New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Wn,d and Weather Leaks
Destroy Comforts Of Home
Faulty Construction Hard to Correct When House
is fnshed; Make Sure Jennings Around
the Windows and Doors Are Sea1ed T;l,,

hashing is properly attended to. as alse
are similar projections in masonr,
walls, ornamental masonry bel,
courses. etc.
Flashings, it is seen, are mainly use
1ui Tor the purpose of keeping out
wlnd and dampness. 1t is almost as
important to prevent leakage of wind
through the walls of a house as of
water. This ia especially true where
! the house is so located as to be open
to free sweep of heavy winds, and
is very practical matter for the
householder when he considers the size
}'of his coal bill. We all know of many
houses that are icy cold in the winter
! Storm sash and doors may help con-
siderably to shut out the cold winds
and keep down the coal bills, but storm
! sash and doors are at best but a
broken reed for the householder to
lean on unless they are reinforced by
proper structural precautions to guard
against leakage.
Where a window frame or a door
frame is set in either a masonry or a
! frame wall air leakage will occur un-
less the joint between the frame and
the wall construction is properly
calked. This calking can be done in
many ways, the use OF oakum and
either Portland cement or some form
of plastic cement being probably the
best The oakum should be driven up
| tight in all the crevices with u calk-
| ing tool, the joint covered with cement.
and the staff beads or cover molds
replaced on top of all. 1t is simple
and an inexpensive operation while
the house is being built, but difficult
| IL not impossible, to accomplish after
| the house is completed.
| In addition to the leakage OF ali
which occurs around the outside of
| the window or door frame, which
we attempt to stop by caulking the
| frame, there is also another important
leakage which occurs between the
frame and the sash in the case of the
window, and between the frame and
the door in the case of the door. The
importance of stopping this leak is
obvious if we stop to consider that
in zero weather practically one pound
burned in the ordinary small dwelling
house goes to counteract the effect
of this window leakage.
Hardship to Keep House Warm
Many men complained jestingly of
having to heat "all out doors" in severe
weather in order to keep their house
| warm. AS a matter of fact there is
great deal more truth than fiction
in this remark in many cases. due to
the fact that they are actually heating
part Of out doors by reason of the
escape Of their precious heat through
leaky house construction.
Such window and door leakage can
not be stopped entirely, but it can be
minimized very greatly by the use
of any one of number of patented
metal weatherstrips. Merely buying
a weatherstrip, however, and having
it installed is by no means sure way
of preventing leaks through your doors
and windows. There are many very
efficient weatherstrips on the market.
There are many more which are not
worth the price of the installation, and
III this case, as in most others, the
initial cost is not always a true meas
ure Of value.
Summer Heat as Bad as Winter Cold
Summer heat may cause quite as
much discomfort as winter cold if our
houses do not offer US the same pro-
lection from heat as they do from cold.
The most practical method of guarding
against heat pockets in house is the
| method of ventilation. Attic spaces un-
der the ridge of the roof Or between
sloping roof rafters and the horizontal
ceiling rafters form pockets of air