Winterizing WindowsWinterizing windows can significantly reduce your heating costs and increase your comfort level. Here are a few leaking window repairs: If you have older windows, there is a very good chance that they have become leaky. Particularly the older single glazed windows. In those windows the single pain of glass is held into the frames with little metal brads and then sealed around the glass with putty on the outside. Over time the putty dries out and allows drafts to pass between it and the glass. The old, loose putty can be removed and replaced by fresh putty. A thin beed of clear calking squeezed into the small crack around the edge of the glass, on the inside, is effective in stopping drafts. The frames of these older windows is usually made from wood which shrinks over time allowing cracks to develop, around the portion that opens. You can permanently seal up the window with calking or buy the type that is designed to be easily removed, if you wish to open the windows in summer. Instead of doing these things or in addition, you can tape a clear special plastic sheet over the window frame and then shrink it with a hair drier to make it tight. This can provide a good seal. For most types of windows, if they are leaky, a thin bede of calking around the payne of glass will reduce the leakage. Sealing leaky windows will save you money on heating costs, increase the level of comfort in your home and at the same time you are helping protect the environment.
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