence why you insulating the window.
What happened to the hair dryer part???
Sorry, but really... being from north europe, I just find this hilarious. Yeah, who would want to look out the window all winter? We've used double windows for decades, over a century in most cases. Not a single house from like the 50's has single pane windows. Every even slightly modern house (say 70's or 80's and newer) have triple pane windows, with insulate dual pane inner frames. Regardless it it's an apartmentbuilding or a private house. Even cottages from the 19th century have "winter frames" that you put in for the cold season. Yeah, it usually means you can't open the window (without unhooking the inner frame, which takes all of 3 minutes), but at least it's glass and you can see through it.
Left Flamingo Fair comments but I think this video could be useful for people living in rented accomodation with single glazed units. where landlords are typically less likely to purchase secondary glazing of some form (I've done it myself).
Also, some homeowners may not be prepared to invest in replacement windows or secondary glazing. It's a cheap, temporary fix that does help, when applied correctly. This video is clear and concise, compares to some others that go on a bit.
You are of course right, especially in your point about rented homes. I guess the thing that just baffles me is that houses built in areas where winter comes every year are built as if they were "in the tropics". But US/N.America is of course not alone in this. E.g. the United Kingdom is as bad or worse in this aspect. That's partly why traditional british interior design calls for really heavy full length curtains. To keep the draft out.
Olly Parry-Jones Exactly!
@@crucifyrobinhood - Lmao
You're from northern Europe? Yeah, I could tell, just from the arrogant, obnoxious, superior, snooty attitude and tone of your writing! As Crucify wrote, good luck with the hordes of violent refugees that your 80% tax rate is subsidizing. With your low birth rates and pervasive socialism, there won't be much of a Nordic culture left in a couple decades. But, at least you've got the double windows.
Is it easy to remove when summer get s back>?
Shouldn't windows in colder regions be double or triple pane to begin with?
Many older houses aren't. My house was built in 1955 and it has single panes...very chilly!
Different windows for different houses, some of those panes have those goofy metal bottom handles you use when lifting the window open, well most of those theres a little black strip that gets warn easily and creates gaps in the window and around the metal frame handles that get warped in the sun creating and even bigger air leak to the outside. Specially in the north with stink bugs that eat at the frames to get in to get warm.Usually die right in the wondows here in Pa.
I'm in Denver. Condo built in '83. I have double paned, which deteriorated and moisture gets in between the panes, the metal frame attracts the cold, and I get up to 2 inches of ice on the inside. It's awful. And cold.Time to replace, when I have $3000. In the mean time I'll use plastic insulation and now bubble wrap too!
Renting in a house built in the mid 1900s. I'm sure not buying new windows for my landlord
Would love to use my windows for looking outside?
Buy some acrylic panels and insulation tape, insulate the frame of your windows with the tape and then screw the acrylic panel on it, covering the entire window.
Wouldnt dat create moisture in the room
It will help maintain it at acceptable levels..
Some humidity is necessary for economic and healthy heating AND cooling. 40-60% is rated 'comfortable'.
Oxygen ???
I'll skip the hair dryer purchase. No spending more $$$ to avoid plastic wrinkle.
Why not a less permanent solution?
Isn't it cheaper to use some acrylic panels instead, I mean you would still be able to see through and all you'd had to do is put a few screws in to lock them in place.
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HELP!!!!!!!!!
Alan looks like Christian Bale meets Shia Lebouf.
'ootside'
good video, but please, the music is anoying and we can hear it in so many videos in youtube...
Canadians really do have a hard time pronouncing “ou”