Bubble wrap for warmth

[Aston]

Bubble wrap is being rolled out as a budget-friendly way to insulate chilly homes.

When Denise Wheoki, husband Ross and their four children moved from Auckland to New Plymouth last month, she discovered their non-insulated 1950s' bungalow was freezing.

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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10816562

[Glizzle]

Bubble wrap isnt cheap, wtf? Stealing from work more like it.

[TheLiberalLeft]

Why would anyone move from Auckland to New Plymouth?

The temptation to pop the stuff would be unbelievably great. I'd not be able to pass by a window without popping a few bubbles. It's enormously satisfying.

[Ivan McIntosh]

Why would anyone move from Auckland to New Plymouth?

The temptation to pop the stuff would be unbelievably great. I'd not be able to pass by a window without popping a few bubbles. It's enormously satisfying.

This! lol

It had me pondering wrapping my hot water cylinder in the stuff....shouldn't be hot enough to melt it...the cylinder anyway, maybe not the pipes. I think I could resist opening the hot water cupboard every time the urge to pop some bubbles hit me.

[eri]

i would strongly advise against wrapping the hot water cyl in bubble wrap

[Ivan McIntosh]

Spoken as a man with experience?

[eri]

you could easily end up with sticky mess that's hard to clean up

or it could "gas" something toxic or explosive

glass wool will live through a fire

and it's what the cyclinder is wrapped with before they put it in the big silver can

so if you are going to wrap it in anything

wrap it in that

[flyernzl]

Apparently you have to handle bubble-wrap quite carefully.

Item in the Herald this morning - someone ordered a roll of the stuff, and when it was delivered it had a 'Fragile' sticker attached to the parcel!

[props4u]

i would strongly advise against wrapping the hot water cyl in bubble wrap

why is that eri? ... by deduction, is that for fear of frying or exploding cylinder or pipes? ... what is your experience?

CORRECTION: ahh, didnt see your post, now clarified

[eri]

just advising against using low grade disposable room-temp plastic

in an enclosed space as a high temp, permanent insulation

if you want to try experiments with taping a bit directly to the cylinder

go for it

[Glizzle]

Yeah bubble wrap can catch fire easy and even melt at temps below 200degrees. Plus the stuff gives off bad fumes.
I mean think about it your got trapped oxygen in bubbles its a fires buffet.

[kapitibeanman]

Excellent on a park bench.

[cube]

Why would anyone move from Auckland to New Plymouth?

The temptation to pop the stuff would be unbelievably great. I'd not be able to pass by a window without popping a few bubbles. It's enormously satisfying.

Just for you

http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/popnow.shtml

[TheLiberalLeft]

That's today's 8 hours sorted. Thanks, cube!