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We have some very drafty windows - do you have an idea of how I can weatherproof them?
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I am going to be making window quilts for mine. Ours are those old aluminum framed ones...we want to replace them, but that's a tax refund kind of thing.
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I am constantly fighting drafts in my house. On most windows I put plastic. You can use a blow dryer to make it nicer (I usually don't take the time). On windows that I don't need or care to see out of (the laundry room, which has the shower) I use bubble wrap. I was told that bubble wrap is very insulating I have been told. I have to say that the laundry room is much warmer now that I have done this. We also have 2 doors that I put bubble wrap over. I put velcro around the door frame so that it is removable if we need to get out those doors, but for the most part in the cold months we just use the front door.
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A few years ago we lived in a VERY drafty apartment, half underground - so our windows went from the ceiling to ground level (halfway down the wall). What worked really well then was a foam lining you can get at any home-type shop (Home Depot, Lowe's - probably Wal-Mart, etc too). It was inexpensive (compared to the heating bill!) - perhaps &6-12 a package depending on the size. It is strips, sort of like tape, and you can get different widths and thicknesses (1/4 inch up to an inch or more) - sticky one side, so that you just line around the windows and doors and such. It didn't damage the paint any. It's gray, so a bit ugly, but it served its purpose!
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Lined curtains work well also. I usually make my own curtains to cover the whole window and frame lining them with muslin or sheets. That made a huge difference in our old house now I need to sew a lot for this home! Annie
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check the weather stripping on your windows.. if they're the kind that slide open.. I just replaced the old weather stripping on our front windows and wow.. what a difference.. when you take the window off the track it's that "furry" strip around the inside of the edge. When it's worn off it lets drafts through.. I replaced most of it on the window and now they're great.. no drafts, and they feel "tighter" in the frame.
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I have a very drafty gas fireplace insert! I just hung a never-used flannel sheet (folded over a few times) on a tension curtain rod in front of it. It helps a lot. We can't use the gas insert because of a leak, so it's turned off.
I grew up in an old house with old, uninsulated windows. My mother made winter curtains out of thick quilted fabric with rod pockets at top and bottom to help keep the room warmer. I always hated how dark it felt, but it did help with warmth.
In the Victorian era, they hung heavy curtains on rods over the doorways to block drafts as well. Something I might consider. It is darn cold tonight!!!
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juststartn wrote:
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I had just bookmarked this window quilt link.
In our previous house we sealed the windows with plastic, like the Scotch brand tape and blow dry. Worked really well.
You can also buy insulating fabric and hang behind your curtains, either as a curtain hanging by itself behind your existing window treatments, or built in as part of a liner.
My problem isn't windows but several bay windows that the floors are cold. And a fireplace and stove that leak lots of cold air.
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JodieLyn wrote:
| check the weather stripping on your windows.. if they're the kind that slide open.. I just replaced the old weather stripping on our front windows and wow.. what a difference.. when you take the window off the track it's that "furry" strip around the inside of the edge. When it's worn off it lets drafts through.. I replaced most of it on the window and now they're great.. no drafts, and they feel "tighter" in the frame. |
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Do you do this from the inside or outside of the windows? Now I know why we are cold - this summer we had our home exterior and window frames painted and the painters stripped all that furry stuff off.
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Thanks everyone - I am going to look into many of the above - we do not have curtains (our house is very allergy proof) - just pull down wipeable blinds recommended by the allergy free home.
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take teh sliding window out of the frame.. you open it oh about 4-6 inches and lift and should be able to pull the bottom out and then the whole window..
the part that it's on is the side that would be between the windows when the windows are open... there should be a little track there to put it into.. it comes in long strips with a peel off back.. and I cut the sticky strip (not the furry part) narrower so it was easier to get into the groove. 
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