Door Letting In Cold Air

Install a door sweep along exterior doors to help keep cold air from entering your house.

Door letting in cold air.

We break out the french champagne to toast our speedy victory. Continue pulling until it completely. There are clear gaps in the door seals which are letting in cold air. Put up extra thick curtains.

In drastic cases reset the hinges as needed using a drill to remove and replace them. Examine the weatherstripping on the bottom of the door to see if there are holes or worn areas. Pull the weatherstripping toward the outer edge of the door. Seal gaps between doors and side jambs with long pieces of weather stripping.

If you spent the winter kicking up the thermostat or grabbing a blanket just to be comfortable near the door you ve already wasted enough money on heat to buy several sets of weather strip seals. Over time doors can sag on the hinges causing gaps that let outside air in. Consider buying ones with thermal lining for extra insulation. During winter months cold air radiates through the thin glass and cools the house causing the furnace to work longer.

A quick call to our housebuilder and their door supplier is on his way to adjust the hinges and align the doors which we are told probably haven t been adjusted properly during installation. If you open your patio door frequently or the door is exposed to sunlight it pays to replace the weather stripping every 10 years. Tighten the screws in the hinges to pull the doors back into place. If cold air gets through in the winter your furnace will run longer and if warm air infiltrates in the summer your air conditioner will stay on longer to cool down the heated air.