Pamela Hammonds 2015-09-26 01:27:52
According to Energy.gov, the average home has enough air leakage to add up to a two-foot-square hole. That’s like leaving a medium-sized window wide open 24/7. Big contributors to this loss are exterior doors. As summer’s heat wave gives way to cooler fall temps, make sure your doors’ vinyl or copper weather stripping and metal sweeps or J-hooks (located on the bottom of the door where it meets the threshold) are doing their jobs.
“If you can see light between the door and the frame, you’re definitely losing energy and wasting money,” says Rick Davis, owner of Rick’s Front Door Refinishing. Another way to test your door’s seal: Close the door on a dollar bill. If you can pull the bill out easily, your door isn’t sealed well—a good way to visualize the money you lose each month from energy lost through those cracks!
Texas’ brutal summers not only fade your front door’s paint or stain, but the heat also causes your weather stripping to deteriorate over time. Rain and moisture can also cause your threshold to rot. Just the motion of opening and closing your doors can make the bronze cushion lose its flexibility. “It’s like taking a piece of metal and bending it back and forth until it breaks,” Rick explains. “It no longer has the springy action needed to keep your house insulated.”
If you haven’t replaced your weather stripping in the past seven years, you need to call Rick’s Front Door Refinishing. Their teams of professional door experts can come to your home and upgrade all your doors’ seals, saving you time and money on your utility bill. Because their trucks are stocked with every kind of weather stripping, they can make your home more energy efficient in a matter of minutes.“Doors are all we do, all day long, year-round,” says Rick. “We can also adjust any doors giving you a challenge to open or close due to sagging, or bad weather strip issues.”
Don’t let another dime of energy fly through your doors. Schedule a weather stripping appointment with Rick’s Front Door Refinishing today.
7007 Gulf Freeway, #200 Houston, Texas 77087 (713) 4272487 AprettyDoor.com
Need your front door re nished or repainted? Let Rick’s Front Door Re nishing make it like new. Folks in our area have trusted Rick’s teams for over eight years, earning them 158 A grades (out of 184 reviewers) on Angie’s List as of September 10th. They do all the work on site, year-round.Call today: (713) 427-2487.
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Bump keys or lock picks can be used to gain entry into your home, but not when a Flip Guard is in place. Rick’s team can install a Flip Guard on your exterior doors, making your dead bolts more secure. Ask for this additional service whenever Rick’s guys are at your home. Installation is included in the price of the Flip Guard.
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