1. Front Door
This is the starting point..Our beautiful old front door. Even though you can't see it, there's a tight seal now around the door frame. They didn't do that in 1924.
Weatherstripping installed around our front and porch doors did a great job of cutting down on drafts. Click on the photo for a closer look.
This is the starting point..Our beautiful old front door. Even though you can't see it, there's a tight seal now around the door frame. They didn't do that in 1924.
The workers took the front door off and installed a wooden frame around the two sides and top of the door opening. They attached the weather stripping to that frame, creating a very tight seal.
This another view of the front door saddle. I wish the photos didn't show so much detail, like the chipped paint!
The bottom of our front door used to rest just above a wooden threshold plate, and plenty of cold air came through. The workers installed a rubberized saddle on top of a new threshold plate. When we shut the door, the bottom fits snugly against the saddle.
This door frame already had a wooden stop, but it was very leaky because there was no weatherstripping. The workers placed the weatherstripping on the face of the stop, and we have no more drafts
