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Velvet Draught Excluder French Patio Door Extra Long Soft Draft Stopper 3ft (Burgundy)

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If you’ve exhausted all the above options and nothing seems to be fixing the draughts, it’s probably time to invest in a replacement door. Look for products that offer great thermal efficiency and come with weather seals. As our home is so air tight we need mechanical help with ventilating it, rather than relying on ventilation losses through the fabric of the building. The system uses a heat exchanger to rescue all the energy in the stale warm air that needs replacing. It then uses this energy to heat fresh air it brings in from outside. It’s great for supplying warm fresh air to the house – it’s one of the big pluses of our new home. See Mechanical Ventilation Heat Recovery Systems (MVHR) Explained.

Look at the edges of your door, and you’ll see strips of weather-stripping. This is designed to compress when the door is closed, and form a tight seal that’ll keep draughts at bay. Door seals tend to come in the form of either brushes or lengths of rubber. To replace your weather-stripping, it’s best to first remove the old strips and take them down to your local hardware shop. That will make it easy to find a like-for-like replacement. 2. Draught excluders These products can be bought and fitted yourself, but to do it properly you should either be good at DIY or employ a carpenter who can make sure there are no gaps and the draught is completely excluded,’ says Elizabeth Assaf, Designer and Co-Founder at Urban Front. 3. Add draught strips around the edge of the door Combining the strength of solid oak with the effectiveness of the Aquamac seal, this door frame is an excellent choice for draught-proofing your external doors. The bottom of the door isn’t the only area where draughts can come in. The edges and top should also be properly sealed to stop heat from leaking out and cold air from entering your home. To stop draughts from doors, fit rubber, foam, brush or wiper strips. These are attached to the frame with adhesive and possibly screws or nails, depending on the product. You can get designs that have buttons or fixings to attach to the door. Most soft cushion excluders are simply placed up against the door once it’s shut. In this case, the draught excluder won’t be in place when you’re out of the house, so the gap at the bottom of your front door is still a weak spot in your home’s thermal envelope, allowing heat to leak out and cold air to come in. For this reason, a soft pillow draught excluder is probably a better method for internal doors rather than your front door.

This pie chart spotlights the key areas in your home where energy tends to be wasted, urging you to consider draught-proofing solutions like UK Oak Doors' offerings for a more energy-efficient home. If you’re going to upgrade your letterbox then you’re probably going to replace the whole internal faceplate. Letterboxes come in different finishes and colours, including aluminium and plastic. Remember that some materials have better thermal efficiency credentials than others (so a simple metal flap without the brushes will always feel cold). Always take measurements of your door so that it fits properly; in some cases you may need to trim the letterbox hole.

If your draught is coming through the bottom of your door, a draught-excluder will help. These long, cushion-like devices are built to sit on the floor and form a barrier. If the draught is between the two doors, however, your options will be extremely limited – short of stuffing a layer of felt or rubber in between the doors during the winter, or hanging a plastic sheet over the entire door, there’s little you can do. 3. Double glazing replacement The most popular measure of energy efficiency in your home is the U-value. This describes how effective a material is as an insulator. The lower the value, the less heat is able to pass through a given area of material in a given amount of time. It’s typically measured in watts per metre squared. A standard double-glazed window will have a U-value of just under three. Armed with my new thermal imaging camera I start to photograph things that feel cold. I am not short of subjects. For variety I photograph the dogs. They were certainly warm, especially next to the radiator. After a brief doggy interlude I return to the serious issue of photographing the problematic French doors. French Door Thermal Image We convinced ourselves that we were cold only because the house would take some time to warm up: the heating had only just been switched on, the house was still drying out, we had left the doors open for two days when moving in, our furniture was cold from 3-months in storage – there was a convincing list of reasons why, in the first few weeks of our residency, the house was not as warm as expected. February moved on to March and then April, the air temperature warmed up, the sun came out on the triple glazed French doors and the house was bathed in warmth. Follow the cleaning instructions provided by the manufacturer to ensure you do not damage the material.

Light polyfill may be a budget-friendly option, but for doors that won't stay closed, a weightier option like sand or gravel-filled excluders might be ideal. This close up picture shows that the side light where it meets the floor and the wall is at 5.7°C. More like an outside temperature than the surface in a heated room. Kitchen French Doors Show Similar Characteristics To Lounge Identify the main sources of draughts in your home, be it windows or doors, to choose an excluder that suits the location. Finally, it’s worth considering the environmental cost of using all that extra energy. If your doors are leaking a lot of heat, you’ll end up using more heat trying to keep the inside of your house warm. For the most part, this energy will come from burning fossil fuels which contribute to man-made climate change. So How Is Energy Efficiency Measured?

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