Window seals

Here come the cold. And we are prepared for those surprises that we have prepared the winter? Someone ahead of time to insulate your house, and someone relied on the "maybe". Of course, the best option to buy and put windows, but it is not available to many. Nowadays there are many ways to order to insulate the window. Many of these methods, rather archaic, and relate to the lack of shops and rynkahstroy materials, what can be qualitatively insulate windows. I always wondered: "Does humanity think of other, more progressive ways of sealing up the windows?" And I answered myself - can this be. Replacing the paper once more knowledgeable people in this business, advised me to use the seal. They said that the strip not only will break drafts, but also protects from the city noise and dust. And I thought, why not try? I went to the market and asked around at sellers: what the seals? It turned out that there are conventional foam pads are used to plug the gap. As well as polyvinyl chloride (PVC), rubber seals and polyurethane, which are divided into self-adhesive and want to stick with glue. This raises the question: Which is better - rubber or PVC? In stores sensible answer I was not given. Need to talk with representatives of companies producing these products, I decided. But in Moscow there are not many. I went to the office of Swedish firm Trelleborg, which offer products of the brand Varnamo, as well as to representatives of German company Fomestrip. In the Russian market is being implemented seal Chemlux. Our seals are cheaper than imported, and this a plus. But Russian rubber seals on sale I could not find. PVC is sometimes better than rubber: the material most frost, less brittle, not deformed and does not crumble. But the tires still wear out less. Yes, and rubber are our people believe more. Since in the Moscow market demand use rubber seals. Perhaps foreign companies are submitting to our preferences, should offer to buyers mainly rubber? When buying a rubber seal, must be chosen as gently as possible, unnecessarily, they are able to transfer the strain. Before purchasing read the label on the package. As for color, are mainly found brown and white seals. The choice is always! What to buy gaskets: adhesive or ordinary? Undoubtedly, comfortable and fast at work - self-adhesive. There is an important criterion: one must read the expiration date of glue. It happens that the term has expired and prokladkane stick or will soon fall off. Method when the paste themselves safer, but you need to select a suitable adhesive. The best glue is silicone sealant. It is moisture in the dried state perfectly compressed and stretched. This hermetic seal to keep the windows. High-quality sealer must "be able" to recreate its original shape. Yet little is important that a good adhesive surface kleilas. Pursue the case to a warm seasons. Specialists advise us in advance to wash and dry the window frame. If you follow these rules, the sealer will last a minimum of 5 years. Even if this year's cold passed you, then my advice may be useful for next year. Tips for sealing windows: Before you go to buy seals, first check all the cracks and measure their length and width. Perhaps there are narrow slits, and wide too. Where we have a narrow slit 2 - 3.5 mm, it is necessary to glue adhesive rubber gasket height of 4 mm and a width of 9 mm. If we talk about PVC, polyurethane, etc., the work plan is the same. As you can see, this seal is not figured, and looks at how to cut a rectangle. They can hang the window in two layers. More layers of overlay is not recommended, if necessary all the same, for large gaps need to buy a rubber seal in size. How to paste? Stick must be on the inside. In this case, it turns out that when you close the window seal closes the gap. What else can be sealed? Sealers are used not only for sealing windows. Can be sealed with eg metal doors, to isolate noise and eliminate drafts. Only need to choose the most soft and fine, stick in some places between the door frame and door. A garage, as I agonized with him! Winter leaf gates froze to the concrete threshold. Slightly increases and all the water accumulated between the gate and the floor. And if the frost did not uncover any way. It happens to work late, the car can not take! Clearly the whole thing on our nerves. Crowbar had to break the ice! But friends have advised: to attach a professional. gasket, which is based on nails. Now everything is fine. Water does not penetrate the ice is not froze. Seals for garage door can be deformed in different directions, they are more stringent than the window and are not self-adhesive. Such as glue seals listed on the package. Door can advise the same self-adhesive seals that we used for the windows. If you'd like a serious seal, you can use tubular gaskets, which are similar in context to the letter about the "foot". About shaped seals enhance professional. Brackets are attached to the kit. Of course, to choose the right seals and not to be mistaken? Buying the seals, sensitively read the text on the packaging. It is written from what sdelanuplotnitel. As well as the shelf life of adhesives. Carefully touch, shake sealer. Our goal is to verify that it is mild and recovers well formu.Esli you bought a seal, which must stick with glue, choose a good glue. Before you give a preference to some profile seal, measure the gap that must be repaired. The letter E is suitable for gaps 2-3,5 mm, the letter P for the clearance of 3-5 mm, the profile of D for periods of 3-7 mm.