found a DRAFT sealed it almost done with the main room
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i am not buying anything else there is literally nothing on sale in the city of seattle at 6am and air conditioners have been sold out for a week and i have not slept. the tools on hand are the tools I am using
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ok im going to bed this is the stuff i got hope it workshttps://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07W7JWTL8/ …
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a related thread. what a great story. my dad's was probably The Flood when our city was mostly destroyed by a catastrophic flood he saved our house and most of our furniture and got us evacuated and drained the basementhttps://twitter.com/redoatz/status/1409552949886521352?s=19 …
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most importantly he was one of the like 2% of homeowners in the city who had looked at the river and thought "yes I believe I will purchase flood insurance this year" do not underestimate the value of such prudence! I am grateful for his careful stewardship
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anyway, its upper 90s in Seattle, feels maybe mid-upper 70s inside. looks like I made it through the early morning sun assault on the eastern window. going to call this a smashing victory. thanks everyone who came along for the ride--I hope everyone else in PNW is holding tight
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Under the theory it should work like solar board what you might try is to affix it shiny side out to pieces of cardboard.
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yeah that would be a good idea but i havent slept and i dont have it in me to do that
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Have you considered a product like this?https://www.amazon.com/Window-Daytime-Privacy-Mirror-Silver/dp/B00FQPGHA6/ …
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don't think that's possible? unless your walls and floor are made of mirrors... even if the foil reflects 90% of the visible light (hopefully the windows take care of the IR), you would still get ~50W/m^2 of heating, into ~zero thermal mass
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no way it isn't getting hot, even if it's working really well just a lot of power to deal with
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