https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 20 May 2026 07:33:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-home-drafty#post-502659 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:41:00 +0000 Alivoo01 502659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use space heaters and keep our blinds closed. It's still drafty because we have an older home with poor insulation and the windows are thin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-home-drafty#post-502652 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:35:23 +0000 mrs. bird 502652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The replacement windows in our apartment are not the best fit, they're drafty. That plastic shrink film you put over helps a TON. Last year we put the more tight rope putty around the windows, then the plastic wrap, and closed heavy drapes at night &amp; didn't even turn the heat on all winter (and we live in new England!)! We haven't been that hardcore this year :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-home-drafty#post-502651 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:35:11 +0000 MrsBrewer 502651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A little bit, but pretty much only in our bathroom. We have all new windows in the rest of our house, except our bathroom. We are remodeling our bathroom and just wanted to wait to replace that one until then. We just keep our bathroom door closed pretty much all the time. It really makes for fast showers! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-home-drafty#post-502648 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:33:32 +0000 yoursilverlining 502648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our old home was drafty and “draft stoppers” helped a ton. They are easy to make, too. Just make a fabric tube-shape and fill with rice. We put them at the bottom of a sliding glass door, and on window sills for the draftier windows.</p> <p>You can also hang heavy blankets in doorways, which also helps a bunch. We hung a blanket up at the doorway to the upstairs so that the heat didn’t all just travel upstairs. When we did that, the downstairs stayed noticeably warmer.</p> <p>We also used a space heater. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-home-drafty#post-502642 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:29:07 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 502642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours is a little drafty ( lots of big windows). We. Are going through and weather stripping everything we can and we keep blinds shut during cold weather. We have a space heater in the baby's room and really heavy blankets in ours (so much so that we're now turning the heater to 55 at night!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-home-drafty#post-502628 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:23:28 +0000 MaisyMay 502628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a small apartment, but it has a huge sliding glass door in the living room that does keep it cool. We just keep the heater up higher and wrap up LO warm at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-home-drafty#post-502620 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:18:47 +0000 mediagirl 502620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How do you keep it warm enough in the winter? Do you use space heaters in some rooms? </p>