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Reduce cold air through receptacles
My house is 40 years old. I have sealed all cracks on stucco walls and
around windows etc. In winter, still lot of cold air comes in through electric receptacles inside exterior walls. Is there a common way to heat insulate them? Due to possible shock hazard, I don't want to just touch them before getting some advice. Thanks, John |
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Reduce cold air through receptacles
John61 wrote:
My house is 40 years old. I have sealed all cracks on stucco walls and around windows etc. In winter, still lot of cold air comes in through electric receptacles inside exterior walls. Is there a common way to heat insulate them? Due to possible shock hazard, I don't want to just touch them before getting some advice. Sure -- depending, you can use some of the expanding foam around the outside of the box (careful to don't use too much and blow out a wall when it expands in a closed space), use some fiberglass or other insulation to push in the gaps, etc., or/and go buy the little foam covers that have cutouts for outlets, switches, etc., that will fit behind the cover plates. -- |
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Reduce cold air through receptacles
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:54:06 -0600, "John61"
wrote: My house is 40 years old. I have sealed all cracks on stucco walls and around windows etc. In winter, still lot of cold air comes in through electric receptacles inside exterior walls. Is there a common way to heat insulate them? Due to possible shock hazard, I don't want to just touch them before getting some advice. Thanks, John My parents had trouble with the cold. They used these "fake plugs" that were supposed to keep babies from sticking things in. -- 33 days until the winter solstice celebration Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com "I have found Christian dogma unintelligable. Early in life I absented myself from Christian assemblies." -- Benjamin Franklin |
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