Winterize Your House, Restore Your Car With Rubber Weather Stripping

By Marci Nielsen


If you are one of the wise ones who keep a car after the payments are over and work hard to keep home heating and cooling bills down, read on! Rubber weather stripping is made for keeping cold air out of your home and rain out of your car. This is one do-it-yourself chore that can make your life more pleasant whether it's in your living room or in your ride.

In cold places like Middletown, NY, people know better than to let cracks around residential windows and doors raise their energy costs. In the old days, people used to put up with drafts and sometimes wake up with snow drifts on the bedroom floor. Now, thank goodness, there are many ways to keep the elements outside where they belong.

As for your car, you may never pay attention to the weatherstripping around the front and rear windshields or the side windows until it starts giving you trouble. If there's a whistling noise as you drive down the road, if the interior gets wet (or the stuff inside the trunk) when you go through the car wash, or if the sunroof lets rain drip on your head, you have a problem.

Automobile factory weatherstripping is usually pretty good for years of driving. However, weather and general wear and tear can degrade it. Maybe you hit a deer and your insurance company coughs up for repairs, including a new paint job. You may find that your sunroof works less easily and is less weatherproof than it was. The same may go for seals around doors and windows. Paint and other chemicals can damage the seals, so be careful with cleaning products, too.

House weatherstripping is made to install easily and remove when the seasons change. Rubber foam strips come with adhesive on one side so you can simply press them in place around doors or window-mounted air conditioners. The strips come in various widths and thicknesses. The strips peels off if you want to remove them for summer, although they work equally well to keep hot air out and cool air in.

Replacement strips for cars are sold like other car parts: by make, model, and year. You should get an exact match for what you had originally. However, always examine the new strips closely to make sure they are the same as the old ones, down to the channels the windows fit in and the screw holes. You want to make sure they'll fit before removing the original ones.

When the product description says "rubber', it doesn't mean the carbon-based stuff that comes from South American trees. The newer alternative is silicone, A similar material but one with a mineral base. It can stand up to high temperatures, is more resistant to chemicals, and degrades more slowly.

Keep dust, rain, snow, and noise out of your car and your home by making sure the seals around windshields, trunks, doors, and windows are tight. Check out the how-to sites and videos online for detailed instructions on keeping your personal spaces comfortable year round.




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