Bubble Wrap Insulation - It's More Than Just Fun To Pop

Usually used to wrap fragile items like glass, computers and other easy-to-break things, bubble wrap also has insulation qualities. Insulating with bubble wrap can, in the long run, can save you a great deal of money. People, who live in cold climate areas, insulate their houses with bubble wrap insulation on the house windows. The bubble-wrap stops heat escaping through the class, etc. Also during winter months the soil in patio plants becomes extremely cold and this can cause the plant to die. Most people drag their plants indoors during the night to stop the soil freezing, however lining the pot with bubble wrap will keep the soil warm and therefore your plant will survive. It is important to make sure the wrap comes over the lip of the pot.

Bubble wrap insulation in toilet tanks can stop condensation build up on the outside of the tank in countries where the climate is humid. Simply lining the inside of the tank with bubble wrap will save you water. With the summer months come the picnics and barbecues, wrapping soft drinks in bubble wrap will keep the drinks cool and save you buying extra ice for the ice chest. Beer cans wrapped in the plastic would also be kept chilled. Needless to say a chill beer is a great beer. In the home, lining the fridge’s crisper with bubble wrap will stop fruit and vegetables from bruising and keep these food stuffs fresher for longer periods. Bubble-wrap works as a good insulator simply because it makes things air-proof thus stopping heat and cold.

Most people, in Japan, associate bubble wrap with moving house or buying a new computer, no one gives a thought to insulation. With the cold temperatures of a Japanese winter, I wonder why this idea hasn’t presented itself before. For a country that suffers from heavy snowfalls and torrential rainfall in the rainy season and sweltering hot humid summers, I’m surprised no one has thought of bubble wrap insulation.

The simplicity of bubble wrap insulation is mind boggling and the more I think about it the more advantages I see to using this material. It is without a doubt, one of the most ingenious ideas to come down the pipe in a long time and the person or persons that discovered these uses need to be praised, if not knighted. Bubble wrap insulation – saving the planet.