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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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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.
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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.
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