If in your apartment or the house plastic windows are established, then you are threatened by neither draft, nor cold air, nor frosty winter days. However to dare establish metalplastic designs not everyone can therefore in many houses still there are old wooden frames. Besides, many give preference to natural materials therefore leave simple wooden windows or put new double-glazed windows from tree. Anyway, at approach of cold weather it is worth thinking of how to warm windows.
Instruction
1. Remember that over time wooden windows crack, and small slots which pass frosty air are formed. Therefore start warming of windows before hard frosts.
2. At first attentively investigate wooden frame regarding availability of slots. With the naked eye it is possible to define curvature of frame which can cause emergence of slots. If this is true, strengthen all corners of frame special metal corners. If you have found rather big slot between glass and frame, sort frame and apply silicone sealant to strengthen glass. After that strengthen glass by means of fillets.
3. In case the frame enters box leaky, well smooth out and degrease edge parts of frame for the subsequent putting heater. Leave frame for some time and go to shop for search of quality and reliable heater. For this purpose remember old ways of warming of wooden windows: painting or transparent adhesive tape, or even plaster. These ways though are applied long since, but presently are not economic and reliable. Remember other method: prepare putty, having connected pounded chalk and alabaster in proportions 1 to 2, and dissolve it with water. After that carefully cover all slots in windows.
4. Now the best way – use of tubular heater. Apply rubber, silicone, polyurethane or foam rubber to its production. Such sealant contains the self-adhesive strip allowing to paste densely it to frame, providing the high level of tightness. Buy in shop necessary amount of sealant, depending on the window size. Specify at the seller whether there is on him adhesive tape if it is absent, buy also elastic silicone sealant.
5. Remember that first of all heat in your house is affected by quality of installation of wooden windows therefore trace that it has taken place successfully.