I’m cold right now.
When I moved into my house, it was drafty as a sieve. The house was built during a boom, so the quality of the construction leaves something to be desired. No one should have left this job site feeling proud.
My kitchen was ridiculously cold my first winter here. I have some suspicion that my wall closest to my sink isn’t properly insulated, but that was minor compared to the big issue: the back door.
Now I didn’t actually notice the problem until the following summer, when I realized I could see daylight even though my door was closed and locked. The door didn’t even touch the weather stripping. After spending a few minutes assessing the situation, I came to an unfortunate conclusion: the door wasn’t framed properly. When it’s closed, the door sits at a somewhat cockeyed angle to the frame. The door touched the weather stripping at the top, but at the bottom it was a good inch and a half away. As a result, the weather stripping was effectively useless.
I didn’t have either the money or knowledge of how to fix the door at the time, so I did what I could. I tore out the existing weather stripping and rigged up a new one. Normally when you close a door, the weather stripping sits between the door and the stop like a weather stripping sandwich. Since my bread slices didn’t meet on this sandwich, I had to come up with something else. I ended up buying a strip of sticky backed foam weather stripping, and stuck it on a diagonal down the jamb so the door touched it when it closed.
As a temporary solution, it works. However, it does have it’s issues. When you’re using the sticky backed stripping in its normal configuration, the closed door helps push the strip into the stop, which reinforces the sticky connection. When it’s on the side of the jamb however, the door is pushing on the side of the strip, which makes the sticky part want to peel off.
As a result I now have a ~4″ piece of stripping at the bottom of the door that has peeled off and decided it doesn’t want to stick anymore. Hello again draft. Today’s task is going to be to glue the little strip back in place so it blocks the cold air again.
What are you working on today?
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