Handyman for Weather Sealing
Does weather sealing really matter? Let's give you an everyday example of why you should consider it. Your house is the perfect temperature in summer. Air conditioning makes staying cool a breeze. But old man winter shows up and suddenly your upstairs rooms are freezing. You debate turning up the heat, but the main floor is sweltering and you don't want to think about what one or two degrees higher will do to the heating bill. Electric space heaters? Sure, but make sure to keep in mind how many things can be plugged into that circuit before the breaker blows. And the expense. Oh, and don't forget to get an appliance with a safety feature that turns it off in case it gets knocked over! A product with all the necessary bells and whistles can be costly, but heat is an important need in winter. Does all this sound like a hassle? Wishing there was a better way? Do we have a solution for you! Many people underestimate the amount of heat lost around window panes. This is a simple problem, with an easy solution.
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The temperature in your home is dropping because of small areas in every house that are not air tight, allowing the escape of heat. You might think, how much of a difference can these small areas really make, but there are enough of them that you feel the difference in temperature walking into one area of the house from another. Weather sealing helps to close off these areas particularly around windows, ducts, and doorways.
Creating a window weather seal sounds like an expensive process, but is remarkably affordable and great to keep heat in rooms. Leaks around the edges of windows are common (you can test this simply by placing your hand on the wall close to the window). Want to keep that room from dropping several degrees unexpectedly? We know how to apply a layer of plastic to the frame of the window, sealing up the leak and stopping the furnace from having to work double time. Best of all? This is easily removable come summer. We will examine the caulking around the edge, too, since this is sometimes a contributing factor. A new layer of caulking can really do a lot to maintain the temperature around the window. Sometimes this involves removing the old caulking first, a process that can be laborious as all the old stuff must be scraped off and the area cleaned, before a new layer applied.
Caulking may need to be done around door frames or any pipes leading from the inside of the house to the outside (think about the venting pipes from a dryer machine). Over time, these areas can be stripped or damaged requiring more caulking. Caulking is messy. By hiring us, you save the time and the ordeal of application and clean up. Some areas are not suited to caulking. The pipes leading from the furnace can be a source of air leakage as well, and a contributing factor to why heating a house can be so difficult or expensive. Duct tape is the best answer to this problem, and while this solution is simple, we can help you find the target areas to duct tape over, for best efficiency. After all this work, you will be surprised when your heating bill comes back at just how much you saved.
Let us help. Our handyman jobs include even less thought of needs such as weather sealing. No job is too small. Call today.
Creating a window weather seal sounds like an expensive process, but is remarkably affordable and great to keep heat in rooms. Leaks around the edges of windows are common (you can test this simply by placing your hand on the wall close to the window). Want to keep that room from dropping several degrees unexpectedly? We know how to apply a layer of plastic to the frame of the window, sealing up the leak and stopping the furnace from having to work double time. Best of all? This is easily removable come summer. We will examine the caulking around the edge, too, since this is sometimes a contributing factor. A new layer of caulking can really do a lot to maintain the temperature around the window. Sometimes this involves removing the old caulking first, a process that can be laborious as all the old stuff must be scraped off and the area cleaned, before a new layer applied.
Caulking may need to be done around door frames or any pipes leading from the inside of the house to the outside (think about the venting pipes from a dryer machine). Over time, these areas can be stripped or damaged requiring more caulking. Caulking is messy. By hiring us, you save the time and the ordeal of application and clean up. Some areas are not suited to caulking. The pipes leading from the furnace can be a source of air leakage as well, and a contributing factor to why heating a house can be so difficult or expensive. Duct tape is the best answer to this problem, and while this solution is simple, we can help you find the target areas to duct tape over, for best efficiency. After all this work, you will be surprised when your heating bill comes back at just how much you saved.
Let us help. Our handyman jobs include even less thought of needs such as weather sealing. No job is too small. Call today.
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