Weather stripping a door - nothing seems to work

[Deke]

Hello all, it has been a year and my insulating saga continues. I learned a lot from you guys. Building science, convection, conduction and radiance, air sealing... this old house has it all. I have both paid for work and done a lot myself. Big improvements, but more to do. The attic was a drafty mess with insulation dating back to November 1932. How do I know? Newspapers! Let me tell you, the news wasn't so much better then. So, the upstairs stack effect there has been taking care of, but the basement is a mess. Previous owners finished the basement, so I have drywall walls between me and endless air leaks. My trusty Great Stuff gun has been getting a work out, and I have gone through maybe three or four 4x8 boards of rigid foam. PS I have to say I like the Loctite foam stuff better than the Greatstuff in a can.

 

[estley]

We had a thermathru installed a few years ago, worth every penny. A few months later we added a storm door and it got even better, if both doors are closed tight they form an air seal that actually makes it a little hard to open them.

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