Fitting draught exclusion to a door or window

[miz528aaaaaa]

thanks for the help mate

[UKShortz]

Great - cheers Mike.

[N33dsALifeFTL]

can u plz tell me how to do this on a window! i have draft coming tru my window and have just ordered this off ebay!

thanks

[MikeBoxwell]

@N33dsALifeFTL The process is exactly the same for a window as it is for a door. You'll probably find you already have draft strips in the window frame already but they shrink with age and become useless. Remove any existing strips first and clean the area with a damp cloth before replacing with the new excluder.

[steevestuff]

Do you think the extra width of the seal would make the door a bit tight on the keep, thus making the door difficult to latch & lock properly also rendering the door hinge bound?

[MikeBoxwell]

@steevestuff No - the door seal material is very soft - its like a sponge and so compresses tightly against the door without putting any stresses on it.

[MikeBoxwell]

There are brush-based draught excluders, as typically fitted to the bottom of doors, which you can use for some draughts like this.

However, if you have a really bad draught, you may be better off buying and fitting a replacement door.

[zimant78]

what if it's a narrowing gap in the door like a triangle, or just a bit in the middle... i have to use somekind of polyfilla but i dont know the best tricks.

[MikeBoxwell]

@zimant78 You can buy draft excluder in different thicknesses, or you can stick two lots of excluder one on top of the other to fill out larger gaps.