Fall winds are starting to blow, are you feeling the chill? This year, get ahead of those all too familiar drafts that breach your home, and ensure yourself a cozy home all winter long. Here are three simple ways to prevent drafts.
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| Draft Snakes are always an option! |
1. Install a sweep. A vinyl or felt strip found at a hardware store that attaches to the bottom of your exterior doors closing the gap between the door and floor. Cold air loves to creep in this space. Block it.
2. Weather Stripping. Buy the self adhesive kind at a hardware store and cover the perimeter where the window or door meets the stop, when closed the foam will seal the space between. Remember, all those cracks add up to heat escaping from your home as hot air flows to cold. Heat your home, not the outdoors.
3. Replace your storm windows. In many cases you can keep and repair or restore your home’s original windows and improve energy efficiency and comfort greatly by upgrading your storm windows.
Want to know more? Do you have questions about home performance and comfort? To learn more about how windows and heating systems work in your home and how to make your home more comfortable – come to our workshop –
October 23th at 7:00 PM
95 Mackubin Street, St. Paul
Our friend Cindy Ojczyk will be talking with us about all things comfort-related and the in-depth science of it so you can make your home cozy, energy-energy efficient and dry year-round.
RSVP HERE or 651.222.8750
Wine and snacks will be served.
The event is free, for more information visit our website,
http://www.building-arts.net/workshops.html
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