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I'm sitting at my dining table with my laptop and I feel this cold draft coming from the windows behind me. I live in a new construction so I guess this draft couldn't be helped. I read up on this styrofoam door draft stopper and the reviews were less than stellar. One reviewer even suggested that I just fill up old nylons with rice, tie up the ends and put them on the windows. I know there are several versions for doors but I'm looking for some specifically for windows. I would take suggestions as well on how to make them as I'm pretty handy with sewing. TIA.
Uhhhhhhhhh, we have a manufactured home and NO - absolutely NO - drafts. I'd say you have shoddy construction or single pane glass. I'd be ripping the construction company a new opening, if you catch my drift.
If you can sew, just make some air blockers (like the ones being advertised for doors!) You can buy foam at any hardware or craft store. Sew a "channel to fit the foam into, and stick it on both side of a piece of heavy-duty material. Open the window, stick the thing in the bottom, and close the window! That should help!
There are also some caulks that aren't "permanent"---that you can use in the wintertime.
There's something very wrong if you have a new home, and it's drafty.
That said, I live in a big 2-story brick home, that was built in 1929. It has all the original windows, which are in very good condition. Also, every window has a combo storm window.
But every winter, I go to Lowes/Menards/Home Depot and get several tubes of removable caulk. It goes on almost exactly like clear silicone caulk, and is removable in the spring. It's about $5.00 per tube and I seal up about 4-5 windows with each tube.
It makes a HUGE HUGE HUGE difference in our comfort level, not to mention the savings in heating dollars.
Great suggestions everyone. Thanks! Well, y'know, these new constructions...I live in the south and the windows don't come with storms. They are double-paned however to keep out the cold, but even when completely down and locked, I can feel some draft coming in. Maybe it has something to do with it being those tilt-down ones. I have rolled some old towels and put them on the base of the windows, the ones right behind me in the dining room, and I have noticed a big improvement. I'll check into the caulking thing, although, we'd sometimes get an unseasonanal 70 degrees in January which will make us open windows, and therefore break that seal. I just wish weather down here was more stable but it's not.
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