[Chat] "tin box bumpout" explained

[Paul Williams]

We have two of these closets as well, but since they are in a rarely used
guest bedroom (that we don't heat in the winter), we haven't insulated them.
My dad would install a 1 inch thick Styrofoam sheet on the interior walls,
and then tape and cover the joints, and perhaps paint or paper the surface.
That should help much!

If you're talking about our front (and rear) bay window bump outs, they are
more tricky!  I'm assuming you could insert some sort of spray insulation
into the (hollow) walls.  We added rolled insulation underneath when we had
the front porch roof replaced, which has helped a lot. Since the floor is
always freezing there where the bay extends over the front porch, I drilled
about a half a dozen small holes in the floor between the joists just big
enough for the nozzle of one of those spray cans with expanding foam to fit,
and emptied the same number of cans underneath the floor: it has also helped
quite a bit.  

Paul       

Paul K. Williams
Kelsey & Associates, Inc.
WashingtonHistory.com
202-213-9796


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:chat-bounces at charlesvillage.info] On Behalf Of John Spurrier 
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 10:39 AM
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Subject: Re: [Chat] "tin box bumpout" explained

The closets are predominantly in the 2500, 2600 and 2700 blocks of Guilford
Ave.
John
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-----Original Message-----
From: Maya Kosok <mayagk at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 15:25:52 
To: <chat at charlesvillage.info>
Subject: [Chat] "tin box bumpout" explained

Christine et al - This is my perhaps inaccurate language to describe the old
small closet-like boxes that stick out of the house in the back rooms of
some of these Charles Village homes. The first CV house I lived in the
closets had rusted out and that space had been cinderblocked over, but now
we have some that are still (mostly) intact. Is this more clear?? I guess
it's hard to describe. They are about 5' tall by 3' wide by 1' wide
(roughly) and stick out from the house. Ours are metal...


Anyway, looking for ideas on how to insulate them.


Thanks, -Maya

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