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Insulating a Front Door

December 2, 2009

front door of a house during winterWe live in a tiny old cottage with no insulation in cold territory. The entrance ways to the dinette and bedroom/bathroom sections of the house are without doors. We hang 2 or 3 layers of blankets in these doorways during the winter and only heat and use the primary use room, the living room. Our heating bill is still a little high, but not heating the extended sections of the house saves us about 2/3 of what we'd pay otherwise.

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In summer, the blankets remain in the entrance way to the bedroom and the air conditioning cools the rest of the house. Next year, if it's a hot one, I'll add blankets to the kitchen entrance way as well.

Source: Necessity, and talking with husband and a friend; sort of a brainstorm session.

By Cornelia from Oregon

 
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