How to Fix Cracked Weather Stripping

Without proper attention, your home can bleed money while the air conditioning or heat is on. An inexpensive weather stripping around your door or windows, installed for just a few dollars, saves you hundreds in the long run. Cracked weather stripping functions only slightly more efficiently than no stripping at all, making it extremely important to replace the cracked stripping in order to reduce your energy loss.

Things You'll Need

• Scissors
• Measuring tape

Instructions

1. Remove the current weather stripping. There is no permanent adhesive so grab hold of the stripping with your fingers and pull up. This removes the entire damaged stripping section.

2. Measure the area of the frame you removed the weather stripping from. You need the measurement in order to cut out a correct length needed for the replacement stripping.

3. Cut out the measured length from your roll of weather stripping. Weather stripping with an adhesive backing is available at your local hardware store.

4. Remove the paper covering the weather stripping's adhesive backing and push the stripping into the upper corner of the door frame. Press down firmly to stick the stripping into place.

5. Move down the weather stripping along the frame as you push it into position. This presses the adhesive against the wood or metal frame, locking the stripping into position.

References

• Danny Lipford: How to Replace Worn Weatherstripping Around Doors