Timeline for Where can I get easily cut sheets of clear plastic to cover a hole from a sky light?
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| Oct 12, 2023 at 1:40 | comment | added | Spehro 'speff' Pefhany | Acrylic (aka Plexiglas) is brittle. Polycarbonate (aka Lexan) is not. You can get UV resistant grades. | |
| Aug 19, 2023 at 0:56 | answer | added | Stan | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 18, 2023 at 12:41 | comment | added | user40293 | Depends on what I can get. | |
| Aug 18, 2023 at 12:33 | comment | added | Weather Vane | I've used a saw to successfully cut rigid plastic sheet. Tin snips are likely to shatter it. If you use thin plastic, it might sag through lack of strength. But if you know how to work with it, is this a shopping question? | |
| Aug 18, 2023 at 12:17 | comment | added | user40293 | With a saw? I've worked with plexiglass before and it'd crack with a normal saw. We had to use an exacto knife a bit then clamp it down and quickly snap it on that. It'd be a few hundred dollars for that much also, from looking at home depot. I was hoping for cheaper plastic thin enough to cut with at least tin snips, easier to work with. But not thin like seranwrap. | |
| Aug 18, 2023 at 10:43 | comment | added | Weather Vane | Order them cut a bit over-size, and then cut them to fit yourself, with a saw. This is just common sense, not a hack. You might find it easier if you use a cardboard template to fit each first, that you can adjust with sticky tape of whatever to get the exact size and shape before committing to cut the plastic. | |
| Aug 18, 2023 at 0:31 | comment | added | user40293 | I gotta cut them myself, the ceiling holes sizes vary, and it's hard to measure, stuff is crooked. Thanks though | |
| Aug 17, 2023 at 23:47 | comment | added | Weather Vane | Google "Clear Perspex acrylic sheets cut to size." Suppliers can be found in my locale. | |
| Aug 17, 2023 at 23:43 | comment | added | user40293 | I think I wasn't clear. The roof window is fine, it's the window under that, inside the house, that is missing. There should be two sets of windows. The inside set is just for warmth. There are no leaks, just drafty from wind sometimes | |
| Aug 17, 2023 at 20:21 | comment | added | Weather Vane | If you don't cover and weatherproof the broken roof window from the outside, rain will come in. Good luck with finding a hack for that – poke a big golf umbrella though the hole and thether it somehow? | |
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