inliner311
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So I went and tried to reduce the draftiness in my house last winter. I put in new windows in the upstairs a couple years ago and it made such a difference upstair that now the downstairs just feels uncomfortable. I went around trying to seal up the old windows and try to make the doors better. I will eventually do the downstairs windows when I get the time.
I tried a bunch of different things but caulking cord, which is a clay like product that is pressed into 6 or 7 cord like strings on reel that you can tear off and seal gaps, seem to work best. The windows are better but it take a while to press the stuff in on every window and now I have to redo it all since we opened them all in the summer. I also used caulking cord to seal up the fireplace glass enclosure because we used plastic and after a while it would breath so much in and out that it broke the tape sealing it.
We have a real drafty door which I haven't really figured out how to seal well while being able to easily lock it. I've used regular weather stripping and it takes some serious pushing or pulling on the door to close to keep out most of the draft.
Anyone else try to tackle this kind of stuff? Any products end up working well for you?
I tried a bunch of different things but caulking cord, which is a clay like product that is pressed into 6 or 7 cord like strings on reel that you can tear off and seal gaps, seem to work best. The windows are better but it take a while to press the stuff in on every window and now I have to redo it all since we opened them all in the summer. I also used caulking cord to seal up the fireplace glass enclosure because we used plastic and after a while it would breath so much in and out that it broke the tape sealing it.
We have a real drafty door which I haven't really figured out how to seal well while being able to easily lock it. I've used regular weather stripping and it takes some serious pushing or pulling on the door to close to keep out most of the draft.
Anyone else try to tackle this kind of stuff? Any products end up working well for you?