Strip Show

Who would have ever thought I'd be stripping in public? Weatherstripping, that is.

The main entry doors to the house are fairly weathertight, but there's a door leading to the furnace dungeon that isn't so much, and the furnace dungeon is open to both the attic and crawlspace.

I'm not really concerned about losing conditioned air, since this is California and the only difference between inside and outside is how much sun you get. However, I am a bit more concerned about keeping stanky crawl space air out of my house, so let's get to sealing things up.

As we can see there's no weatherstripping here currently, though I may have taken off the remnants of some back when I moved in. I recall getting rid of some here and there that was in basically useless condition, before painting the trim.

But now the weather is stripped.

The door leading out to the car hole is also notably drafty, so it's up next.

I don't want car hole stank getting in through this gap.

I'm only doing the latch side on this door, since the hinge side is pretty tight, and this door slab is a bit warped in spots. Like across the top, where there's no gap at all.

Of course, I also have only enough left of the first roll to do exactly the latch side of this door, which might also be a factor.

I'm eventually going to replace this whole door, but that can come much later. In the meantime, the gap is filled.

Or, well, mostly filled. Did I mention that the door slab is warped?

It's better than it was, at least.

I ended up using the last little strip to put on my bedroom door to keep it from rattling against the stops. Not sure yet what I'll do with the other two rolls, but I'm sure I'll figure out some use for them.