Savvy homeowner shows how to make the perfect draught excluder for a draughty door with just a towel and three hair ties
WITH temperatures dropping below freezing in some parts of the country we’re all looking for ways to keep our homes warm.
Alongside this we’re all trying to be mindful of our energy usage.
Once you’ve heated your home it is really important all the heat stays in where you need it.
It’s very difficult to do this if you got a pesky draughty door.
Here’s an easy hack to stop drafts without items you already have in your home.
In a recent video online Chadwick a mechanic shared a really savvy hack for keeping out drafts coming in from under your doors.
Instead of buying a draught excluder why not just make your own?
Chadwick said: “Cost of living and heating our homes is costing us a fortune, little trick to keep out the draught.”
He said: “Look the cost of living and heating your homes is costing a fortune. And I know its probably not the dearest thing to but it’s draft excluders.
He continued: “Get yourself a towel and three bobbles it will do the same job.”
The hack is very simple, you grab an old towel that you don’t want to use and roll.
You’ll want to roll the towel the right way so that it matches the width of your door.
You secure this with three hair ties evenly spread across your rolled towel.
Then you place this at the bottom of your draughty door.
This works just like a draught excluder.
Chadwick’s video gained over 306,000 viewers.
Viewers were very impressed with the savvy hack.
One commenter said: “I did this with old duvets and material scissors and needle thread made my own for my home.”
A second commenter said: “I’ve got two draft excluders at my front and stair door and they do work really well.”
Another commenter said: “Oh good idea I currently have two pillows I don’t use anymore covering mine ha ha.”