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Sealing windows for winter? ? ? Bettina 12-10-2006
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Posted by Bettina on December 10, 2006, 12:12 pm


We live in an old building, and cold air pours in through the sash
windows -- especially that place where the top and bottom come together.

I've been told there's a special foam-like caulking compound that peels off
when you raise the windows in the warm season.

Can anyone tell me the name of this product and where I can get it?



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Posted by on December 10, 2006, 5:45 pm



> We live in an old building, and cold air pours in through the sash
> windows -- especially that place where the top and bottom come together.
>
> I've been told there's a special foam-like caulking compound that peels
> off when you raise the windows in the warm season.
>
> Can anyone tell me the name of this product and where I can get it?
I've never found the foam, but the paint-friendly clear tape they sell to
use with the bulk window plastic rolls works pretty good for cracks like
that. I did all the windows on the windward side of my place, and it made a
noticable differnce. Before, the plastic on the inside would blow up like a
balloon. If I don't splurge and buy new windows next year, I'm gonna blow a
couple hundred on sheets of plexi to make interior storms to go with the
exterior storms.

aem sends...



Posted by Todd H. on December 10, 2006, 7:59 pm



> We live in an old building, and cold air pours in through the sash
> windows -- especially that place where the top and bottom come together.
>
> I've been told there's a special foam-like caulking compound that peels off
> when you raise the windows in the warm season.
>
> Can anyone tell me the name of this product and where I can get it?

Dunno, but I will say that my experience with 3M window film has been
extremely positive in the last old place I lived that had lousy
windows. If the aesthetics aren't a killer for you, the 3M window
film kits are extremely effective in decreasing draftiness. And do
buy 3M--they're worth it over the no name kits whose tape never seems
to hold up like 3M's.

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Posted by Kram on December 10, 2006, 8:05 pm


Dap Seal 'N Peel

Season Seal Removable Weather Strip

Zip-A-Way Removable Weather Strip


>> We live in an old building, and cold air pours in through the sash
>> windows -- especially that place where the top and bottom come
>> together.
>>
>> I've been told there's a special foam-like caulking compound that
>> peels off when you raise the windows in the warm season.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me the name of this product and where I can get it?
>
> Dunno, but I will say that my experience with 3M window film has been
> extremely positive in the last old place I lived that had lousy
> windows. If the aesthetics aren't a killer for you, the 3M window
> film kits are extremely effective in decreasing draftiness. And do
> buy 3M--they're worth it over the no name kits whose tape never seems
> to hold up like 3M's.
>


Posted by on December 10, 2006, 9:38 pm


Dap Seal n' Peal is the stuff I have seen at my local Lowe's store. I
almost bought it one time too but didn't want to spend the money
knowing that I would end up removing the stuff the next season.
Besides, that, I didn't know that I would find all the air leaks.
Instead, I bought what is basically large sheets of plastic wrap that
is stuck to the windows with a very clear film/tape. You basically put
it along the outer portion of the window, stretch the plastic on, and
use a hair dryer to shrink wrap the window. It comes out looking great
and you don't feel any drafts come in off the windows.

I did it on all the windows on the bottom floor of my house and I have
been a lot more comfortable (so has my heat pump since it is cycling
yet). My wife isn't much more comfortable but she would be cold in a
desert.


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