Friday, December 23, 2005
Sealing Project
At Lowe’s last night I bought three cans of foam sealer, each different. The stuff runs almost $5, and almost $6 for the version to be used around doors and windows. I actually had a crazy dream last night about using the stuff between the foundation and walls in the cellar, and each tiny squirt would completely fill about three feet of large gap.
Anyway, I also bought some clear tape made for sealing cracks, some steel wool to stuff in larger spaces to back the foam, and a box with 90’ of rope caulk for possible use in places, at least if we attack outside leaks too. They have all kinds of stuff in the insulation section, including insulation pads you put behind switchplates. If we wanted to get really carried away, we could mitigate leakage of cold air and/or smoke from outlets and switches.
Anyway, I’ll probably start experimenting any time. Lucky for us, smoking dude wasn’t around last night.