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Door and Window Frame Energy Savers
About 15 percent of the energy you use for heating your home goes to warming up air that leaks through cracks. In heating terms, the gaps you can find around windows and doors are the equivalent to a 3 by 3 foot hole in the wall. Caulking and weather stripping are two simple weapons you can use to stem this “great escape.”
  • Caulk cracks that have no moving parts such as places where a wall meets the outside edge of a window frame.
  • To determine where to use weatherstripping-cleverly-designed strips of felt, rubber, plastic or metal that fill spaces between the frame and doors or windows and compress when you shut them-hold your hand to various spots around window and door frames some evening when your house is at least 20 degrees warmer than the outdoors. If you feel any drafts, they need weatherstripping.
  • Seal leaks around electrical switches and outlets. Gaskets are available that fit behind the switch plates and keep out a surprising amount of draftiness. You can install them yourself with just a screwdriver. There are no electrical connections between the plate screw and the circuit. But to be entirely safe, you can remove the proper fuse or trip open a circuit breaker before you start installation.


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