This is great! I found that exterior shades also do a fantastic job of reducing direct heat. Who knew those huge farmhouse shade porches our grandparents had would be so effective for modern cooling.

So I’m dealing with this in Dallas. My electricity rate doubled, and when you have 2 ac units in a 2 story house, you start scrambling on how to reduce energy in half! I’m in a 1990’s house with single lane windows. And it’s darn near impossible to keep the heat out. The aluminum frames hit well over 110 degrees and the glass just radiates constant heat. My current setup: 1) bolt on solar shades on the exterior of the window. 2) wood blinds 3) added blackout curtains with a Mylar heat reflective backing. Now this definitely helps to keep the heat in, but I have to keep the sides of the curtain sealed to the walls with magnets and I’ve had to build insulated cornices above certain windows to keep the air from escaping at the top. And then we of course lose all of the nice sunlight! The spike in rates is a complete beating and it’s basically a double whammy that forces people who haven’t spent thousands in energy efficiency upgrades to do so, simply to have a manageable electricity bill. Pretty ridiculous..that’s throwing good money after bad. Especially if you don’t plan on living in the residence for a good number of years!

Thank you for this video. Im going to make the frames exactly like you did, but intead of the clear plastic, im going to use some type of fabric or vinyl to back out my windows. I work nights and sleep during the day. This will help me get better sleep, and be able to take the inserts out whenever we want light.

I didn't think that beard could get anymore badass. And then second 7 came.

Lol. The cabinets 😂😂😂. Omg. Made my day. Good stuff.

I agree taste it is a good idea. Thank you for sharing us

What we did for a massive window taking full sun in the afternoon was to hang a shade outside, suspended from the rain gutter, about 6" away from the wall. It acted as a heat sink, no more baked wall and window.

Excellent. Exactly what I was looking for !

This is exactly what I need. Thanks for the video. This will definitely help in a couple of rooms we have this winter

Those windows are disgusting. My windows are disgusting in the old house I bought but not as bad as yours. Thanks for making me feel better about my disgusting and leaky windows. The prior owners of my house were also idiots.

Tint your windows with car tint. Use white blinds turn them upwards. Also use room darkening drapes. This should really help. This is what I've done in my doublewide. As I only have 1 tree in front facing East. You may want to use the wide bubble wrap on the glass.

curious if they make darker shaded shrink film.

That's a great idea!

I needed this. I have an old house with 27 large windows. To replace tall these windows would be over 15,000.00

2:40 After watching 100s of video, finally found the solution I was looking for. Thanks for making this video. Can you please share the link of all the items you used?

Your problem is two fold, air infiltration and solar gain. If you put shades on the outside the solar gain would be a lot less and hence a lot less heat.

I'm working on putting some battens around my windows for an acrylic sheet magnetically tied to the batten, but this frame idea may work too. You may be better off in the end with acrylic and magnetic strips.

Would you be able to use perspex/acrylic instead of plastic? I'm thinking of making removeable interior storm windows (I live in Jersey, and my windows are drafty AF).

There's caulk all over the cracks 😂

White blinds might be better to reflect heat instead of absorbing it.

Nicely done. What about adding a reflective aluminum to the blinds facing the inserts? Since you have the blinds down, That could also reflect some of the heat out.

Instead of buying the window kit would using visgueen(plastic) sheathing work just as well?

you rock

How does the plastic compare to clear acrylic panels? Would acrylic be better?

Definitely made at shade contrast but ceilings tempt difference makes me feel that your upstairs and or attic needs some insulation work if it is an attic vs an upstairs living space

@redneckryan would love it if you listed links in your description for all the Lowes products for the project

The ceiling and floor are hot as they need more insulation which is not hard to do assuming you have attic space and crawl space.

What kind of sticks u used for the frame

If it heat you're trying to beat, then you need to invest in 2 Way Mirror Film.

Where did you get the frame from? I need to so this in my screen porch. Ty

What do you use for the frame? Thank you

Please tell me this benefits noise reduction as well?

I need to know where to get the comically large safety pin for... important purposes

Where did you buy the frame sticks?

What u used for the frame

How well does it block noise?

How about acrylic sheeting, instead of the flimsy shrink film plastic?

theres “caulk” everywhere 😬😂