Avoid a cold bridge at a window

A cold bridge at the window can have various causes

A Window is the weak point of every outer wall. A cold bridge quickly develops on a window due to improper work, wear and tear or postponed renovation work. If this cold bridge is not addressed, your heating bills will skyrocket. Cold spots can have different causes.

• Old wooden windows often have no seals. The fact that there is no sealing around the entire circumference of the window means that the cold can get into your apartment over the entire circumference.
• Plastic windows often have broken rubber seals. It also happens that in some places a piece of the sealing rubber was torn off.
• If the joint running around was not plastered properly when the window was inserted, the cold will also get into the room through this joint.
• In older buildings you can often see that the plaster has crumbled off in the area of ​​the window sill. In addition, cracks appear in the plaster used to insert the window over the years. This
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Window does not close properly - what to do?

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A cold bridge that you eliminate saves heating costs

• If crumbling plaster, for example under your window sill, is the cause of a cold bridge on your window, then you should definitely redo the plaster with Rotband so that the joint between the window sill and the outer wall is tight is.
• If there are cracks in the plastering compound of the window, you should seal the cracks with silicone. If the entire plastering compound is missing in some areas, it is advisable to plaster these areas with Rotband as well.
• Old wooden windows are best sealed with self-adhesive sealing tape. A tape with an O profile is suitable as a sealing tape for old wooden windows.
• If broken rubber seals on plastic windows are the cause of a cold bridge, so remove the old sealing rubbers and stick sealing tape with P-profile in the recess of Window.

If you repair all the windows in your apartment in such a way that cold bridges no longer allow the cold air from brings it outside into your apartment, you will quickly notice that you save significantly on heating costs can.