Winterize windows with plastic seal

Has anyone done this before? I'm interested in trying this out in the basement and a few windows this winter. I need to save some money and be better insulated. How have your results been?

 

I can imagine in your old house it made a huge difference. Girlfriends daughter lives in the basement. Quite chilly down there. My girls have a corner room with a window on each wall. The whole ball of the house gets good sun exposure during the winter, but my kids and her daughter don't benefit from that.

 

Every year for twenty years.
Living in a trailer in Alaska pretty much demanded it.
It works fine as long as you get the plastic connected to the tape all the way round.
You don't need to get too happy with the hairdryer, that can go bad and pull off the tape.
Make sure what you sticking the tape to is clean, dry and won't peel.

If you can use spray foam of caulking to fill in any leaks around the edges of your window that can help too.

 

Of course now the temp is sitting around 75, even though it was snowing a week ago.