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1. Weatherstripping And Caulking
If you're using a rigid stripping, measure and cut the 3 or 4 pieces you need, mitering them to fit well at the top corners.
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2. Types Of Insulation
You can choose from four basic types of home insulation: (1) batt and blanket (2) loose fill (3) rigid foam plastic (4) foamed-in-place plastic (1) Batt and blanket insulation This has a soft, woolly texture and is made from fibres of glass, rock or slag.
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3. How To Insulate
To cut batt or rigid insulation use a sharp penknife or blade. Lay the insulation on a flat surface and cut to make the flanges as shown in the diagram below.
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4. Wild Grasses
Tall, erect, and rigid. Smooth spikelets.
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5. Interior Wall, Composition Board
If board is smooth and sufficiently rigid, spread cement used in gypsum-board construction over hole and embed in it a strip of gypsum-board tape.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/household_repairs/​i/​interior_wall_composition_board.html

6. Toys
Reinforce the break with a strip of rigid plastic or wood, and glue in place with plastic-mending adhesive. Or if contours of toy prohibit use of rigid strip, try bolting aluminum flashing to back of plastic or, if worse comes to worst, glue down heavy sheet vinyl with plastic-mending adhesive.
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7. Vinyl
Breaks in rigid (or reasonably rigid) vinyl. Clean edges and apply plastic-mending adhesive to one.
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8. Cures For Window Pain
Interior, removable shutters made of rigid foam are a variation on this theme. Their potential RSI values are in the 0.
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9. Ladders And Scaffolds
Wooden ladders are intrinsically more rigid than aluminum ladders but they're prone to weathering. Step ladders, with their strong triangular shapes, are safer than extension ladders in most cases.
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10. Cold Storage
Fibreglass batt insulation is generally less expensive and certainly less flammable than rigid foam insulation. The finishing touch is provided by an outside and inside skin of plywood to produce a tidy, airtight wall.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/home_ownership/​safety_and_special_interest/​cold_storage.html


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