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  2. How to Seal Up Drafty Windows (and Lower Your Heating Bill) - AOL

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    Apply tape to the perimeter of the window on all four sides. Measure your window and apply the film to the tape, being careful to keep it flat and steady. When the film is in place, use your hair ...

  3. How to Seal Windows and Reduce Energy Bills This Winter - AOL

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    Try these effective and easy window-sealing solutions to enhance your home's comfort and reduce energy costs.

  4. Weatherstripping - Wikipedia

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    Weatherstripping can be used on windows to seal them on all sides. Metal caps on the window top [5] and on sashes [2] redirect rain to drip off instead of infiltrating. Foam or gasket weatherstripping can be applied to the sides and sashes. [6]

  5. Flashing (weatherproofing) - Wikipedia

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    In earlier days, birch bark was occasionally used as a flashing material. [7] Most flashing materials today are metal, plastic, rubber, or impregnated paper. [8]Metal flashing materials include lead, aluminium, copper, [1] stainless steel, zinc alloy, other architectural metals or a metal with a coating such as galvanized steel, lead-coated copper, anodized aluminium, terne-coated copper ...

  6. Butyl rubber - Wikipedia

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    Butyl rubber gloves. Butyl rubber, sometimes just called "butyl", is a synthetic rubber, a copolymer of isobutylene with isoprene. The abbreviation IIR stands for isobutylene isoprene rubber. Polyisobutylene, also known as "PIB" or polyisobutene, (C 4 H 8) n, is the homopolymer of isobutylene, or 2-methyl-1-propene, on which butyl rubber is ...

  7. Thread seal tape - Wikipedia

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    Thread seal tape is wrapped around the threads, lubricating the connection and allowing the two pieces to be screwed deeper together. Thread seal tape (also known as PTFE tape, Teflon tape, or plumber's tape) is a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) film tape commonly used in plumbing for sealing pipe threads. The tape is sold cut to specific widths ...

  8. The Best Tape Guns for Sturdy Seals - AOL

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    Make your life easier with a tape gun. An essential item for any work space or home, tape guns make sealing boxes a simple task. Invented in 1932 by an engineer at the 3M Company (which remains ...

  9. Sealant - Wikipedia

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    In the 17th century glazing putty was first used to seal window glass made with linseed oil and chalk, later other drying oils were also used to make oil-based putties. [4] In the 1920s, polymers such as acrylic polymers, butyl polymers and silicone polymers were first developed and used in sealants. By the 1960s, synthetic-polymer-based ...