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Care And Repair Of The House
Taking Measurements.
Measure the four sides of the window frame where the face of the sash adjoins the casing, and also the distance across the meeting rail. Measure around the four sides of the door on the outside where they abut the door stops and threshold.
Tools.
A rule or steel tape, marking pencil, and light hammer. If the strips are of wood, a small saw and miter box are also needed, but if the strips are of cloth a pair of scissors may be used for cutting them.
Materials.
A number of linear feet of stripping; some three-quarter-inch wire brads, if wooden strips are used; 4-ounce size tinned trunk tacks (rustless)'for padded cloth stripping; smaller trunk tacks or common carpet tacks for felt stripping. It is advisable to use tacks that will be least noticeable and that will not rust.
Weather-Stripping a Window.
The window should be locked when weather-stripping is attached to insure best results. Care should be taken to see that the contact edge presses snugly at all points against the sash or casing, as the case may be, before the tacks or brads are driven.
Upper sash.—The weather-stripping for the upper sash should be tacked to the frame adjoining the sash on the outside of the window. If the flexible type is used, one piece can be cut to extend around the two sides and top. If, however, the rigid kind is used, three separate pieces will have to be cut, with the two corners mitered, to make a neat fit.
Lower sash.—The weather-stripping for the lower sash is attached on the inside, and four separate pieces are required, regardless of the type used. The two side pieces are tacked to the face of the inside stop bead adjoining the sash, with the contact edge pressed against the face of the sash, and should extend from the top face of the stool, or inside sill, to the top of the meeting rail. The piece across the width of the meeting rail is tacked to the top of the lower sash, so that the contact edge will cover the crack where the upper and lower sash rails meet. This piece will probably have to be cut in two parts to provide space for the window lock. The piece across the bottom is tacked to the face of the sash with the contact edge down to butt against the top of the stool or inside window sill.
Weather-Stripping a Door.
The door should be closed and locked while weather-stripping is being applied. If flexible-type stripping is used, two pieces will do; one, the width of the bottom of the door; and the other, long enough to extend anund the two sides and top. If rigid strips are used, four pieces will be required, with the two top corners mitered, to make a neat joint.
