Just realized a cheap caulk job fixed my drafty windows.

Wesley Park · 2026-03-05T19:15:36.418139+00:00

Noticed cold air coming in last winter. Bought some caulk and did it over a weekend. Bill dropped by thirty bucks next month.

simonr517mo ago

Thirty bucks isn't much of a drop, honestly. Could have just been a warmer month anyway. A little draft never killed anyone, it's just some moving air. My windows have whistled for years and it's fine. You sure it was that serious?

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blair_hill597mo ago

Last winter, a friend of mine ignored a draft like that. His heating bill shot up by almost fifty dollars a month. He thought it was just the weather getting colder. Then he found cold air pouring in around the window frame. A tube of caulk and an hour later, the draft was gone. His next bill was back to normal, so that thirty bucks sounds right to me.

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parkerh387mo ago

How bad was my old caulk job? I used so much it looked like the window was sweating. Blair_hill59's friend is smart to fix it fast, my place used to sound like a harmonica band in a wind tunnel.

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