Normally, shrink wrap is one of my pet peeves. I hate it. You get a new CD or DVD, and there’s this annoying and wasteful plastic barrier preventing you from getting the disc out of the case! On bigger items, it’s even sillier and seems even more wasteful. Sure, it gives you that “new and sealed” feeling, but for all that waste and inconvenience, it’s not worth it.
Anyway, one *good* use for shrink wrap is preventing drafts. Last winter, we tried sealing up our drafty AC unit with pillow cases and duct tape. You can see it in the corner of this picture as well as my brother-in-law Steve putting in our new windows:
This method was still kind of drafty. This evening we wrapped it up, and it has to be ten times less drafty than last year. It’s a good thing too – the AC is right next to the heater, and it negates a lot of the expensive heat when it’s spewing cold into the room.
It’s 19 degrees Fahrenheit out right now, but we’re warm and cozy with the new windows and shrink-wrapped AC!
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