How to warm the windows with your own hands

It is probably no secret to anyone that the wood dries during the operation of wooden windows, which is why the cracks and cracks appear in the frames, the gaps between glass and graduates that hold it, and the density of the fit of the wings to the frame decreases. This is especially good with the onset of cold weather, when the mournful wind flies through the slots of the window. In principle, there are situations when you can put up with this and not even notice. When the house is drowned so strongly that you have to open the door to an unfastened balcony so that it is not too hot in the room, then the presence of cracks in the frames plays even on hand. But what to do to those who are not so lucky, whose house is not so hotly heated, or is an important role in energy saving? Within the framework of this article, we will tell you several most common ways how to properly insulate the windows so that the lion's share of heat does not go through them.

Content:

1. How to warm old windows
   • Window insulation with newspapers and paper stripes
   • Windows Windows with cotton and fabric stripes
   • Window Window with foam and tape
   • Slot of cracks in the windows paraffin
   • Window insulation according to Swedish technology
   • Window insulation with heat -saving film
   • Insulation of window openings
2. Video: how to insulate windows

To begin with, advice that is not directly related to the windows, but playing an important role in the correct distribution of heat in the room. In all houses, heating radiators are under the windows. If you close the radiators with curtains, the hot air rising up from them will safely blow into the cracks of the windows without fulfilling its function heating the room. Therefore, it is important to leave the radiators open.

How to warm old windows

Ways to insulate old wooden windows cannot be counted. Here they come up with who is the same, using the simplest improvised means. Among them there are temporary measures, the last traces of which are removed with the onset of steady heat during planned cleaning and washing of windows. But there are also methods that can ensure the tightness of the windows for several years. Below are only the most popular of them.

Window insulation with newspapers and paper stripes

A very old proven way. Our grandfathers, performing window insulation with their own hands, used only the most affordable and cheap means. Old newspapers were used to seal the cracks that were soaked in water. The resulting mass filled the space between glass and graduates and other cracks. Sometimes newspapers were first twisted into tubes, only then moistened in water and pushed into the cracks. On top, all the joints of glass with frames and the wings with a carrier frame were glued with strips of paper. To do this, laundry soap was divorced to a liquid consistency, and the resulting solution was applied to strips of paper. Then they were quickly glued in place.

This method is good, but in the spring all this beauty must be ripped off. And here you can encounter such a problem: along with paper, paint will rip off. In addition, it is quite difficult to wash and remove the remnants of paper and newspapers without damaging the coverage of the frames. That is why another method appeared.

Windows Windows with cotton and fabric stripes

Windows of windows with cotton were replaced by newspapers. Technical wool is pushed into all the cracks, and is sealed with strips of fabric, soaped, as in the previous method. Vata air bubbles serve as a heat insulator. In this case, it can easily be pulled out. And the fabric stripes rip off from the frames, leaving no traces and without damaging the colorful coating.

This method has a place to be today, you should not treat it skeptical. It is cheap and performs its functions with a bang. Vata is irreplaceable material. But instead of strips of fabric, it is quite possible to use modern ribbons to seal windows, which are a type of paper adhesive tape. After removal, they leave no traces.

Window Window with foam and tape

Foamen is good if the task is how to effectively insulate the windows in which there are large cracks in the prerees. In other words: the opening wings are so quarreled that they do not fit the frames. Here you will not get off just cotton. A foam rubber is glued along the perimeter, which ensures the tightness of the window closing. By the way, earlier, when there was no foaming with the adhesive side on the market, it was nailed to the frame with small carnations. Foamen can last a couple of years, then it will begin to collapse or deform. From above, the frames are sealed with tape, the same as in the previous method, i.e. Paper. In the spring, the adhesive tape will have to be removed, and foam rubber can be left.

Slot of cracks in the windows paraffin

Another way that concerns only the sealing of small cracks in the frames. Paraffin is melted, typed in a syringe and filled with gaps. In the case of too large the size of the cracks, you can use a linen rope or other cord. It is pushed into the gap and then poured with paraffin. As you know, this is enough for more than one season.

Window insulation according to Swedish technology

Very popular recently and advertised method. In fact, this technology was not invented by the Swedes. It got its name in honor of the material that Eurostrip is used in it, it is really invented in Sweden. And the method itself is called the technology of the groove sealing of the windows.

The main difference between Swedish technology is that this is not even insulation for the winter, but a partial reconstruction of windows. After it, the windows can be unhindered in the cold season (they will not be sealed), and the insulation will last 15 20 years.

The sealing of small cracks in the frames or between glass and glazing are performed using sealant. The windows must first be washed and dried. And the process of applying sealant should be done at a positive temperature from +5 C to +40 C.

The nozzle on the cartridge with a sealant must be carefully cut along the intended line, then put on a special construction gun. With it, you can easily apply the composition to hard -to -reach places, evenly distributing it. If the sealant hit the frame or window sill by chance, it is removed with a cloth moistened in gasoline. It is more convenient to remove the sealant from the glass after it dries, just picking it with a knife.

For sealing the prereers, a special seal for windows made of silicone rubber has a tubular profile is used. Manufacturers of this seal assure that he is not afraid of colors, temperature changes and dirt. The diameter and structure of the tubes can be different, so it is necessary to select the seal individually for the size of the cracks. The labeling of the seal is as follows: E (k-profile) for closing gaps 2 3, 5 mm; P - for gaps 3 5 mm; D - covers 3 7 mm. To determine the size of the gap between the frame, you can clamp between the sash and the frame a piece of plasticine wrapped in cellophane.

The installation of the sealing of the seal is actually a partial restoration, which is better to entrust professionals. Moreover, if the frames are not in the best condition, the geometry of the window is broken, the tree has dry or partially rotten, then the repair can fly into a penny. The technology itself is designed for windows, which carefully looked after and supported them in good condition. Otherwise, insulation according to Swedish technology can do as much as new plastic windows with double glasses.

To begin with, all the wings are removed from the loops.

Then, a groove is selected along the perimeter of the frame with a mill.

The seal is rolled into it and glued so that it does not shift and does not fall out during operation. Then the wings are hung back on the hinges. At the same time, we repeat if the window is old, you may need to replace accessories or even leveling the geometry of the window.

With proper attitude, the seal can last from 10 to 20 years. And during this time you can pick up money for new windows, you can also wooden, only modern with double -glazed windows.

Window insulation with heat -saving film

Relative innovation was the use of heat -saving films. They pass the light into the room, but do not release infrared radiation from it, thus maintaining heat. Such a film has two sides, one with a metallic brilliance, conducts current, the other is not. When gluing the film on the glass, it is imperative to ensure that it looks at the street with the metallic side in this is the whole point.

Strengthened with overlap on the frames, fixed with tape. If you glue it carefully, its presence will not even be visible.

The heat -saving film can also be glued to plastic windows.

Insulation of window openings

One of the most important points. And then the windows can be sealed, and the gap is half the hands between the frame and the slope or the windowsill, as the builders like to leave, you can not notice.

The most common way to close the cracks between the frame and the window opening is to blow off the mounting foam. And effective, and there are little troubles. Only now, after drying, it will be necessary to trim the excess and somehow close this beauty.

To seal the cracks, you can use a putty cooked independently. It is necessary to take construction gypsum and chalk and mix them 2: 1, adding water. The resulting putty is shut up all the cracks. Its color will not stand out against the background of the window as mounting foam.

All the methods described above are designed to insulate wooden windows. It is hard to believe, but they say that sometimes plastic windows also require insulation. Most likely, such a need arises due to their improper operation or hack. The reason may also be the poor quality of the windows themselves. In the case of failure of the seal, it simply needs to be replaced with a new one. If the problem is more serious, for example, changing the geometry of the window, sagging of the wings or poor work of accessories, it is worth contacting professionals and repairing them.

Video: how to insulate windows