While weep holes may appear as nothing more than tiny gaps or small tubes in your home’s exterior, they actually perform the ...

First, remove all of the loose caulking around the window frame with a putty knife. Then, either insert sealant strips along the interior wall frame or you use a caulk gun to fill any gaps or cracks.

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Q I want to caulk and weatherstrip ... a door or the moving parts of a window. There are many types of weatherstripping, from self-adhesive foam and plastic strips to metal strips.

Q: There’s a lot of contradictory advice on the internet about caulking. In particular, some sites are quite explicit that metal/wood junctions should not be caulked. I have a door-sized window ...

And while there are several ways to seal any drafty windows in your home, the best approach requires a two-pronged attack: caulking around the outside of the window and weather stripping the inside.