How old is your weather stripping?
I was looking at the instructions for putting up the weather stripping I bought and saw something on the back that kind of made me feel like a dope. The packaging for the weather stripping said their product was made to last for 3 years! So using a little extrapolation, it’s safe to assume after 3 years I should probably replace it.
This got me thinking about the last time I replaced the weather stripping in my house. I had to think back a long ways.
Guess how long it’s been.
Did you say, never? That’s correct. Never.
I’m willing to bet the weather stripping around the doors hasn’t been replaced since the house was built in 1980. That weather striping is 30 years old!
Maybe every 3 years is a little too often, but I’m thinking 30 years is too long.
Again, one of those things I just didn’t think about until I started this project.
