Many people, having installed plastic windows in a private house or apartment, consider that the problem with the insulation of the premises is solved for many years, and therefore they forget not only to look after the windows, but also do not check whether they are all right. Therefore, micro-beds appear in them and heat insulation of plastic windows is required, which can be done independently.
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- Why is there a problem with plastic windows?
- How to insulate a plastic window with your own hands?
Why is there a problem with the plastic windows?
Most often, the insulation of plastic windows for the winter may be required for several reasons. Very often, any house can eventually shrink, and in places where such windows are installed, small crevices may appear. Especially often this phenomenon occurs with new buildings. In this case it is necessary to make the insulation of the slopes of the plastic windows to get rid of these cracks.
Micro-slots may also appear due to the drying of the rubber sealing profile in the place where the flaps are attached to the frame. This is due to the fact that the windows are not properly maintained. If such microcracks appear, it is possible to make the insulation of plastic windows with your own hands by replacing the rubber profile. Over time, this profile may lose its elasticity, thinning or wiping. To ensure that the microcracks do not increase, the rubber profile should be changed as soon as possible.
How to insulate a plastic window with your own hands?
If the rubber band dries, some people try to repair and warm the plastic windows by lubricating the dried rubber with silicone grease. But in fact it will not give a positive effect. To get rid of the microcracks, you need to change the rubber seal to a newer one, and the window will become sealed again. In this article there is a photo of the insulation of plastic windows, and shows where the rubber band is located. And if you familiarize yourself with video insulation of plastic windows, then the entire process of new sealing can be viewed from start to finish.
In order to renew the sealing of all windows, you should contact the service center for their maintenance or directly directly to the manufacturer and you need to buy a new rubber band from them. But it is necessary to specify for which profile it is needed, as each model uses a different profile, so the gums may be different. It is very important to make the insulation of plastic windows from the outside, and not just from the inside. It is necessary to remove the old sealing rubber and change it to a new one.
Depressurization can occur also in the event that the eccentrics of the closing fittings become weaker. If this happens, it is necessary to adjust the window with the help of eccentrics, which are mounted on the end of the valves. This is very easy to do with a 4 mm hexagonal wrench. It is necessary to turn the eccentrics gradually and check for each turn how the window closes, tight or not.
Sometimes depressurization occurs not because of problems with windows, but because of improperly exposed slopes. In this case, it is necessary to make the outer slopes of the plastic windows insulated or alter them. There may be a small gap at the junction of the window and the window sill. From the outside in the winter time it will not be possible to seal this gap well. But you can install temporary protection with mounting tape, and when the spring comes, then on the outside, this gap will need to be sealed more carefully.
