How to Insulate Front Door

Posted by Bobk207 on January 22, 2009, 1:02 am

> We have a front door that is a double side-by-side door, and air is slipp=

ing

> through the seam between the two doors. =A0 What is the best way to insul=

ate

> this?
> --
> W

I like spring bronze weather strip but I'm not sure if you have enough
room for it

it's 1 1/8" wide & need at least an 1/8" gap to work

http://www.frostking.com/windoorweather.php
http://www.nothingbuthardware.com/265661.html

cheers
Bob

Posted by willshak on January 22, 2009, 8:36 am

on 1/20/2009 1:08 PM (ET) W wrote the following:

> We have a front door that is a double side-by-side door, and air is slipping
> through the seam between the two doors. What is the best way to insulate
> this?
>

I have a "4 Seasons" sunroom attached to my house and have french doors
between the house and the normally unheated sunroom (I have a propane
fireplace in there to be used when we use the sunroom). I bought some
'Henkel SuperV Profile Weatherstrip Seal' ( a subsidiary of LePage} to
seal the crack between the doors.
http://www.lepageproducts.com/winterize/weatherstripping.asp
I got it at the weatherstrip section in WalMarts.
If you are one that 'Never' shops at WalMart, you might search in your
local hardware stores.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

Posted by yahtzee on February 24, 2009, 9:34 pm

yahtzee had written this in response to
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/construction/How-to-Insulate-Front-Door-16237-.htm
:

Alpha Windows
Replacement Windows, Vinyl Siding, Roofing on Long Island, New York
http://www.alphawindows.com
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W wrote:

> We have a front door that is a double side-by-side door, and air is
> slipping
> through the seam between the two doors. What is the best way to
> insulate
> this?

If the molding's are in the right place then I would recommend what the
other
guy said. Get a type of rubber bulb seal or if you want, you can insert
weather
stripping where the gap is and it should stop any drafts. Home depot
should have
it.

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