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Last winter, Ariane constantly complained (and I agreed) that our family room was just too cold. After living in the house for about a week, we found that the room had five areas of cold air leakage:
- The cooler vent, which I stuffed pillows in then covered with plastic.
- Door to the garage, which didn't seal up correctly. I surrounded the door with weatherstripping that completely seals it.
- The window -- which still does leak but we have to get that replaced sometime. We did cover it with that window plastic though.
- Wall on which our TV and other electronics are had holes in it! These were where the wires for all the components plugged in and were run, and somehow air got through them all. So, sealed that up with expanding foam.
- Wood-burning fireplace. <-- does that make any sense??
The answer was no! It seemed that even with the damper closed on the fireplace, cold air just rushed in! We decided that we were going to have to re-do the fireplace.
