degrees. And windy.
I've been looking for air leaks in the basement and found some which
will require more of that spray expanding foam that I bought last time.
And one more mouse hole. Or if not a mouse hole, a hole that could be
used for the satellite cable instead of where it goes now, then plugged
up with that foam stuff.
Then I am upstairs, and it's still windy, but I feel the room trying to
get colder. I find this annoying. I determine one hole in the wall where
this coax cable comes through has to be sealed up and I manage to put
some tape on it. But I still have cold air leaks coming into the
room...!
One window that has plagued me for some time finally got some plastic on
it. I have 3 windows and one got sealed up pretty soon after we moved
in, but I never did anything about the other two.
And even after sealing up what's probably the worst of the three, I
still detect some air leaking near or around the window!!!!! GRRRRR... I
find that some of this cold leaking in comes from some of the wood
thingy at the bottom of the wall near the floor - then I get the
impression that the caulking around the window frame and this wood
border thing needs some attention because it's either not there or
there's not enough.
I noticed my thermometer for my room went from 70 to 72, while mom is
reading around 69 + or minus few degrees downstairs. Of course, I have
my electric radiator on now.
There was some temperature zone near the floor that you could feel where
the cold was, so at least if I haven't stopped the cold leaks entirely,
I have managed to slow them down in some appreciative amount.
For what I have in my room, I simply cannot have cold air near it. It's
going to be a pain in the ass to find and plug up what's left to plug
up. I wonder if plutting plastic on the outside of the window would work
better.
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