Why Draft Proof Your Home?
There are some easy steps you can take to Draught proof your home.
Draught-proofing is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to save energy – and money – in any type of building.
Controlled ventilation helps reduce condensation and damp, by letting fresh air in when needed. However, draughts are uncontrolled: they let in too much cold air and waste too much heat.
To draught-proof your home, you should block up unwanted gaps that let cold air in and warm air out. Saving warm air means you’ll use less energy to heat your home, so you’ll save money as well as making your home snug and warm.
Steps to Draft Proof Your Home?
Plugging all the gaps in your doors and windows stops all your lovely warm air escaping outside, and blocks the cold outside air from inviting itself in.
Here are some of the less obvious ways that heat escapes from your home:
- Windows and window frames
- Doors and door frames
- Keyholes
- Letterbox
- Loft hatch
- Chimney
- Floorboards
To Draught proof your home be your household’s draught detective and search for gaps.
Once you’ve located gaps between windows and frames, buy some draught-proofing strips from your local hardware shop (they’re inexpensive).
For doors, you can get draught excluding foam or rubber tape. You can use flexible fillers for floorboards and strip insulation for loft hatches. And don’t forget keyhole Care Plans and a decent letterbox flap.
