Preparing for Winter V

SuzeQStan

Tried something new as was fed up of freezing in draughty cold bedrooms in winter 

so - we lifted the carpets and the underlay (very thin) and used duct tape on every floor board join and stuffed that draught excluder tape (the kind on a roll - best bought from a discounter as big box stores charge the earth!!)  any way stuffed that into the gap between skirting board and floor board all way round each bedroom. And put draught excluder tape on all windows/doors/loft hatch as thw old tape had perished there

proof will be in the winter whether this has helped at all - total cost approx £45 for lots of rolls of duct tape and draft excluder tape. Hope it was money well spent.

edit - granmar

boultdj

SuzeQStan said:

Tried something new as was fed up of freezing in draughty cold bedrooms in winter 

so - we lifted the carpets and the underlay (very thin) and used duct tape on every floor board join and stuffed that draught excluder tape (the kind on a roll - best bought from a discounter as big box stores charge the earth!!)  any way stuffed that into the gap between skirting board and floor board all way round each bedroom. And put draught excluder tape on all windows/doors/loft hatch as thw old tape had perished there

proof will be in the winter whether this has helped at all - total cost approx £45 for lots of rolls of duct tape and draft excluder tape. Hope it was money well spent.

edit - granmar

When we lifted our carpets to mouse proof [ big hole in the floor board the seller had put a cupboard over] we also put down the foil underlay stuff to stop the heat escaping through the floors [park home so no insulation].