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Misc - Draft-proofing your home
Required Tools: Weatherstrip, Decorators Caulk
With energy efficiency being in the news, Cosy Homes Online brings you our top five energy saving tips to stop cold drafts in your home
- You can buy weatherstrips; draft blocking strips for your door and outwards opening window frames. These are simple foam or rubber strips that glue onto the frame to provide a tighter seal.
- For the bottom of doors, you can buy a permanent draft excluder strip - usually a brush that screws onto the bottom of the door
- Decorators caulk can be used to seal any gaps in window surrounds and skirting boards, these sometimes form as your house expands and contracts. For larger gaps you can use an expanding foam.
- Replace any attic hatches with insulated ones - your roofspace is often deliberately drafty, but this doesn't need to cause problems in your home.
- Check your home for large gaps into wall or roof spaces, specifically round your plumbing - sometimes there is an overly large hole behind toilets or at the back of cupboards which can benefit from being sealed up or insulated.
It's also worth making sure you don't over seal your house. A little bit of air movement will actually help stop damp and condensation forming. If a room is prone to damp such as a bathroom, consider fitting a one-way extractor fan to allow damp air to be removed but stop drafts from getting in.
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