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Fixing drafty windows with caulk. |
Money Saving Tip Category: Home Heating |
| Money Saving Tip: |
| Fixing drafty windows with caulk. One way to tackle reducing your home's heating costs is to stop heating the outside air. There three ways of heat transfer, conduction (movement of heat through solid material), radiation (movement of heat through space), and convection (heat transfer through a fluid). Windows have moving parts, seals that age, and can warp over time enough to not meet up against the house's walls to cause gaps. The idea is to eliminate gaps, and help a window do it's job to seal against the outside weather. So other than actual moving parts, all seams and gaps should be caulked. Windows can be very drafty, but often it's the surrounding parts of the window, the casement, window sill. So to summarize this home heating tip, use a proper exterior caulk, and seal around your windows, so they don't become drafty windows. Once your windows are properly caulked, you need to quickly check your caulk once a year. It isn't unusual for caulk to fail (crack, peel, etc) in only two years. Wind, rain, and sun can be really wear on any outside material. Fixing drafty windows with caulk is easy and cheap. Save money, on your home's heating needs, and fix those drafty windows with some caulk. Also, the time to winterize a home with caulk is in the fall, while temps are still above 40 degrees, and caulk as the time to properly seal before winter. Save money, fix those drafty windows. |
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| Money Saving Tip Category: Home Heating |
| Money Saving Tip :Fixing Drafty Windows With Caulk. |