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Posted by peter on October 13, 2006, 11:57 am
I want to buy about a dozen pieces of polystyrene foam board to tape to my
windows/doors/fireplace as temporary insulation for the season. Home stores
sell them: 1.5 inch x 2 feet x 4 feet for $4. This seems pretty expensive,
consider this is what most people throw out after unpacking a boxed product.
OK, the ones sold by home stores have an extra plastic sheet (vapor barrior)
and R-factors printed on them. I can live without these extras.
Where can I buy foam boards at lower price? I don't need the vapor barrior
or R factor.
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Posted by jackson on October 13, 2006, 12:06 pm
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>I want to buy about a dozen pieces of polystyrene foam board to tape to my
>windows/doors/fireplace as temporary insulation for the season. Home stores
>sell them: 1.5 inch x 2 feet x 4 feet for $4. This seems pretty expensive,
>consider this is what most people throw out after unpacking a boxed
>product. OK, the ones sold by home stores have an extra plastic sheet
>(vapor barrior) and R-factors printed on them. I can live without these
>extras.
> Where can I buy foam boards at lower price? I don't need the vapor barrior
> or R factor.
What part of the world are you in, I've got a stack of the stuff going into
the garbage this weekend......
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Posted by ng_reader on October 13, 2006, 1:00 pm
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>>I want to buy about a dozen pieces of polystyrene foam board to tape to my
>>windows/doors/fireplace as temporary insulation for the season. Home
>>stores sell them: 1.5 inch x 2 feet x 4 feet for $4. This seems pretty
>>expensive, consider this is what most people throw out after unpacking a
>>boxed product. OK, the ones sold by home stores have an extra plastic
>>sheet (vapor barrior) and R-factors printed on them. I can live without
>>these extras.
>> Where can I buy foam boards at lower price? I don't need the vapor
>> barrior or R factor.
> What part of the world are you in, I've got a stack of the stuff going
> into the garbage this weekend......
Yes, you might try craigslist or freecycle.org, both good websites.
But, perhaps you might want to review your penny saved penny earned
methodology (no offense).
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Posted by Craven Morehead on October 13, 2006, 1:51 pm
This does beg the question...when shipping styrofoam, what does one use for
packing material? Ground up printer parts?
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>>I want to buy about a dozen pieces of polystyrene foam board to tape to my
>>windows/doors/fireplace as temporary insulation for the season. Home
>>stores sell them: 1.5 inch x 2 feet x 4 feet for $4. This seems pretty
>>expensive, consider this is what most people throw out after unpacking a
>>boxed product. OK, the ones sold by home stores have an extra plastic
>>sheet (vapor barrior) and R-factors printed on them. I can live without
>>these extras.
>> Where can I buy foam boards at lower price? I don't need the vapor
>> barrior or R factor.
> What part of the world are you in, I've got a stack of the stuff going
> into the garbage this weekend......
>
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Posted by Pete C. on October 13, 2006, 2:01 pm
Craven Morehead wrote:
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> This does beg the question...when shipping styrofoam, what does one use for
> packing material? Ground up printer parts?
Nope, you use the competitive recycled paper pulp packing material, or
the starch based packing peanuts, or bubble wrap or the inflatable air
pillows or the foam in place wrap...
Pete C.
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>windows/doors/fireplace as temporary insulation for the season. Home stores
>sell them: 1.5 inch x 2 feet x 4 feet for $4. This seems pretty expensive,
>consider this is what most people throw out after unpacking a boxed
>product. OK, the ones sold by home stores have an extra plastic sheet
>(vapor barrior) and R-factors printed on them. I can live without these
>extras.
> Where can I buy foam boards at lower price? I don't need the vapor barrior
> or R factor.