big_papa75 ([info]big_papa75) wrote,
@ 2006-10-24 15:29:00
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well I bit the bullet and bought plastic...need to call landlord also to see if I can put plastic on outside also (with the help of H's mom...I hope ... she offered but was during idle chit chat the other day) so I'll try and get that put up...(if no one hears from me in a day or 2 I'm wrapped in plastic and not in a fun way either and I can't get out :)!!!) ... I couldn't wait anylonger as was 27 degrees this moning and it felt all of that in my apartment also (except where space heater was)... I also need to call and get car door fixed...as passenger side is now sticking...I tore it all apart (YAY me!!!) but I still cant get the handle out UGH!!!! Other than that work went well..of course had 3 people call in again today...so at one point this morning I actually would take the order...go make it and then hand it out...UGH!!!! & I am the official food safety person now it seems so when we transition to lunch I have to temp and check everything along with making sure it all runs smoothly...OK off to play PS2 :) and veg for a bit (until I probably fall asleep....OH SHIT...well just got called to work 8-11 tonight UGH!!!! and then open tomorrow after opening today...OH WELL I can't complain hours mean $!!!


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dropping by in publik!
[info]badrahessa
2006-11-01 08:15 pm UTC (link)
so i'm going to assume that your apartment is drafty and cold here... I agree with your plastic idea, assuming it's good thick clear weatherproofing variety... BUT also consider getting the foam insulating strips for your doors ( or door...not sure who many you have ).

I nkow this will sound ghetto, but consider adding insulation to your partment the odd fashioned way... bacnk in the days of rock castles and such... people with means insulatedthe walls with decorative hangings... the modern day version would mean you going to the locale thrift store and buying up old flannel sheets and such... create your own window treatments out of the sheets and perhaps find some old bed duvets and hang them across the walls in your bedroom or whatever room it is you use most. Will it look like something off of the cover of Home Beautiful? NO, but it should help the apartment keep a more constant tempature by providing a few more air pocket type insulations for the walls...

I had to do this in my first digs... a ratty hole infested single wide trailer ... you could literally see the ground in parts of the hovel... there was no heat in the place either... so between running the stove on low at night and doing the ghetto-fabulous wall hanging insulation trick I managed to make it through a relatively short winter... it couldhave been worse...

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[info]big_papa75
2006-11-01 10:12 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for the help and ideas...right now I have a space heater I run in living room (move to bedroom at night) and then the stove in the kitchen and the wall heater that is in the bathroom...I got another space heater that blows the circuit breaker every time I have both running...so need to run extensions from bathroom I think for the one (a seperate circuit). the landlord is going to reseal and reglaze all the windows along with put up storms (really soon I hope) so until then I can't put my plastic up...but if he does that it will help so much also...3 of my windows literally the wood is falling apart in them so that doesnt help with the cold or wind :(!!! Thanks again and I will keep my eyes open for designer wall hangings (blankets :) )

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