Episode 005 1995 - 96 Season
| Window Factory | Vinyl Windows | Air Infiltration | Window Replacement | Cleaning Steam Iron | Sponge Painting (design) | Adjustable Rate Mortgage | |
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Al Carrell : What would you do if you had a hole in the middle of an entry door this big? Well, you'd get out and fix it immediately, wouldn't you? And yet a hole lot of people have a gap around entry doors and if it's as much as 1/16th of an inch all the way around the average door, it's going to be the equivalent of a hole in the door this size. Now, when you start adding up all the entry doors and all the windows, that amounts to a lot of infiltration. That means a lot of energy loss. How do you find out whether you've got this problem or not? It's real simple. You take a hair dryer and a candle and we'll show you what to do with it. Michael?
Michael Holigan : Just turn your hair dryer on. Start at a fixed position. Al will be on the inside with a candle. He's going to be watching to see if that candle flickers. Just move it up the door where he can follow along inside. He sees the candle flicker, then we do have a problem.
A.C.: The flickering will tell you exactly where you need to do some work. Either replace the old weather stripping or put some new stuff in there. And if it's at a fixed joint, around a window let's say, then you want to get in there and do some caulking. But caulking and weather stripping can save you a lot of money because they stop that air infiltration. And if you do that, you'll be able to stick these bucks in your pocket instead of sending them to the utility company.
Episode 005 1995 - 96 Season
| Window Factory | Vinyl Windows | Air Infiltration | Window Replacement | Cleaning Steam Iron | Sponge Painting (design) | Adjustable Rate Mortgage | |
To order a Video Tape, call 1-800-TO-BUILD and ask for Episode #005.