Install a Door Sweep
A door sweep helps your house from getting the draft coming inside during the winter season. A cold draft is not only to make the residents of the house feel uncomfortable but it also can cause a higher electricity cost towards your house\’s heating system. To avoid all this, one should have a door sweep install in the house to help the residents live better and healthier at a moderate cost. The door sweep can be easily purchased at lower prices but also can be installed easily with some basic tools. Here are the steps on how to do it.
You will need:
- Door sweep
- Heavy duty scissors
- Drill or screwdriver
- Hack saw
- Masking tape
Steps:
- First, take a look at your door\’s condition and determine whether you need to use a door sweep or not.
- To find out whether you need one, look at the threshold of your door\’s frame. It is no use to install a door sweeper if the floor in the room is even or higher than it. If this happens to your door, then the weather stripping can be attached to the threshold as a substitute of the door sweeper.
- Before buying your door sweep in the home improvement or hardware store, take the measurement of the width of your door with a measuring tape.
- The measurement will help you to choose the right and suitable door sweep when you are going to purchase it. If needed, you can also cut the sweep to the appropriate size.
- The sweep comes with parts made from vinyl and metal so use a heavy duty scissors for the vinyl part and a hack saw for the metal to cut through.
- If your door has been installed with a door sweep that becomes old, remove it before installing a new one. Make sure to remove other hardware on the bottom of the door to prepare for your new door sweep.
- Then, close the door and lock it to ensure that you can install the door sweep in a correct way. A closed door will help to prevent the door sweep from being hard to shut or accidentally locked later.
- Next, place the door sweep and make sure that the metal slip is lined up with the bottom of the door and the vinyl sweep hangs underneath.
- You will be able to feel that there will be no draft or air flows coming in to your house if the door sweep is being positioned in the correct way. Take a masking tape and secure the door sweep to its place.
- Use the screw that comes with the door sweeps to attach it.
- If you only have the door sweeper, use ½ to ¼ inch of screws that have the same color of the sweep. Test the door to make sure it still can be opened, closed and locked. If the door does not function properly, re-adjust the sweep.
Additional Reading:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2077865_install-door-sweep.html
Image Credit:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/2259666764/
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