My massive, 80+ year-old front door is warped. It is not exposed to rain and is about 200cm high and a metre wide. The clearance against the frame varies from practically nill at the bottom to 13mm at the top, with a similar variation along the top, from the hinge to the opposite end. I am trying to find ways to keep the draught out.
Adhesive-backed foam may seem the obvious answer but has been tried and found to be insufficiently flexible, not thick enough for the maximum gap, useful in the mid range but not sufficiently “squashable†lower down. None of the other usual excluders will serve.
I have tried a small piece of UHU White Tack, which seems ideal; filling the gap exactly when the door is shut on it, adhering to the frame but not the door, as is essential, and the squeezed-out excess easily removed with a sharp knife. Black Tack is advertised as being put up as a tape 19mm wide and a metre long and might be easier to apply but has anyone tried using such products successfully for this purpose?
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White Tack etc. as draught excluder new
White Tack etc. as draught excluder new