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helwen- Deposited checks
- Did some cleaning and moving of things
- re-potted 3 plants
- Sealed some windows with caulk and/or painter's tape
I'd meant to get more of the windows done before now, but life has been... life :D
But the Asian beetles (the ladybug look-similars) are coming inside so the afternoon was given over to caulking and taping windows. They are newish windows and are double-glazed but they don't have a very tight fit, at least as far as little beetles are concerned. I used clay caulk where I could along where the windows meet the frame all around. Some edges are further apart than works for the caulk, so I used painter's tape on those parts.
Not only will we keep most of the critters out, but I figure the apartment will be better insulated as well. Think of all the cold air that must have been coming in, and the warm air that was leaving last winter!
I'm happier with the caulk than the tape because, well, the tape is Smurf Blue. But it works and won't leave marks on the wood when I take it off next year. Maybe it will be incentive for me to get to work on the curtains....
Anyway, six windows in the apartment are done. More tomorrow.
- Did some cleaning and moving of things
- re-potted 3 plants
- Sealed some windows with caulk and/or painter's tape
I'd meant to get more of the windows done before now, but life has been... life :D
But the Asian beetles (the ladybug look-similars) are coming inside so the afternoon was given over to caulking and taping windows. They are newish windows and are double-glazed but they don't have a very tight fit, at least as far as little beetles are concerned. I used clay caulk where I could along where the windows meet the frame all around. Some edges are further apart than works for the caulk, so I used painter's tape on those parts.
Not only will we keep most of the critters out, but I figure the apartment will be better insulated as well. Think of all the cold air that must have been coming in, and the warm air that was leaving last winter!
I'm happier with the caulk than the tape because, well, the tape is Smurf Blue. But it works and won't leave marks on the wood when I take it off next year. Maybe it will be incentive for me to get to work on the curtains....
Anyway, six windows in the apartment are done. More tomorrow.
