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[rootofnewt]

In many rooms of this house, the heat/ac vents are beneath windows. So, not only are they on exterior walls--they're right beneath uninsulated spots.

This seems highly inefficient to me.

I realize the original source of heat for the house was a central stove unit which was accessed via four rooms--that made sense--the heat was at the core of the house (the kitchen had a stove, which certainly warmed the room--it was only replaced last summer.)

Even with heavy curtains, we lose energy because of the placement of these vents. This irritates me. I want the windows for light, so I don't want to cover them over with mylar for the winter. I'm tempted to do so in the bedroom, however.

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[firinel.livejournal.com]

We've the same problem and since our windows are the wooden originals, they're pretty draughty. since the computeroom has three exterior walls though, and most of that "exterior wall" is actually formentioned draughty windows, I'm thinking we're going to have to do the plastic sheeting thing in here if we're to have any hope of not freezing.