Install A Door Sweep!
A great and eazy idea for saving energy and money is to install a door sweep at the bottom of your exterior doors.
This will protect you from drafting air and any rain/ weather from creeping its way under your doors and inside your house.
A door sweep can either be installed on the underside of your door or on the backside (or inside the house).
These can be purchased at any major or local hardware store.
TOOLS NEEDED: Scissors or knife, screwdriver or drill, block of wood, hammer, metal snips or hacksaw possibly??
How to install a door sweep
1)Sweeps come in a standard 36" length, so first you will want to measure your door to know what length to make the sweep, than cut accordingly.
2)Next, start from the outside edge of the door and slide the sweep across the bottom. This process can sometimes be difficult, so have a small board and hammer available to tap it across the bottom.
OPTION: If you have a sweep that just installs on the backside of the door, just measure and cut.
Lay it against the door and the ground and start to install the screws, keep the bottom tight!
3)Once it is installed across the bottom, adjust its height when the door is closed to make sure you have all holes or open areas sealed to the threshold/ floor.
4)Once sealed, grab your screwdriver or drill (recommended). Drive in each screw at the designated holes laid out on the sweep. And......your done!
I hope this explained how to install a door sweep in an eazy way, as this is an eazy-fix to saving energy in your household
Let me know if you have any more questions about sweeps or the installation. If you installed your own sweep, let everyone
know how it went!
Posted by Bryan Van Slyke at 11/14/2009 8:56 AM 
Categories: Energy Saving Idea's
Tags: energy doors insulation seal door sweep exterior
Categories: Energy Saving Idea's
Tags: energy doors insulation seal door sweep exterior
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