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----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Spurrier Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 10:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chat] "tin box bumpout" explained The closets are predominantly in the 2500, 2600 and 2700 blocks of Guilford Ave. John Sent from my mobile office -----Original Message----- From: Maya Kosok <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 15:25:52 To: <[email protected]> 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 _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list [email protected] http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list [email protected] http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
