tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29408129.post3040843507560135715..comments2023-08-16T14:33:35.249+03:00Comments on Азовская русалка: In from the ColdLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13861740265127758977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29408129.post-4323258180334666592007-11-11T16:55:00.000+03:002007-11-11T16:55:00.000+03:00I was told that you aren't supposed to do the fort...I was told that you aren't supposed to do the fortochka, because that's what you open once you find out that your soviet heater works so well that it's 90 degrees in your apartment. I had to do mine, though, because that's exactly the part of the window that doesn't close properly and was letting all the cold in.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13861740265127758977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29408129.post-84305944959512262042007-11-11T12:26:00.000+03:002007-11-11T12:26:00.000+03:00I, too, am living with real soviet windows for the...I, too, am living with real soviet windows for the first (winter)time in Russia, and was wondering whether I ought to tape them shut. I was wondering, though... do you seal up the fortochka too?Alejandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09586008441661528084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29408129.post-17220999917528715302007-11-04T17:30:00.000+03:002007-11-04T17:30:00.000+03:00Hey, I did that back in Calhoun! Lots of people d...Hey, I did that back in Calhoun! Lots of people did it because you couldn't control the radiator and the cold leaked right out. They rennovated the windows right after we graduated, so I guess they realized it was a problem. The old Calhoun windows don't sound quite as bad as yours since they weren't warped. They always looked completely closed, but the mysterious 67-year old sealant didn't really seal by that point. Also, they were double-pane, but many of the outside panes were broken. For what it's worth, I always used duct tape, but it sounds like what you did is much more thorough. Nice!<BR/><BR/>Also, I'm amused that I used to joke that the Walter Gropius-designed Bauhaus landmark dorm I lived in my first year of law school looked like it had Soviet architecture, but it's the Yale dorm that apparently had a similar problem!<BR/><BR/>DanDaniel H. Kahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07300080040288597720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29408129.post-12771408450880125892007-11-04T06:14:00.000+03:002007-11-04T06:14:00.000+03:00I wonder if I could secretly tape my dorm room win...I wonder if I could secretly tape my dorm room windows closed. My roommate has different temperature preferences than I do and likes to open them, even now, when the college heat has been turned on. I hate waking up in a freezing cold room.<BR/><BR/>But at least now you don't have to!Rosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04829976689016706294noreply@blogger.com