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Best Practice - Window And Door Insulation
How often have we complained about cold air near and around windows and doors?  It could be that upon installation, the Best Practice - window and door insulation was not employed.
On a new construction, pre-drywall inspection I ran across something that I really like to see.  Proper insulation around the windows and doors!
This is how insulation around windows and doors has been done for a long time.
If properly done, it is, in a word, OK.
However, there is a trick to it.
Fiberglass insulation is intended to provide a thermal barrier by trapping air.
If it is crammed in there too tightly, it is ineffective because there is no room for air to be trapped and heat escapes.  Hence you feel cold!
If it is crammed in there too loosely, it is ineffective because there is so much room for air that heat escapes.  Hence you feel cold!
In my experience, many insulators are NOT careful.
So one window may feel fine, another not.  It pays not to be haphazard.
Running across this door I saw something that I consider to be a
 Best Practice
 
The gap between this installed door and the framing is filled with ... more

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